Technology & equipment

A new fish farming method that uses converted shipping containers has been developed by Finland’s Natural Resources Institute (LUKE).

A novel way of monitoring structural stress using fibre optic technology is going to be trialled on one of the world's most exposed fish farms, Salmar's Ocean Farm 1.

A project that aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools to predict harmful blooms (HABs) of marine algae has been awarded £200,000 funding.

More than 30 startups have now joined Indonesia’s Digifish Network, bringing sophisticated innovation and business models to unravel the problems in every segment of the aquaculture industry.

Aquaculture technology firm Blue Aqua plans to bring blockchain traceability to the shrimp farming industry, after forming a partnership with VeChain.

A project to implement a blockchain traceability system for a new fast-growing variety of carp farmed in Bangladesh has been declared a success.

Blue Trace has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to accelerate the building of an innovative Tide to Table Traceability and Marketing System.

SalMar and Aker have announced plans to establish an international offshore aquaculture company.

An app that offers farmers valuable insights into water quality, feed management and animal health through real-time data analytics technology, is due to be launched by Blue Aqua International, SAS and Hewlett Packard En…

Dr Claude Kaplan, IP expert and director at Hatch Innovation Services*, discusses some of the issues and opportunities relating to patents in land-based salmon farming.

A new service that automatically alerts salmon farmers to non-notifiable diseases – such as pasteurellosis, CMS, AGD – in their area has been launched by Manolin today.

BioMar reports steady growth in both volume and revenue during Q2 of 2021, but notes decreased sales in salmon segment and increases in prices for raw materials and logistics.

Although India is the world's second largest aquaculture producer, harvesting 15 million tonnes a year, post-harvest chains are plagued by a lack of transparency and inefficient value chains.

Cermaq, one of the world’s largest salmon producers, has announced plans to cut its total greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent by 2030.

Ireland’s fourth entrepreneurial aquaculture and alternative seafood programme is currently open to applications from researchers, inventors, startups, entrepreneurs and established companies in these sectors or adjacent…

XpertSea, a Canadian startup that aims to transform how shrimp are farmed and traded, has closed a $20 million Series B funding round.

Singapore Aquaculture Technologies (SAT), a pioneer of tank-based closed containment aquaculture systems on floating structures, has finalised a Series A financing round totalling S$9.2 million.

Royal Caridea is poised to harvest its first cohort of shrimp from an RAS facility in Arizona, where Dr Maurice C Kemp, the startup's founder and president, aims to continue to develop a unique, hyper-intensive farming s…

A new partnership aims to bring IoT-based solutions to India’s aquaculture and fishery sectors, including monitoring oxygen and pH levels in water and enhancing fish yields and profitability for fish farmers.