Aquaculture was one of this year’s focal areas of the World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production 2022 (WCGALP) took place a few weeks ago in Rotterdam, Netherlands. With an increase in the number of papers presented in the conference in comparison to the previous events, the 12th edition […]
Archivos diarios: 08/19/2022
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The Government of Nova Scotia, Canada, launched some days ago a Public Consultation on Aquaculture Regulations. The consultation is open to September 6, and people can provide feedback through an online survey with six open-ended questions. A public input guide with an overview of aquaculture in Nova Scotia and a […]
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CP Foods), Thai agro-industrial conglomerate and leading global shrimp producer, announced progress made on reducing antibiotics in aquaculture and seafood sustainability efforts as a part of the Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS) initiative. SeaBOS recently launched SeaBOS Progress report 2017-2022, following commitments made at the […]
The international company Benchmark Genetics announced the official opening of its new incubation center in Vogar, Iceland, on the 23rd of August. As they reported, the new center holds 10,000 single incubators and gets fresh and clean water from deep boreholes. “The biosecurity standards are as for the other operations […]
The Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (US), based company EcoCortec proudly announced the expansion of its plant located in green area in Croatia, a European daughter company of Cortec Corporation. The company is a manufacturer of environmentally safe VCI/VpCI anti-corrosion films and bags under patent of the Corporation. Plant’s management […]
The actions that international company Skretting is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of its food solutions have been recorded in its recently published Annual Sustainability Report 2021. The document also defines the company’s key challenges and provides specific examples for each stage of its products’ life cycle: production and […]
The use of probiotics, prebiotics, and dietary fiber has become a common practice in aquaculture as an alternative to antibiotic treatment. However, not much is known about the metabolic mechanisms underlying the effects of these products. An evaluation of immune stimulatory products for whiteleg shrimp using a metabolomics approach has […]