The United States-Canada operation joint effort with the Japanese developer and proprietary of gene-editing techniques to promote genome editing in major commercial fish species The joint United States-Canada operation Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT), leading provider of genetics solutions in aquaculture, announced a collaboration with the Japanese C4U Corporation. Their joint effort aims to apply CRISPR-Cas3 technology to promote genome...
The world’s seafood leader Thai Union Group has become a signatory to two ambitious global environmental initiatives, Ocean Breakthroughs and Transforming our Food Systems, at the United Nations (UN) Climate Conference in Dubai. For them, this action reinforces the Company’s commitment to sustainable practices and responsible stewardship of the planet’s resources. “Thai Union's support of these critical calls to action...
The 2nd Aquaculture Africa Conference (AFRAQ23) took place on 13-16 November 2023 at the majestic Mulungushi International Convention Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The 2nd Aquaculture Africa Conference (AFRAQ23) took place on 13-16 November 2023 at the majestic Mulungushi International Convention Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. Themed “Resilient value chains in the blue economy” AFRAQ23 attracted nearly 1,200 attendees from industry, academia,...
The Indian company Eruvaka Technologies is developing technology that transforms aquaculture globally. As they say, they proud to be at the forefront of innovation globally. They are not just helping farmers automate and digitalize their farms, but they also deploy artificial intelligence-based solutions that help them improve farm productivity, lower costs and mitigate biological risks associated with farming. In recent...
The largest and most modern indoor shrimp farm in Europe will soon be built at the Sigmundshall site, near Hanover, in Germany. This has been contractually agreed between K+S and the start-up Aquapurna. K+S is investing an amount in the low double-digit million euro range in this sustainable project and is acting as builder, landlord, and media supplier for the...
The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) was officially launched some days ago in Canberra to advance environmentally responsible farming and production, strategic research and development, and scientific and biotech related commercialization. Formed by ten corporate members across six states, the ASSA has the goal of the fast-tracking methane emission reducing asparagopsis (red seaweed) production to help meet the Australian Government’s...
BioMar has reported that is coming out of the third quarter with a 5% increase in volumes year-on-year. The increase in volumes, combined with a strong product strategy, is driving up results, explained from the company. Being almost through 2023, BioMar raises expectation for EBITDA for the full year, driven by the operational results. “So far, we have experienced a...
The global company also announces partnership with Thailand's I&V Bio for artemia enrichment Leading global company Skretting has announced its brand new partnership with Zooca Calanus, a leading innovator in sustainable marine ingredients. The goal of the partnership is to provide innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions by leveraging Zooca Calanus’ expertise in harvesting and processing Calanus finmarchicus, a small marine...
The event gathered over 90 stakeholders and delivered 14 innovations for a more resilient aquaculture The French company Seaducer announced proudly that has won the NewTechAqua innovation award, which aims to develop new tools and strategies for sustainable European aquaculture. Last week, the members of the company went to Brussels, Belgium, to attend the awards ceremony that gathered over 90...
Irish start-up NanobOx has secured first-round funding of EUR 900,000 from a consortium of venture capital investors led by the international agrifood and aquaculture technology investor The Yield Lab, along with DeepIE Ventures and Growing Capital. This funding, they reported, will support product development and field trials in aquaculture, with the aim of going to market in 2024. The company,...
The land-based facility, situated near Shanghai, will reduce CO2 emissions and avoid additional costs related to long-distance transport and special packaging AKVA group is busy building RAS facilities to meet Nordic Aqua Partners’ (NOAP) goal of achieving 20,000 tons of production near Shanghai. The delivery of a 4,000-ton live salmon capacity for phase 1 will be ready by the end...
Leveraging a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority, the alliance sets out to improve crustacean traits including growth rate, disease resistance, and environmental adaptation. Colors Farm, a cutting-edge company in sustainable aquaculture and biotech and Evogene, a leading computational biology company aiming to revolutionize life-science product discovery and development announced a collaboration with Ben-Gurion University (BGU), a renowned Israeli academic...
