RAS workshop high on LACQUA2018 agenda15 Oct 2018A comprehensive workshop on recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) that’s taking place in Bogota on 22-23 October is being eagerly anticipated.
A seismic shift in shrimp farming28 Sep 2018Charoen Pokphands Foods (CPF) has announced plans to stop farming shrimp in outdoor facilities within the next five years.
Investor sought by Jurassic Salmon26 Sep 2018Polish fish farmer Jurassic Salmon is on the look-out for an investor to support the further development of its fish farm in Janowo, according to senior company representatives.
Broodstock adds to RAS investments24 Sep 2018Seafood investor Broodstock Capital has acquired 50 perent of water treatment company NP Innovation, a leading supplier of water treatment technologies for aquaculture systems.
RAS for sale13 Sep 2018Swansea University is currently considering offers in the region of £50,000 for an entire a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).
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 …
Women in Aquaculture: Lynne Frame 03 Jul 2018Lynne Frame, freshwater specialist at Scottish Sea Farms, recounts an action-packed introduction to the aquaculture industry that has seen her grow mussels in New Zealand, produce smolt in the Arctic …
Key factors in creating the largest tilapia RAS in the world22 Jun 2018How vertical integration and live fish sales have enabled Blue Ridge Aquaculture in Virginia to thrive in a market otherwise dominated by large-scale Asian and Central American tilapia producers.
Smolt conference scheduled for October07 May 2018A conference that focuses on smolt production in RAS and closed-containment systems is scheduled to take place in Norway in October.
Smaller smolts grow quicker at sea 05 Mar 2018Larger salmon post-smolts do not grow as well in marine cages as traditional 100g smolts, according to new research.
Scots and Danes exchange aquaculture ideas01 Mar 2018Representatives of the Scottish and Danish aquaculture sectors are working more closely together in an effort to grow the fish farming industries in their respective countries.
Second salmon RAS planned for Maine23 Feb 2018A land-based aquaculture facility that could be capable of producing 50,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon a year is due to begin construction in Maine this year.
Women in aquaculture: Dr Marcy Wilder29 Jan 2018Dr Marcy Wilder, senior research scientist at the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), sees huge potential for the production of shrimp and other organisms in recirc…
Green light for £6 million wrasse hatchery19 Jan 2018Marine Harvest’s plan for building a new wrasse hatchery on the Kintyre peninsula has been unanimously approved by Argyll & Bute Council.
New head for closed-containment project14 Dec 2017Åsa Espmark has been appointed as the new centre director for CtrlAQUA, the £18 million project that aims to make off-the-shelf closed systems for salmon up to one kilo available by 2023.
Beating the bacteria in RASs01 Dec 2017A project to develop a system that alerts operators of recirculation aquaculture systems (RASs) when dangerous bacteria are in the process of blooming has been launched by Norwegian researchers.
First salmon delivered to "the world’s most advanced fish farm” 27 Nov 2017The first batch of salmon broodstock are due to arrive at the SalmoBreed Salten ova production facility next week, following 13 months of construction at the state-of-the-art site.
Short RAS course launched 23 Nov 2017A new course designed to improve water quality awareness for staff involved in recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs) has been launched by the NAFC Marine Centre this week.
Feed trials kick off at new RAS facility 11 Oct 2017Feed trials are now underway at the new Coppens RAS research facility, which opened in the Netherlands last month.
Mine over matter03 Aug 2017How a mining by-product could revolutionise phosphorous removal from aquaculture systems
