Singaporean firm triples barramundi production28 Feb 2019Singapore’s largest barramundi farm has plans to triple its output, by investing $2 million (US $1.48 million) in its hatchery operations.
Turning small fry into big business26 Oct 2018One of the oldest marine finfish hatcheries in Europe has also become one of the most innovative, following a change of ownership in 2016.
Women in Aquaculture: Joana Amaral27 Aug 2018Joana Amaral would like to use her 20+ years of experience in marine hatcheries to help encourage the complete replacement of live feed for larval finfish, a goal that she’s currently working on with …
A sense of plaice 15 Aug 2018During his 45 years at Ardtoe Marine Laboratory Jon Sherwood – one of the unsung heroes of Scottish aquaculture – has been quietly involved in all manner of pioneering fish-farming projects
BioMar ramps up hatchery feed R&D5 Jul 2018BioMar has opened a state-of-the-art marine fish larval trial unit for both larval rearing and the production of live feed.
Women in Aquaculture: Natalie Clark13 Jun 2018Natalie Clark, nursery manager at Hoopers Island Oyster Co in Maryland, explains how plans to reseed the Chesapeake Bay with 10 billion bivalves have not only given her a dream career, but can also he…
Women in Aquaculture: Pavlina Pavlidou23 Apr 2018Pavlina Pavlidou, technical consultant for Selonda Aquaculture in Greece, talks hatcheries, heroes and an eye-opening experience in Hainan
Hefty windfall for hatchery counting technology17 Apr 2018XpertSea, a Canadian company which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to count and size early-stage aquatic organisms such as shrimp larvae and live feed, announced today that it has rai…
Algal feed firm eyes up US oyster opportunities13 Dec 2017TomAlgae, the feed firm specialising in the production of freeze-dried algae to be used as feed in shrimp and oyster hatcheries, is looking to crack the North American oyster market.
Shellfish sector must increase mussel mass14 Nov 2017A new study suggesting ways in which Scottish mussel growers can step up their production levels has been published today.
Money for old rope?13 Oct 2017The £1.7 million Stepping Stone mussel hatchery project in Shetland is showing very encouraging results, reports Tom Morton.
How to fine-tune hatchery practices12 Sep 2017This week, SalmoBreed and StofnFiskur will begin collecting data from hatcheries for their annual Ova Survey – both in order to ascertain how well their salmon eggs have performed in the course of 201…
Women thrive in Brazilian aquaculture 7 Aug 2017Aquaculture offers a raft of new opportunities for women in Latin America, according to Hideyoshi Segovia Uno, Commercial and Operations Manager of Spring Genetics.
Are smarter fish happier fish?21 Jul 2017There is increasing evidence that farmers can augment brain growth in their fish by mimicking aspects of their natural habitat in farm sites. But, from a welfare point of view, are bigger brains a ble…
Whales get a taste for hatchery-bred salmon13 Jul 2017Humpback whales in south-east Alaska seem to be targeting salmon smolts released by the state’s hatcheries.
Scottish mussel hatchery adds Tasmanian expertise8 Jun 2017An innovative project to get Scottish mussels to spawn in a hatchery environment has received an international boost with a visit from Tasmanian partners Spring Bay Seafoods operators of one of the w…
Hefty funding for novel marine fish research9 May 2017A project to advance aquaculture technology for high-value marine fish such as tuna and hirame (Japanese flounder) has received $1.5 million in funding.
Salmon smolt tracking scheme launched24 Apr 2017A new project which will allow the migratory movements of salmon smolts from rivers in five EU countries to be tracked by the public has been launched by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) today.
Shellfish growers poised for lagoon show21 Apr 2017Prospects for cultivating mussels, oysters, scallops, clams, cockles and seaweed in the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon (TLSB) are promising, according to a new report from Seafish.
