Hatcheries

The survival rate of juvenile marine finfish in aquaculture hatcheries could be on the cusp of improvement following a new research breakthrough.

Advice on how to avoid major shrimp losses from early mortality syndrome (EMS) – one of the most devastating diseases to hit shrimp aquaculture in the last decade.

Maryland will soon be home to one of the largest commercial oyster hatcheries on the east coast of the US, with the opening of Ferry Cove Shellfish in Spring 2021.

Plans to establish a hatchery to produce brackish water finfish species including Asian seabass, milkfish and pearl spot for on-growing by Indian aquaculture companies have been announced this week.

After the India’s lockdown in March put the summer shrimp season in jeopardy, researchers estimate that the shrimp industry could face a $1.5 billion loss for 2020-2021. But government safeguards and improved labour rete…

Fish farmers across Vietnam have begun producing hybrid grouper, saying that the species’ high growth rate and favourable market price make it a profitable alternative to shrimp farming.

India’s first Asian private seabass (Lates calcarifer) hatchery has been set up by three graduates from the Mangalore Fisheries College.

Improving the quality of Artemia used in hatcheries has been made possible by a series of new tools launched by INVE Aquaculture.

Smolt that have been kept in brackish water for two weeks in their hatcheries before being transferred to marine nets pens are less susceptible to skin ulcers caused by Tenacibaculum.

Joachim Claeyé decided to establish a burbot (Lota lota) hatchery in Belgium at the age of 18. Five years later Claeyé – who juggles running Aqualota with a job as an junior aquaculture researcher – is collaborating with…

The first hatchery to produce juvenile seabass and sea bream in Saudi Arabia on a commercial scale is now fully operational.

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.

In recent years the buzz and hype surrounding the drive to achieve commercial full-cycle tuna farming in the Mediterranean seems to have subsided. We checked in with some of the leading minds in the field to discuss the …

Hoopers Island Oyster Co, in Maryland, has reported the completion of its first seed spawn of the season, and expect to soon have seed for sale to fellow oyster farmers along the Atlantic seaboard.

Nick James, the founder of South Africa’s legendary Rivendell Hatchery, looks back on a colourful aquacultural career as he prepares to put his life’s work on the market.

The need to halt the decline of yield per fry was the central theme of a presentation on Mediterranean finfish hatcheries which was given by Isabel Represas at INVE’s customer seminar in Crete.

Ocean Matters, the Welsh lumpfish farming company, has reported that it produced over 2 million cleaner fish during 2019.

A programme to seed up to a million salmon egg in rivers in north east Iceland has been launched this autumn.

Oceano Fresco, which aims to create a hatchery for the pioneering production of at least two clam species native to western Europe, has attracted a €2.7 million investment.

Benchmark is due to receive US$8.75 million and sole ownership of the Ensenada broodstock facility as its joint venture with AquaChile comes to a close.