Yearly Archives: 2018

As the federal government considers bringing in new laws to govern fish farms, there is widespread skepticism that the government will act in the public interest. Tensions surrounding salmon farming are running particularly high in British Columbia where more than 100 operations dot the south and central coast. Many of […]

UI paves the way for progressive fish farming techniques University of Idaho’s Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) is on its way to cutting down imported fresh and saltwater fish to the U.S. and is making strides to bring burbot back from the brink of extinction. The new facility broke ground in […]

Significant increase in demand predicted for farmed salmon and other aquaculture products by leading European experts and a new report The sustainable fish of the future will come from fish farms say leading European scientists and a new analysis on the global aquaculture market. All of them conclude that fish […]

Chinese-owned Jin Yu Tang Aquaculture (Cambodia) Co plans to invest $100 million in freshwater and seawater aquaculture projects in Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong provinces to feed local and interna-tional demand. The investment was announced during a meeting with Veng Sakhon, the Minister of Agriculture. Jin Yu Tang intends to […]

A Carteret Community College faculty member and one of his students are working with N.C. Sea Grant staff to build a mobile aquaculture lab to expand outreach to high school students. David Cerino, aquaculture department chairman at the community college, and Tommy McArthur, a 40-year-old student, are building the mobile […]

The University of Tasmania (UTAS), the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA) have together developed a novel and practical response to a shortage of research skills in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In an experimental approach, UTAS sent a small team of academics […]

Properties would need to be at least .5 hectares in size or have ocean or foreshore access. The City of Campbell River is currently considering an amendment to the zoning bylaw that would see an area at the north end of town opened up for the possibility of land-based aquaculture […]

Nothing invigorates a small town like a local university. Youth, money and skilled labor — they all follow institutions of higher learning. When town-gown relations are strong, everyone wins. The town’s economy sees a steady stream of young consumers and educated workers, and the university taps into a reliable source […]

NaturalShrimp’s patent pending technology can produce gourmet quality Pacific white shrimp without using antibiotics, probiotics, or anti-microbial chemicals. Do you enjoy fresh shrimp? The next shrimp you find on a plate just might have been raised indoors in Texas using leading edge tech. Publicly traded, Dallas-based company NaturalShrimp has created […]

Increasing interest in offshore aquaculture is dividing environmentalists What is offshore aquaculture? Aquaculture involves raising fish or shellfish in floating pens in bodies of water: farming fish as opposed to catching them in the wild. It accounts for just over half of the world’s seafood and is the fastest growing […]