In a bid to boost fish export, fish farmers in the country were on Friday in Lagos urged to scale up Tilapia farming. Aquaculture experts told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that mass production of Tilapia would help to meet the ever-increasing demands for Tilapia in Europe and the […]
Archivos diarios: 02/23/2018
Bihar consumes a billion dollars-worth of fish every year. But we produce only 50% in the state, and the rest comes in through unorganised retail. We have 9,000 sq km of waterlogged, unproductive land, an area as large as Cyprus. We have all that land just sitting there, contributing zero […]
Maine suddenly finds itself at the heart of a fledgling U.S. industry, as a second company pushes to build a huge land-based aquafarm to feed a growing appetite for Atlantic salmon Whole Oceans, a Maine-based company that has been working behind the scenes for six years to find a place […]
In a bid to ensure that shrimp and other exportable varieties of fish are free from any trace of banned and unwanted substances, MPEDA has launched a unique initiative to develop a GPS-based database of export-oriented aquaculture farms in the country for their traceability as well as to secure interests […]
The Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland is encouraging the provincial goverment to adopt and enforce Norway’s Aquaculture regulations. SPAWN President John McCarthy was responding to Grieg’s proposal for an open pen salmon aquaculture development in Placentia Bay. He says while he doesn’t argue that the Grieg proposal […]
The Island Institute is now accepting applications for its 2018 Aquaculture Business Development program. In its third year, the program helps fishermen and those from fishing communities gain the tools they need to diversify and launch their small-scale aquaculture businesses. The nonprofit wants to work with coastal and island residents […]