Gael Force Group to showcase new products at Aquaculture UK19 Apr 2018SponsoredWith less than five weeks to go until the most important aquaculture exhibition and conference in Britain, Gael Force Group is gearing up for its biggest exhibition presence yet.
Women in aquaculture: Alexis Chatterton09 Apr 2018Alexis Chatterton, mooring services manager with Gael Force Group, explains how developing equipment such as cages and mooring systems that can cope with extreme environmental conditions is key to the…
Major investment by Bremnes Seashore12 Mar 2018SponsoredAKVA group has signed a contract for the delivery of four Polarcirkel work boats to Bremnes Seashore. With a value of more than NOK 10 million (£927,000), this is AKVA group’s largest independent boat…
Renewables power South African abalone boom21 Feb 2018South Africa’s abalone farmers are turning to renewables to power the growth of their industry - which is set to double production levels in the next five years.
Gael Force Group to showcase new products at Aquaculture UK19 Apr 2018SponsoredWith less than five weeks to go until the most important aquaculture exhibition and conference in Britain, Gael Force Group is gearing up for its biggest exhibition presence yet.
Hefty windfall for hatchery counting technology17 Apr 2018XpertSea, a Canadian company which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to count and size early-stage aquatic organisms such as shrimp larvae and live feed, announced today that it has rai…
Groundbreaking cleaner fish book now available03 Apr 2018The first ever comprehensive book on the use of cleaner fish in aquaculture, edited by Jim Treasurer, former Research Director at Ardtoe Marine Research Facility, has been published today.
Fish farm suppliers join forces23 Mar 2018Gael Force Group has acquired of 75 percent of the outstanding share capital of the fish farm pen manufacturer Fusion Marine.
Green light for offshore salmon project 12 Mar 2018Permission to grow almost 6,000 tonnes of salmon in two novel semi-submersible salmon farm systems has been granted to Arctic Offshore Farming by Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries.
Environmental DNA sampling shows huge potential for aquaculture 29 Jun 2017The success of a project that used a cutting-edge genetic technique to assess the presence of water-borne pathogens in Australia's barramundi sector shows the huge potential the technique has to offer…
A single celled replacement for fishmeal?11 Apr 2017Large scale production of a single cell organism could reduce the need to use wild-caught fish and agricultural crops as the key protein ingredients in aquaculture feeds, according to a new study publ…
Secrets to staying ahead: finding additional ways to innovate04 Apr 2017SponsoredAt a time when environmental headwinds and economic uncertainty are leading some companies to slow their support for R&D, INVE Aquaculture, part of Benchmark Holdings plc, believes investment in innov…
The rise of the fish vaccine20 Jan 2017When Dr Stanis?aw Snieszko and colleagues injected carp with the first fish vaccine in the late 1930s, they declared that although effective, immunisation was too complicated and time consuming for la…
Char and salmon stocked in ground-breaking aquaponics site05 Jun 2017One of the largest commercial aquaponics facilities in the world, which has the capacity to grow 125 metric tons of salmon and Arctic char and 200 metric tons of organic fresh greens annually, has now…
Steinsvik ships seven feed barges to Canada24 May 2017Seven Steinsvik feed barges have just been completed at the shipyard in Gdynia Poland, and are now en route for Canada.
Shellfish growers poised for lagoon show21 Apr 2017Prospects for cultivating mussels, oysters, scallops, clams, cockles and seaweed in the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon (TLSB) are promising, according to a new report from Seafish.
Keeping an open mind over closed containment02 May 2017Salmon farmers and equipment providers are backing the value of using closed containment systems both on land and in at sea just over a year into a project which is investigating the potential pros …
Gael Force Group to showcase new products at Aquaculture UK19 Apr 2018SponsoredWith less than five weeks to go until the most important aquaculture exhibition and conference in Britain, Gael Force Group is gearing up for its biggest exhibition presence yet.
Major investment by Bremnes Seashore12 Mar 2018SponsoredAKVA group has signed a contract for the delivery of four Polarcirkel work boats to Bremnes Seashore. With a value of more than NOK 10 million (£927,000), this is AKVA group’s largest independent boat…
Halamid website built to share expertise and widen technical support06 Oct 2017SponsoredWith the recent renewal of Halamid® website, Axcentive wanted to take the opportunity to widen its technical support.
Gael Force puts a marker in the ground with launch of new products at Aqua Nor21 Jun 2017SponsoredRevealed as one of the main exhibitors on the Scottish Pavillion, Gael Force will officially launch their new offshore feed system.
New sea louse treatment nears commercial launch24 May 2017A ground-breaking sea lice treatment is due to be launched by Benchmark in the coming months, according to a trading report released by the group today.
Leroy to use fish oil replacement in ongrowing feeds25 Apr 2017One of the worlds largest salmon producers has announced plans to use feed containing microalgae to ensure that its fish contain high levels of long chain omega-3s.
Breakthrough for omega-3 canola22 Mar 2017A strain of canola which contains long-chain omega-3s has now been submitted for regulatory approval in Australia, with submissions in the US and Canadia anticipated to be filed later this month.
High hopes for fish oil replacement08 Mar 2017USA: Up to 15% of the of the volumes of EPA and DHA currently required by the salmon aquaculture industry could be provided by specially-produced algae by 2019.
Cooke chooses Shetland firm for workboat29 Jun 2017Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has contracted Shetland shipyard Malakoff to build a new 14 m catamaran workboat.
Funding windfall for Highland aqua13 Mar 2017A 1 million programme, which could create up to 50 more aquaculture-related jobs in Scotlands Highlands & Islands, has been approved.
LeBlanc cheque for Atlantic seafood sector13 Mar 2017Funding worth $325 million for the fisheries and seafood sectors on Canadas east coast has been announced by the Canadas Fisheries Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, through the newly-established Atlantic Fis…
Oscar-winner funds aqua project09 Mar 2017LoveTheWild, purveyors of farm-raised, freshly frozen seafood kits, and champions of sustainable aquaculture, today announced the addition of new investors to round out their previously-announced Seri…
