Former economics teacher Alf-Gøran Knutsen is a well-known champion of the aquaculture sector. His farm, Kvarøy Arctic, helped to define the Whole Foods Farmed Salmon Standard and is the only farm to have the ASC, SFW, BAP, Global GAP, IBM Food Trust block cha…
Kana Banno, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) talks about her transition from aquaculture in Japan, to that of Norway and why fish behaviour and welfare are so important in salmon farming.
The growth of grouper aquaculture has been held back by the difficulties experienced in the larval rearing stage. However, according to CFEED, the use of copepods at the first feeding stage is leading to marked improvements in production.
Surprisingly little research into establishing the optimal lighting conditions for salmon in RAS facilities has been published. As a result, and given that light plays a key role in the development of Atlantic salmon, researchers at Nofima are currently invest…
We need to understand the past, address the present and be able to foresee the future. To achieve this in aquaculture, it is fundamental that we digitalise both research and the industry.
