Belgium headquartered multinational NUTRIAD, manufacturer of specialty feed additives for livestock and aquaculture, announced it engaged into strategic partnerships with leading universities in Brazil: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Federal University of Goiânia (UFG) and State University of Londrina (UEL). These agreements allow the science based company to evaluate […]
Archivos diarios: 11/07/2017
Norway: Norwegian fish farmers face new curbs designed to protect the country’s stocks of wild salmon, rules that have ignited anger from the industry and its opponents, prompting threats of court challenges from both sides. As a teenager, Ola Braanaas kept a few fish in an aquarium in his bedroom. […]
Oman: An aquaculture project which is expected to add 3,000 tonnes of fish per year was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF) on Monday. The ministry announced that the first phase of fish farming project consisting of 32 floating cages in Quriyat, with a production capacity of […]
India: ICAR Director General Trilochan Mohapatra on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the indigenous Re-circulatory Aquaculture System developed at the Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). Dr. Mohapatra, who was here to receive an award at the third AP Science Congress, lauded the efforts by scientists […]
Canada: Economics of land-based salmon farming not adding up for B.C. fish farmers. Some day, it might be possible to raise salmon in land-based closed containment ponds and make a profit. But that day is still a long way off, and even when it does become economically viable, land-based aquaculture […]
Australia: The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is among the recipients that will share $9.3 million in research grants from NOAA aimed at further developing the nation’s marine and coastal aquaculture industry. “This country, with its abundant coastline, should not have to import billions of pounds of seafood each year,” said […]