Yearly Archives: 2020

As the population grows, and the global standard of living improves, humanity’s appetite for seafood is increasing. In 2020 seafood consumption reached an all-time high, with an average of 20kg consumed annually by every person on the planet. Written by: editorial / Technology Networks.com Up to now most of this […]

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has translated its Shrimp, Tilapia, and Tropical Marine Finfish Standards and related guidance documents into Indonesian to help more farmers in the country work towards more responsible practices. Information source: ASC media release Indonesia is the world’s second largest producer of farmed fish, making it a […]

Fish production during the first half of this year reached close to one billion, marking a nearly one percent rise from figures recorded in the same period last year. Written by: Som Kaninka / Khmer Times In a recent Facebook post, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said […]

Recently the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the NOAA Fisheries effort to overturn a lower court decision that found the word “harvesting” within the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act did not provide Congressional authority to regulate marine aquaculture in federal waters. Information source: NAA media […]

Last July, after an occasionally arduous two-year process, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued the first of four draft orders that will allow Nordic Aquafarms to commence construction of a $500 million state-of-the-art, sustainable land-based salmon farm in Belfast. At full capacity, the facility will produce roughly 33,000 metric […]

Nuseed Secures Canadian Food and Feed Approvals for Omega-3 Canola Oil. Information source: Nuseed / media release Nuseed Americas Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nufarm Limited has recently welcomed confirmation from Canada’s relevant regulatory authorities that its proprietary DHA refined canola oil has been deemed to be safe for human […]

Barbados can boast of having its own Aquaponics Demonstration Farm at Adams Aquafarm in Hopewell, St. Thomas. This has been made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). By: Tanya Lightbourne […]

A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region. Written by: Carin Tunney / Great Lakes Echo.org Aquaculture refers to raising fish both to eat and to stock streams and lakes. The industry in the Great Lakes region lags behind […]

Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD’s new special adviser for the blue economy, outline what the blue recovery agenda should include. Developing countries in particular can benefit. Written by: Dona Bertarelli & Mukisha Kituy The world’s seventh-largest economy based […]

Sustainable aquaculture company Seafarms Group (SFG) from Australia has reached two key milestones for its Project Sea Dragon. Written by: Lisa Simcock / The Market Herald Australia Prawns The company has now grown and produced the third generation of prawns as part of its specific pathogen-free domestication program. The program […]