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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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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 […]
Precise feeding in the recirculating aquaculture mode is a critical problem. Accurate prediction of shrimp biomass could determine the appropriate feeding amount and ensure stable water quality. This review presents the development of an intelligent feeding technique in a recirculating aquaculture system for rearing Litopenaeus vannamei. Researchers have used machine […]
Artificial sea salt mixtures are required for shrimp inland production, which can be a substantial portion of the production costs. This article presents results that indicate that using the low-cost artificial sea salt (LCS) formulation reduces artificial sea salt cost significantly, up to 15%, while having no significant impacts on […]
The Norwegian company Hima Seafood will receive an investment of GBP 40 million (USD 48.6 million, EUR 47.8 million) over the next three to four years for its land-based trout farming project in Rjukan, Norway. Hima’s recirculating aquaculture systems farm is expected to start operations in 2024 and be fully […]
The Humboldt County Planning Commission, in California, United States (US) voted to certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), a comprehensive initial step in the Nordic Aquafarms (NAF) permitting process. In addition to that certification, the commission also approved the coastal development permit for Terrestrial Development. “We would like to convey […]
Led by Oban, Scottland based Tritonia Scientific, with support from the Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University, seafood producer Mowi, and the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), the company is testing the effectiveness of using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to create digital twins of the seabed. This new imaging technology could […]
AquaBounty Technologies (NASDAQ: AQB), the land-based aquaculture company Maynard, Massachusetts, USA based announced some days ago their financial results for the Second Quarter ended last June. The company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability generated USD 1.1 million in product revenue in the second quarter, a year-over-year increase of […]
Skretting was gold sponsor at the Aqua Expo El Oro 2022, event that took place at the Hotel Oro Verde, in Machala, Ecuador. In this event, Skretting presented its nutritional solutions for all stages of shrimp cultivation, the relaunch of its Skretting 360+ program and launched Deeper sonar technology, “providing […]
The Norwegian company Cermaq has launched Sea the Solution, a platform in which it wants to reflect the advances that can help protect the ocean. “Sea the Solution is a new way of looking at ourselves and our role as food producers, local partners, and our impact on the climate […]