Archivos mensuales: junio 2018

From abalone to kampachi to seaweed, Hawaii’s $75.7 million aquaculture industry raises a diverse set of species with equally diverse techniques. Underneath a series of awnings amid an old lava flow along the Kona Coast, dozens of long troughs are organized in neat rows. Each is constantly refreshed by bubbling […]

A strong fishing background provided an ex-legal executive with a gem of an idea. Kate Dempsey’s idea for a start-up aimed at sustainably harvesting mussel seed from the Irish Sea looks set to provide a huge boost to the area where she grew up, as well as fishing communities all […]

Government of Ghana announced a ban here on Wednesday on ornamental fish import to prevent the possibility of a new aquaculture virus from entering the country. The Ministry for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) announced that the government had placed a ban on the importation of dead or live ornamental […]

Eyre Peninsula students will have access to hands-on training in the aquaculture industry through a partnership between the Port Lincoln High School and TAFE SA. The joint initiative will allow senior students to enter the workforce earlier, with students able to complete a Certificate II in Aquaculture in Year 11. […]

An Alabama college is citing declining enrollment for a decision to ends its aquaculture program after 27 years. Gadsden State Community College says it will discontinue the courses next spring. School spokeswoman Jackie Edmondson tells The Gadsden Times the program was one of the few of its kind in the […]

New aquaculture park proposed as campaign to end open-net fish farming heats up Can land-based salmon farming ever be profitable in B.C. while competing with open-net fish farms? Ross Beaty, one of B.C.’s most successful mining and renewable energy entrepreneurs, says it’s an open question, although he appears willing to […]

The Institute of Aquaculture (IA) of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of UP Visayas (UPV) organized and conducted an Academic Aquaculture Enrichment Training for public school teachers at the UPV Miagao campus last April 16-20, 2018. The 5-day training aimed to share knowledge and develop skills of […]

Earlier this year, we took our underpaid MBAs on a field trip. We don’t do any of that team-building, touchy feely stuff where you fall into each other’s arms or go to a ballgame where they charge $10 for watered-down beer. Nope. We wild-harvested shellfish—clams, oysters and mussels—straight from the […]

At the occasion of the AQUA2018 joint conference & tradeshow of the World Aquaculture Society WAS and the European Aquaculture Society EAS with the Conference slogan #WeRAquaculture we are the producers and investors, the scientists and technical advisors, the legislators and educators, the students, civil society organizations and consumers of […]

The Indaba Agricultural Policy and Research Institute (IAPRI) has cited the high cost of quality fingerlings and the lack of fish storage facilities as among factors that have hindered the quick growth of the aquaculture sector in Zambia. Other problems that are negatively affecting the development of the aquaculture sector […]