Gambians torch Chinese fishmeal plant 25 Mar 2021 A Chinese-owned fishmeal factory in The Gambia has been torched by youths, who are becoming increasingly disaffected by a raft of problems associated with the fishmeal industry in the West African country.
Salmon farms instigate open door policy for welfare inspectors 25 Mar 2021 Scotland’s salmon farmers have today invited official auditors to check any farm, without advance notice, in response to a report that questioned the industry’s fish welfare record.
Severinsen re-emerges with a "disruptive" water sensor for aquaculture 24 Mar 2021 A new water sensor that has been designed to measure a range of water quality and fish welfare parameters in aquaculture installations has been launched by a Canadian seafood tech company, Sedna Technologies.
Major mortality incident at flagship salmon RAS 24 Mar 2021 Atlantic Sapphire has reported another significant mortality incident this week at its Miami recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) facility.
Novel closed-containment salmon farm launched in Norway 24 Mar 2021 Starfish, an innovative closed-containment salmon farming system, has now been installed in a Norwegian fjord and is due to be stocked later in the year.
Finance flocks to aquaculture, despite the impact of Covid-19 23 Mar 2021 While the aquaculture sector may have suffered numerous setbacks following the outbreak of Covid-19 the finance sector has shown a remarkable appetite to invest in it.
Is wastewater-fed aquaculture a sustainability gamechanger? 23 Mar 2021 Wastewater-fed aquaculture has been suggested as a low-tech and sustainable way to provide animal protein while investing in water treatment infrastructure – but can this business model be applied in real life?
Mowi reshuffles key farming roles 23 Mar 2021 Mowi has promoted Meritxell Diez-Padrisa, its production director in Scotland, to fish health director for Scotland, Ireland and the Faroes, while she will be replaced by Roar Paulsen.
Salmon sector demands simplification of post-Brexit export paperwork 23 Mar 2021 The key piece of paperwork at the heart of export delays to the EU should be completely redrawn and simplified, according to representatives of the Scottish salmon sector.
Tackling the poaching problem at fish farms in the Med 22 Mar 2021 One of the most isolated fish farms in the Mediterranean has eliminated poaching incidents following a major upgrade to its security systems.
Encouraging coastal communities to engage with seaweed aquaculture 22 Mar 2021 A new guide is encouraging coastal communities to consider the the potential impacts - both positive and negative - of seaweed aquaculture sites in their local areas.
A new tool for forecasting ISA and PD outbreaks 22 Mar 2021 Software that’s now capable of predicting the early onset of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) as well as pancreas disease (PD) has just been launched by Manolin.
Shrimp tech startup secures fresh funding 19 Mar 2021 Minnowtech, a startup that enables shrimp producers to automatically measure shrimp abundance in order to optimise feeding regimes and reduce disease challenges, has secured further investment.
CO2-to-protein producer targets Norway's salmon feed sector 19 Mar 2021 Deep Branch, which plans to produce microbes for aquafeeds using CO2, is looking to develop its first commercial-scale production facility in Norway, having just completed an €8 million Series A investment round.
Milestone for sustainable shrimp initiative 19 Mar 2021 The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership, a group of 12 shrimp producers in Ecuador who have committed to farming shrimp that is fully traceable and sustainable, while being produced using zero antibiotics, is celebrating its …
Could funding MPAs offer a new system of blue carbon credits? 18 Mar 2021 Funding the establishment of Marine Protection Areas (MPAs) – thus protecting them from activity by bottom-trawling vessels – could form an innovative new type of carbon credit scheme.
Philippines reopens trade in juvenile mangrove crabs 18 Mar 2021 Crab farmers in the Philippines have been thrown a lifeline after the government suspended an order that previously prevented them from catching and selling wild mangrove crabs for ongrowing.
World's largest cod farmer secures a new site 18 Mar 2021 Norcod, the world’s largest cod farmer, has secured a new site, in Meløy municipality, near Bodø – which increases their capacity to 10,000 tonnes of cod a year.
New research shows Vietnamese shoppers opting for sustainably farmed shrimp 17 Mar 2021 Vietnamese shoppers have expressed a strong preference for eco-labelled farmed shrimp over conventional shrimp, according to new market research.
Scope to step up RAS disinfection protocols? 16 Mar 2021 New research into disinfection practices in land-based recirculation salmon farms in Norway and North America could be used to create new standards to increase effectiveness and prevent outbreaks of disease.
