Aquaculture News
December 13
GSSI recognizes the Marine Eco-Label Japan (MEL) V2 Scheme for Aquaculture and Fisheries
The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has provided formal recognition of the Marine Eco-Label Japan (MEL) V2 scheme for the scope of Aquaculture and Fisheries. GSSI’s recognit Read More
December 13
State-of-the-art nutrition: latest feed highlights Skretting’s dedication to the tilapia sector
Designed to suit all farming systems, Optiline is Skretting’s dedicated grower feed for farmed tilapiaProviding state-of-the-art nutrition, Optiline enables high performance and improved farm effi Read More
December 13
SNP and BASC PERÚ will promote good practices in international trade in fishery products
The National Fisheries Society (SNP) and the Civil Association BASC PERÚ signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement to promote good practices in the international trade of fishery products. Read More
December 10
European Fisheries Control Agency Awards contract to Unisys for IT Services and support to help preserve fish stocks
Unisys underlines its commitment to EU agencies with support for EFCA’s mission to promote the highest common standards for control, inspection and surveillance of Europe’s fishing industryUnisys Read More
December 10
Major milestone for Scottish Sea Farms’ new hatchery as first smolts go safely out to sea pens
Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55m Barcaldine Hatchery has achieved a critical milestone with the first smolts having gone safely out to sea pens.The smolts, which arrived at Barcaldine as eggs back in Read More
December 10
Gerard Marneth becomes new CEO of Adifo
Adifo NV has appointed Gerard Marneth as CEO. He succeeds Alex Roelvink who became interim CEO in July 2017.Marneth has extensive experience in guiding IT oriented companies in a growth phase and exp Read More
December 6
Atlantic Capes Fisheries awarded GSA Certification for Wild Seafood
The Global Seafood Assurances (GSA) is proud to announce that Atlantic Capes Fisheries Inc.’s processing plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, is the world’s first primary processing plant to b Read More
December 6
Science delivers more Aussie-grown prawns for Christmas
Australians will be enjoying more Aussie-grown prawns this Christmas thanks to a new prawn health check developed by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO.The new test uses CSIRO’s ̵ Read More
December 3
Scottish Sea Farms steps up sustainability drive with farming restructure
Scottish Sea Farms is to restructure its farming operations to help accelerate progress towards the company’s goal of setting the benchmark for sustainability in its sector.The news follows the ann Read More
December 3
AgriProtein completes sequencing of black soldier fly Genome
FLY-FARMER and insect technology pioneer AgriProtein, named as one of TIME magazine’s Top 50 Genius Companies, in collaboration with the South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the Uni Read More
December 3
Alltech announces R&D collaborations into sustainable salmon production for Norway fisheries
EINVU project sees Alltech collaborate with leading institute for applied research, NofimaDeveloping more robust and sustainable salmon through nutritional product innovations and associated scientif Read More
December 3
Warming seas are bad news for farmed salmon
Researchers have evaluated how climate change could affect Norwegian salmon farming over the next 50 years.Ocean temperatures off the Norwegian coast have increased by 1°C on average since the 1980s Read More
November 29
Extreme Weather a Major Cause of Plastic ‘Ghost Gear’ from Fish Farming
Extreme Weather a Major Cause of Plastic ‘Ghost Gear’ from Fish FarmingA new white paper from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) published on 28 November has determined that extrem Read More
November 27
De Heus supports development of aqua farming in Myanmar with opening of new feed mill
De Heus Myanmar celebrated the opening of a dedicated aqua feed production facility in Myanmar. This modern production site will give aqua farmers access to the affordable high-quality feeds needed to Read More
November 27