Chinese firm wins Fish-Free Feed (F3) Challenge5 Oct 2017China's Guangdong Evergreen Feed Industry Co has been named the winner of a 16-month contest to develop and sell the most fish-free feed for aquaculture.
Scottish salmon production slips 5.2 percent19 Sep 2017Health issues, leading to early harvests, caused Scottish salmon production levels fell by 5.2 percent last year, to a total of 162,817 tonnes, according to figures released by Marine Scotland Science…
AquaGen moves in on trout market 14 Aug 2017AquaGen has entered into an agreement to purchase 51% of the Danish breeding company AquaSearch ova, one of the world's leading suppliers of genetics for the portion-size trout market.
Russian firm sees salmon production surge4 Aug 2017Russia’s leading farmed salmonid producer, Russian Aquaculture, has reported commercial fish production of some 8,400 tonnes in the first half of 2017, a 664% increase compared to the 1,100 tonnes it …
Surge in Russian trout production27 Jul 2017Aquaculture industry players from Russia’s Karelia and Leningrad regions, in the northwest of the country, have reported an increase in trout production.
Russia develops aquaculture feed production13 Jul 2017A new feed mill has been opened in Russia’s Karelia region in a move that will help boost the region’s aquaculture industry, according to senior state officials.
Concerns over trout hybridization4 May 2017Interbreeding between between native cutthroat trout and invasive rainbow trout is increasing across the northern Rocky Mountains, according to a recent study by the US Geological Survey and partners.…
Ground broken at Memphis fishmeal replacement facility27 Apr 2017Work on a new 37-acre plant that will produce 200,000 tonnes of Calystas FeedKind protein for the aquafeed industry began this week.
Camelina oil gains Canadian approval for use in salmon feed27 Apr 2017The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has approved the use of mechanically-extracted camelina oil as a feed ingredient for farmed salmon and trout.
Baltic farmer/processor reports solid start to the year20 Apr 2017PRFoods, which is engaged in fish processing in Finland and Estonia as well as fish farming in Sweden and Finland, has reported a 3.2% sales increase in the first quarter of the year.
Spanish sustainability breakthrough13 Apr 2017Piscifactoria Del Alba, which farms rainbow trout at three freshwater sites, is the first aquaculture producer in Spain to gain Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.
Danes to mill Down Under23 Mar 2017Biomar has announced plans to establish its first feed factory in Australia, with a yearly capacity of 110,000 tonnes, to help service a range of the countrys aquaculture sectors including salmon, tro…
Crawfish Added to BAP Programme; Chinese Processing Plant Certified17 Feb 2017CHINA - Please join the Global Aquaculture Alliances Best Aquaculture Practices division in welcoming the worlds first BAP-certified crawfish facility to the third-party certification programme, the o…
Gut Feeling Essential for Migrating Fish16 Feb 2017SWEDEN - Why do trout spend so much time in potentially dangerous estuaries before migrating to sea? In a new thesis published at University Gothenburg, Jeroen Brijs reveals that the answer may lie in…
Poland's Fish Catch Increasing, Aquaculture Production Down2 Feb 2017POLAND - In 2015 the total fish catch for Poland was 180,717 MT, which included the Baltic Sea and long-distance fisheries.
Researchers Create Trout Feed From Bean Residue10 Jan 2017MEXICO - In order to reduce costs in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) production, researchers from the Technological Institute of Tuxtepec (Ittux) have developed an aquaculture feed from the resi…
Norwegian Seafood Exports to Exceed NOK 90 billion in 201623 Dec 2016NORWAY - Entering the last month of 2016, the Norwegian seafood industry year to date exports totalled NOK 83.2 billion. By value this represents an increase of NOK 16 billion compared to the same per…
Weekly Overview: Simple Test Developed to Detect Pancreas Disease Causing Virus6 Dec 2016GLOBAL - Scientists from the University of Glasgow, UK, working with major companies in the aquaculture industry, have discovered a simple test can be used to detect Atlantic salmon infected with salm…
Researchers use genomics for more targeted rainbow trout breeding2 Dec 2016With the use of genomic selection, Danish researchers will target their breeding of rainbow trout towards adaptations to different production environments worldwide. This could pave the way for an eve…
