Monthly Archives: October 2019

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA), the leading trade association representing aquaculture producers and support businesses in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, today applauded the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) proposal to issue a five-year Marine Aquaculture Permit to Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, LLC to grow rainbow trout (steelhead) in its existing commercial marine net […]

With a new Chinese aquatic products export protocol in place, Turkey’s Ambassador to Beijing Abdulkadir Emin Onen said that a potential $ 250 million market has been opened for Turkish aquaculture producers.   China’s General Administration of Customs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was in Ankara in early September. […]

Mexico has been designated to preside over the 11th meeting of the FAO’S Aquaculture Subcommittee, which will be held in the country in 2021 In the latest meeting of the FAO’s aquaculture subcommittee held in Trondheim, Norway Mr. Giovanni Fiore Amaral, representative of Mexico, was elected as president for the […]

Ontario is taking action to protect water quality in Ontario’s lakes while supporting an environmentally sustainable and prosperous fish farming sector, as part of its Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan commitment. Ontario released its final policy paper on lake-based cage fish farming that helps provide business certainty and enables long-term investment in […]

An online platform called Jamvi has been introduced with the hope of promoting investments in aquaculture.  The founder of Jamvi, Shadrack Kamfya, said a fishpond would be established in Bagamoyo with a production capacity of some 10,000 fish.  Kamfya indicated that the company was collaborating with a fish consultancy firm.  […]

Lagos State Government says it is implementing programmes and projects that would upscale fish production and harness the enormous economic opportunities available in the agricultural value chains in the State. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya shared this news in Lagos last month at the closing ceremony […]

The African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE) and its partners are holding a workshop: Strengthening Capacity in Research, Policy and Management through Development of a Network of African Great Lakes Basin Stakeholders (AGL Stakeholder Network Workshop) in Entebbe, Uganda on November 5-7, 2019. This is a rescheduling of […]

In June 2018, IFAD announced that more than 35,000 rural households in Kenya would soon be eating better and earning more money thanks to a financial agreement signed by the Fund and the Republic of Kenya in support of the country’s aquaculture sector.  The agreement was to provide financial support […]

The International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI), a not-for-profit organization created by seafood and gender issues specialists, highlights gender imbalance in the industry, sheds light on women’s real contribution in the industry, and promotes greater gender diversity and inclusiveness. For its third edition the WSI video competition […]

Generally the most important task for aquaculture farmers is to maximize feed output while minimizing wasted feed. When feed is wasted, farm profitability, FCR, and local environment are all negatively impacted. Similarly, underfeeding slows farm growth. Currently, aquaculture addresses this balance by relying heavily on human intuition and interpretations of […]