Technology & equipment

Sarah Riddle, director of business engagement at the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), looks at four key areas where the sector is likely to evolve during the next 12 months.

Keeping oysters in live tanks rather than in the water where they’re grown helps reduce double-handling, ensures quality and opens up potential new markets.

A new environmental monitoring initiative that aims to support shrimp and crab aquaculture in mangrove forests has officially been launched in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province.

Poseidon Ocean Systems, a Canadian company specialising in the development of salmon farming infrastructure, has raised $5 million in Series A funding.

A new feeding system based on passive acoustics and artificial intelligence may improve the sustainability of the aquaculture industry.

A $1 million project that aims reduces losses in the shellfish aquaculture industry through the use of unmanned vehicles is underway at North Carolina State University.

Membership of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) consortium has grown by around 25 percent in the last 12 months as the sector has looked to increase connections, deliver greater adoption of technology, an…

A pilot project in Thailand has shown that remote sensing technology and aerial photography can help researchers and auditors track land transformation from shrimp farming, making it easier to verify sustainability claim…

Fish and shellfish farmers have been providing positive feedback about Umitron's recently launched satellite data-based monitoring app.

Thai Union has been praised by the head of Ecuador’s aquaculture sector for its decision to start using blockchain technology, thereby encouraging the whole shrimp farming sector to improve its traceability.

The first of a fleet of 50 aquaculture vessels that can produce up to 200,000 tonnes of fish a year is under construction in China.

A novel means to assess sea lice levels is set to be trialled in Scotland in a project supported by the UK Seafood Innovation Fund.

Aquaculture operators can be largely optimistic about their prospects in 2021, although some farmers, particularly in Chile, may struggle to fulfil increasingly onerous regulations.

A new system that uses AI and IoT technology to automatically measure the size of the fish in aquaculture installations, by using a portable camera paired with a mobile app, has been developed by Umitron.

Four months after joining the world’s only aquaculture and alternative seafood accelerator programme, eight startups from Hatch’s latest cohort pitched their ideas to investors in an entertaining online event today.

Armed with a homemade submersible cage and a determination to start farming a species that was in decline in the wild, veteran trout farmer Jeff Tuerk decided to establish the North America’s only lake whitefish farm.

A secret species of filter-feeder, placed in novel devices within fish pens, could help to greatly reduce the numbers of parasites, including sea lice, affecting aquaculture operations.

A new system that connects shrimp farmers directly to buyers - to ensure fast, efficient and secure transactions - is proving popular in Ecuador.

Manual counting of sea lice – an activity that is stressful for fish, time-consuming for farmers and statistically questionable – is no longer mandatory on all salmon farms in Norway, following a landmark ruling.

Singapore-based entrepreneur John Diener is committed to developing a series of urban aquaculture facilities that are able to produce shrimp, whitefish and seaweeds in high tech five-story farming systems.