If all goes according to Alltech president and founder Pearse Lyons’ plan, sea lice could be a seafood farming fret of the past about six months from now. It’s in approximately half a year’s time that the innovation company’s emerging technology, the gene chip, could deliver the results necessary to […]
Monthly Archives: October 2017
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Projects are underway in Norway and Japan to raise salmon in large numbers in big offshore pens, by adopting next-generation aquafarming technology. Offshore farming aims to avoid the infestations of sea lice that often accompany conventional small and overcrowded coastal farms, as well as water contamination caused by leftover feed. […]
Taiwanese companies specializing in aquaculture technology using fish cages will prospect for partners in the Philippines who can market their technology or partner with them in fish production. Philip Huang, deputy executive director of the Master Development Department of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, told The Manila Times that […]
Fishmeal harbors antibiotic-resistance genes and stimulates their spread in lab tests. “Farm to table” has become a catch phrase for eating locally grown food bought directly from producers—but unfortunately it can also apply to antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics applied as part of farming practices for livestock and farmed seafood can fuel […]
Fish, shellfish and algae live in the sea and do not have to depend on scarce resources such as land area and freshwater. The climate impacts are also low when compared to land based food production. However, there is room for improvement and today’s technology must focus on durable solutions. […]
By: Paul B. Brown* Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos theory to the system, in a literal sense.” Nate Silver (1978-), American writer. Nate Silver’s description of the American population and […]
By Suzi Dominy* Insects: the buzz word in aquafeed Fish producers increasingly look to feed containing plant-based proteins to provide the essential component of nutrition that builds and repairs the cells that sustain life. Agriculture produces roughly 525 million tonnes of plant protein a year from corn, rice, wheat and […]
By Greg Lutz* There are many examples of the use of hybridization as a means to develop superior production animals. Sometimes, it’s just the beginning of a more complex journey. Many years ago, researchers in the U.S. demonstrated the Channel catfish by Blue catfish hybrid consumed more feed, grew more […]