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The government of Nova Scotia has granted Cermaq Canada four options to lease salmon farming sites in the Chedabucto Bay region, as the company seeks to obtain about 20 marine sites, two hatcheries an…

A team of researchers based in Singapore claim to be close to their goal of developing a strain of tilapia that can thrive in salt water.

The Chairman of IFA Aquaculture, Michael Mulloy, has criticised the Irish Government for their “failure to promote Irish aquaculture production”, following a report which shows a steep decline in the …

AquaBounty has been granted approval for the commercial production of its genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon at its Rollo Bay production facility on Prince Edward Island.

Substituting fishmeal for plant ingredients in aquaculture feeds may not be the ecological panacea that many campaigners believe, according to recently published research.

Scottish aquaculture businesses are being encouraged to become world leaders in sustainability and embrace the economic opportunities that environmental changes can bring.

Chinese e-commerce giant ecMAx has signed an agreement to buy €100 million worth of shrimp and other aquaculture products from Lim Shrimp Organization’s Indonesian operations over the next 10 years.

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has launched a new state-of-the-art SeaMate feed barge and office at Portree, having increased its salmon production capacity in the area by 2,000 tonnes earlier this…

Further details of the forthcoming seminar, Aquaculture’s Global Outlook: Embracing Internationality - which is taking place in Edinburgh on 29 May - have been released today.

Aqua-Spark has today announced new investments in BioFishency, an innovator in water treatment systems for use in land-based aquaculture, and Molofeed, whose new formula can replace live feed earlier …

Archer Daniels Midland Company announce two strategic additions to its Board of Directors

Aquaculture entrepreneurs and researchers seeking capital for ventures and technologies supporting sustainable seafood or the marine environment are encouraged to join a Fish 2.0 workshop at the Unive…

Steven Rafferty brings broad global industry experience to Cermaq Chile, the second largest farming company in Chile

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has announced that sea lice levels in the industry are at their lowest levels for six years, despite 47 percent drop in spending on medicinal sea lice…

The ninth Aquaculture Roundtable Series (TARS), which is taking place in Bali on 14-15 August, will focus on Asia’s aquafeeds sector, in a bid to improve feed efficiency and reduce impact on the envir…

Pharmaq has formed a strategic partnership with Colombia’s largest tilapia producer, Piscicola Botero, in a bid to improve productivity and sustainability in the tilapia value chain in the country.

Thirty-six firms from the Danish seafood sector are making preparations to take part in Seafood Expo/Processing Global, which take place in Brussels on 7-9 May.

A family-run business on the Isle of Arran has landed a six figure boat building contract from The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC).

Cooke has acquired Farallon Aquaculture de Nicaragua, a vertically-integrated producer of farmed shrimp and a leading supplier of branded fresh-frozen shrimp to major markets in Asia, Europe and the U…

Hopes for the development of an effective vaccine to protect tilapia from Streptococcus have been given a boost following the publication of the results of a new study.