Politics

SalMar’s subsidiary Ocean Farming AS has been granted permission to convert the eight development licences it was awarded for its Ocean Farm 1 concept into conventional salmon production licences.

Vietnam’s push towards organic agriculture could impact aquaculture output, creating market space for organic aquaculture.

As antibiotics face stricter regulations and antimicrobial resistance becomes more widespread, the aquaculture sector is seeking new ways to treat bacterial infections – bringing a renewed focus on bacteriophages.

The latest statistical analysis shows that the EU’s attempts to step up and revive aquaculture production have proved to be costly, and have had very limited results. We investigate why this might be the case.

Over $55 million (£32 million) has been set aside by Enterprise Singapore (ESG) to help local agriculture and aquaculture companies grow.

Plans for a 40,000 tonne shrimp farm in Oman are due to be fast-tracked, following a decision to merge three state-owned seafood companies.

Russian salmon production increased by 36.4 percent to reach 90,800 tonnes in 2019, according to the latest figures.

The Indonesian government is expanding a micro insurance scheme for fish farmers, in order to minimise the risks facing small-scale aquaculture producers.

Seventy-six US seafood leaders have sent a letter to encourage members of Congress to learn more about the economic opportunities offered by sustainable marine aquaculture.

Fish farmers who shoot seals in Scotland could face five years in prison now that Scotland has banned the lethal control of the predatory marine mammals.

One of the world’s largest tiger prawn farms has suffered a key funding setback.

The reduction in the speed of global aquaculture growth from up to 10 percent per year to only 2 percent in 2018 should be a major cause for concern.

Plans to establish a State Marine and Aquaculture University (SMAU) in Andhra Pradesh have been approved, in principle, by Fisheries Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana.

The New Zealand government has announced a $19.95 million infrastructure investment that will allow a 20,000 tonne increase in the country’s mussel farming capacity.

Changes to legislation could make Indonesia the largest grower of spiny lobsters in the world and benefit thousands of households, according to a recent feasibility study.

A convergence in a number of factors – including technological advances and a change in the attitudes of the environmental community – have helped to set the stage for aquaculture growth in the US.

Whether salmon aquaculture in the Falkland Islands is feasible from an environmental, social and economic perspective is currently under investigation by the government of the remote archipelago.

NOAA's plans to ensure the sustainable growth of the US offshore aquaculture industry is the focus of the next Hatch webinar.

Plans to establish a yellowtail kingfish hatchery in Western Australia are going to be fast-tracked in a bid to boost the region’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ireland has ambitions to become “the Silicon Valley of aquaculture”, according to Richard Donnelly, innovation and development manager at Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency (BIM).