As Southeast Asia’s aquaculture industry moves to greater production and extra-regional exports, they face an issue of critical importance. USSEC’s Southeast Asia Aquaculture Program has identified that there are still many in the aquaculture industry that are either unaware of or not paying attention to the international movement by buyers […]
Monthly Archives: January 2018
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A project led by NUI Galway and Athlone Institute of Technology is set to improve production efficiencies and management of farmed fish at several inland freshwater sites. The project, called ECOAQUA, has received almost €350k in funding from the European Commission. This project is expected to give us new information, […]
Since being founded in 2000, Genome Atlantic has enabled over $90 million and 1,500 person years of employment in genomics research and development (R&D) in Atlantic Canada. With a $750,000 non-repayable loan through the federal government’s Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) announced on Wednesday, the Halifax-based not-for-profit corporation hopes to […]
Authorities in the central coastal province of Phu Yen will spend nearly 2.12 VND trillion (93 million USD) developing aquaculture from now until 2025. According to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Huu The, the master plan on fisheries development by 2025 with a vision toward 2030 will […]
Scientists from NUI Galway and Athlone Institute of Technology involved in two year-project Environmental conflicts over fish farming may be reduced if new EU-funded research on land-based aquaculture bears fruit. The two-year project involving scientists from NUI Galway (NUIG) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) aims to apply new technology […]
The Pennsylvania Farm Show is highlighting aquaculture, an emerging industry in the state. According to National Aquaculture Association, farmed fish can help satisfy the growing worldwide demand for seafood and protect wild populations from depletion. “A lot of the aquaculture sector in PA is sports fish like trout. There’s some […]
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) has projected shrimp exports to continue gathering momentum this year, particularly in the EU and China. Vietnam’s shrimp export value was estimated at 3.8 billion USD in 2017, up 22 percent from 2016. The EU was the top importer of Vietnamese […]
The new report from Healthcare Market Reports has been published today. It provides updated in 2018 year analysis of healthcare industries. The use of genetic and biotechnological techniques in fisheries and aquaculture has expanded massively since the publication of the successful and popular first edition of this book in 2003. […]
Auburn University researcher Cova Arias has developed a vaccine that may save catfish from one of the deadliest diseases afflicting them — and save catfish farmers a lot of money. (Contributed) After more than seven years of research and testing, Cova Arias knows the vaccine she developed and patented to […]
Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, today announced it has acquired Pacifico Aquaculture (“Pacifico”), a leader in sustainable ocean-raised aquaculture. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2010 and based in Baja California, Mexico, Pacifico is the world’s first and only producer […]