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NOAA Sea Grant has announced that it will allocate approximately $14 million in federal funding across four strategic areas for improving the US aquaculture sector.

Mowi Scotland Ltd has submitted a notice of appeal regarding a recent refusal of planning permission to increase production on its Loch Hourn salmon farm by 10 percent.

Applications are open for scholarships for an aquaculture masters degree that takes students to stunning locations in Scotland, Greece and France.

Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods has announced it has developed a shrimp dumpling filling made from mycoprotein for its future go-to-market partners.

Researchers have identified how mussel larvae move – giving shellfish farmers important insights into where and how to grow them.

Scottish Sea Farms has been awarded Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for the first time in Orkney, after recently gaining the coveted accreditation on the west coast of Scotland.

Hatch Blue’s* second fund, The Blue Revolution Fund (BRF) has closed its first funding round and hopes to bring third-party verified impact investing to the aquaculture sector.

Aker BioMarine is planning to expand the sales of its krill-based aquafeed ingredients in Indonesia, with the appointment of Dr Bawanta Widya Suta, as its aquaculture sales manager.

A wide-ranging study led by the Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) on the potential health risks of nanoparticles in the aquaculture industry is set to release its findings.

On 26 to 28 September, Stiim Aqua Cluster in Stavanger is heading for the Faroe Islands to showcase the newest Norwegian aquatech and to learn from their Faroese partners.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Walmart Foundation) have launched an 18-month collaboration to scale a new place-based and holistic approach to sustainable aquaculture and fisheries in Chile.

Insect-based protein company Innovafeed has raised €250 million in funding for its series-D round, bringing its total cumulative financing to €450 million as it makes strategic appointments and accelerates its growth.

A recent trial found that opting for wheat flour instead of molasses as a carbon source for shrimp biofloc systems can yield improved growth performance and survival.

FUTUREFISH has secured a contract with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, working towards their vision to empower, build and grow sustainable aquaculture solutions in Africa and Asia.

More than 200 companies plan to showcase their tech and solutions at the upcoming Aqua Expo 2022 in Ecuador.

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, part of India’s Department of Agriculture (ICAR-CMFRI) has released 500,000 (5 lakh) of farmed pearl oyster spat in the Gulf of Mannar.

Asia’s Nutrition Technologies, one of the first industrial insect companies in the region, has closed a $20 million equity round as it prepares to launch new insect-based feed and fertiliser products into new markets.

Taiwan’s Nocera Inc, an emerging recirculating aquaculture and land-based production company, has entered an agreement to purchase 229 acres of agricultural land in Montgomery, Alabama for its first land-based fish farm …

Researchers in Chile are exploring the cultivation of Chloromonas reticulata, a microalgae species isolated by a doctoral student in Antarctica, to use as an astaxanthin-rich feed ingredient.

The Filipino Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has revitalised the archipelago’s indigenous freshwater species through local aquaculture initiatives.