Monthly Archives: November 2018

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT), a leading aquaculture R&D company focused on improving productivity, efficiency and sustainability in the aquaculture industry, has signed a licensing and research agreement with AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQB), a majority-owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation (NASDAQ: XON), to employ CAT’s patented sterility technology for […]

Aquaculture is on the rise in Massachusetts. For many entering the business, shellfish farming seems like a more secure option than the marine fisheries. But climate change looms as a long-term threat over the industry. By Pien Huang Paul Wittenstein always wanted to be a commercial fisherman. Growing up in […]

An intergovernmental agreement will be signed on imposing a moratorium (ban) on commercial hunting for sturgeon in the Caspian Sea. By Narmina Mammadova The director of the Fisheries Research Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Mehman Ahundov, said this at a press conference, report.az informed. He stated […]

In 2017, the value of output and intermediate consumption of the aquaculture industry were almost at par. By Independent The latest annual census conducted amongst enterprises operating in the local aquaculture industry showed that during 2017 the total output amounted to €203.9 million, up by 14.8 per cent over 2016. […]

Half of U.S. farmed fish production is catfish. By Shawn Williamson If you’re not in the business of aquaculture, you probably don’t think about it much. However, every day there are more people entering this booming business around the world. During the last 30 years, the aquaculture portion of fish […]

Totaling US$4 million, eFishery’s latest round of funding is backed by a series of global investors such as Aqua-spark, Wavemaker Partners, 500 Startups, Maloekoe Ventures, Social Capital, Unreasonable Capital, Triputra Group, and other institutional investors. By Jack Ellis Overfeeding is an issue that directly affects the freshwater fish and shrimp […]

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT), a leading aquaculture R&D company focused on improving productivity, efficiency and sustainability in the aquaculture industry, has signed a licensing and research agreement with AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQB), a majority-owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation (NASDAQ: XON), to employ CAT’s patented sterility technology for use in products […]

Marine Harvest today launched a global brand called MOWI, and further to this, is changing its company name to Mowi. By Marine Harvest Mowi is strongly rooted in the history of the company. The company we know as Marine Harvest today was originally founded as Mowi by Norwegian aquaculture pioneers […]

Marine Harvest’s operations have been a hotspot for film crews recently, with two projects using its facilities. Sargeaunts Pass was the kick-off point for a project capturing the journey of Marine Harvest products take from harvest to table. By SeaWestNews Starting at the farm, the video took in the M.V. […]

Pure Salmon, global salmon farming company, has announced to launch major Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) facility in Japan, aiming to relieve the environmental impact on global oceans caused by the chemicals and antibiotics that are commonly used by traditional open-net pen aquaculture Japanese facilityArtist’s impression of Pure Salmon’s Japanese facility.  […]