Yearly Archives: 2018

Facility hopes to reduce the country’s excessive reliance on imports Fishing is an old and time-honoured UAE tradition. Once Emiratis used to live by fishing, but with the discovery of oil, the traditional industry took a back seat. Today, the UAE imports a large portion of its growing demand for […]

As sunrise paints the lower Delaware Bay’s intertidal zone, the mudflats take on a metallic shimmer near Cape May, N.J. As visual poetry, it’s arresting. But the tide is out — and the clock is ticking. The receding water has revealed Sweet Amalia Oysters, so oyster farmer Lisa Calvo and […]

The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed reducing the land for salt farming in Cần Giờ District by one-third by 2030 and increasing the land for aquaculture farming. Under the plan, the area of salt production would be reduced from 2,172 hectares to 850 hectares by […]

The Atlantic salmon has been battling its way upstream for thousands of years. However, it’s facing a different and intensifying struggle in the cages where it is farmed. There’s still an appetite for the king of fish, and prices remain high. But production is down. Last week, we learned the […]

Attendees will learn about designing new feed mills and selecting equipment during a one-week practical short course on Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition and Feed Management, Aug. 26-31 at Texas A&M University. The event is presented by staff, industry representatives and consultants. Along with designing a feed mill, the course will […]

Great disparity remains among countries On 20 March 2018, FAO global aquaculture production quantity and value statistics with time series expanded to cover 67 years (1950-2016) were released for  open access. The global statistics on capture and aquaculture annually updated and published by the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department rank […]

On a farm just outside of Sacramento, hundreds of prehistoric-looking fish swim around in 50-foot diameter tanks. These are white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America. They’ve been around since dinosaurs, can grow more than 7 feet long and lay hundreds of thousands of eggs at a time. […]

The awareness of mycotoxin-related issues in aquaculture industry has grown as manufacturers and producers realise the importance of mycotoxins, beyond aflatoxin, and their potential to impact production. During a period of one year (January 2016 – December 2016), 175 samples of different plant proteins, aquaculture/fishery by-products and finished aquaculture feeds, […]

Calysta, Inc. today announced a partnership with Nofima to conduct large-scale trials in Atlantic salmon using Calysta’s FeedKind® protein as a means to improve feed efficiency and fish health. Calysta’s FeedKind protein is a family of natural, sustainable and traceable feed ingredients for livestock, fish and pets. FeedKind has been […]

The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has successfully conducted open pond culture of Asian seabass for the first time. It was done at the demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Aquaculture (RGCA), the research & development arm of the MPEDA, at Karaikal in Puducherry. Seabass, which is reared […]