Aquaculture Magazine reports: The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) recently announced the spinout of its Canadian subsidiary, Center for Aquaculture Technologies Canada (CATC), into an independent company. The spinout is part of a strategic alignment to optimize technical specialization. Both entities will continue as sister companies and integral parts of the Cuna del Mar portfolio, continuing collaboration while operating under...
By Cargill Cargill Aqua Nutrition Sustainability Report 2023 outlines the company's efforts and achievements in promoting sustainable practices within the aquaculture industry. The report is structured around four key pillars: Product, People, Planet, and Engaging Stakeholders. The document highlights Cargill’s commitment to long-term sustainability, addressing the challenges of global aquaculture, and achieving significant milestones in carbon footprint reduction, ethical practices,...
By Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture This week, the Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture (CSA), which has endorsed the SEAfood Act, is headed to Washington D.C. to advocate for a science-based, stakeholder-led legislative approach for establishing strong environmental and social standards to develop a thriving, well-regulated U.S. open ocean aquaculture. Up to 90 percent of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is...
Aquaculture Magazine reports: The American company changes name to Great Northern Salmon A USD 5 million EPA grant has been awarded to remediate and prepare the project site for the construction of Katahdin Salmon’s RAS facility. The grant was awarded to their development partner Our Katahdin for the remediation of the project site in collaboration with Katahdin Salmon. This grant...
Aquaculture Magazine reports: Responding to the growing demand for sustainable Omega-3 EPA & DHA, the Dutch company Veramaris increased its production volume by 50% in 2023. Now, the company’s new sustainable development report shows how this was achieved with minimal increases in environmental footprint. “2023 marks a pivotal year for Veramaris, as we not only achieved a record increase in...
Aquaculture Magazine reports: Competitors Skretting and Cargill collaborate on the delivery of fish feed on 14 vessels The Norvegian company Eidsvaag announced that will build two new feed vessels for Fjordfrende together with feed suppliers Skretting and Cargill. By collaborating on transport, the companies avoid having to run separate transport routes in and out of the same fjords, thereby significantly...
By: Aqua Farma 2024 MicroBioGen, an Australian industrial biotechnology company and provider of “Yeast Innovation as a Service”, will be presenting on opportunities for producing sustainable, alternative aquafeed using yeast technology, at this week’s international aquaculture conference, Aqua Farm 2024. MicroBioGen CEO Geoff Bell discussed how the company’s innovative yeast platform technology, based on improving the industrial capabilities of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, can be leveraged...
By: Stronger America Through Seafood Seafood Advocates to Demonstrate Sustainability & Economic Value of Today’s Aquaculture Industry coalition Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) is hosting a two-day legislative fly-in beginning May 15. Seafood industry representatives from Minnesota to New Hampshire will meet with congressional offices in the U.S. House and Senate to educate on the benefits that a fish farming...
Aquaculture Magazine reports: Ace Aquatec recently announced a collaboration with Tiny Fish. This company harvest, collect, freeze, package and store the small salmon for value-added distribution channels to restaurants, hotels, takeaways, zoos, aquariums and pet food suppliers across the UK, making every fish count in the aquaculture industry. The Tiny Fish and Ace Aquatec partnership has been shortlisted for the...
Last May 3, it was possible to witness the first restocking of the so-called Marine Donut in Sekken, off the coast of Molde, Norway. On an excellent sunny day, the wellboat arrived with 15,000 salmon of 2.5 kilograms. If all goes according to plan, in two weeks, the aquaculture company SalMar will introduce another 185,000 fish. The structure designed and...
Aquaculture Magazine reports: The biotechnology aquaculture company Natural Shrimp recently announced that, as a result of significantly increased production at its Webster City facility, the company is in the process of identifying, contacting and securing new commercial outlets for the sale of the company's sushi grade shrimp. In this context, the company's Sales Manager, Brian Rashid, has extended his sales...
Aquaculture Magazine reports: The global leader in animal nutrition and aquaculture Nutreco announced that has opened a state-of-the art fish and poultry feed production facility in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, through its Operating Company trading under the names Skretting and Trouw Nutrition. The new EUR 25 million facility was built on 170,000 square meters of land and has the capacity...
