A new study suggests that sustainability themes, delivered by trusted sources, can convert naysayers regarding aquaculture into supporters. The investigation was published by the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, California, United States (US), and collaborators from the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Southern California Sea Grant Program, and the Department of...
Aquaculture technology specialists, Ace Aquatec, have partnered with marine ecosystem restoration specialists Ocean Health to further develop FaunaGuard, an acoustic system which uses academically validated sound patterns with award-winning transducer technology to create temporary exclusion zones around project sites. The two organizations now join efforts to make FaunaGuard globally available as the go-to mitigation solution for the offshore renewables sector....
Probotic, a leading developer of autonomous underwater technology, announces the successful acquisition of a patent for its innovative cleaning system for fish farms. The patent covers marine and land-based fish farms. It represents a significant milestone for the company, which has been working tirelessly to create a system that efficiently cleans fish pens autonomously while minimizing damage to the pens...
The Canadian technology company XpertSea announced the launch of XpertSea Responsible Shrimp, a new data-driven solution that makes sourcing sustainable shrimp easy for international buyers. Leveraging the company’s deep network of farmer relationships and its MAX technology, XpertSea Responsible Shrimp simplifies meeting sustainability commitments and unlocks farm-to-table shrimp with powerful marketing and storytelling opportunities, they reported. Now, XpertSea’s Responsible Shrimp...
Diversified Communications, organizer of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, announced that the 29th edition of the event, taking place 25-27 April 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, is, to this date, larger than any of the previous editions of this global trade event. With almost a couple months to go until the 2023 edition, the Expo already covers more than 49,000 net...
BioFishency ELX™ decomposes MIB and geosmin, fully eliminating off-flavors in the purging while feeding process BioFishency, a leading global provider of electro-chemical and biological aquaculture water treatment solutions for Recirculated Aquaculture Systems (RAS), announced today the first-ever MIB and geosmin removal from both the water and fish tissues during routine feeding, resulting in the elimination of off-flavors in trout. BioFishency’s...
The Norwegian company Nordic Halibut have signed a three-year contract with Skretting as halibut feed supplier. The agreed collaboration ensures stability and predictability for feed supply to cover the company’s growth plan phase 1 of 4,500 tonnes HOG production in 2026. The company has worked closely with Skretting over several years to develop sustainable products with precise nutrition that are...
The eleven finalists for the 2023 Seafood Excellence Awards, the prestigious Best New Products competition at Seafood Expo North America, have been announced some days ago. Winners of the competition will be revealed on March 12 in the Demonstration Theater during Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America. The three-day Expo takes place March 12-14, 2023, at the Boston Convention...
The Asian shrimp aquaculture industry is stagnating and going nowhere. While there is increasing supply in Latin America, demand from the global market faces headwinds of inflation and a looming recession. Costs of production for Asian shrimp have risen tremendously, including high prices for feeds and energy inputs - erasing margins for farmers and affecting all players along the supply...
This week, Royal DSM have announced that they will be resuming Rovimix Vitamin A production in Sisseln, Switzerland, following the temporary halt to Vitamin A production in 2022. DSM have resumed production of Rovimix ahead of the lifetime extension work planned for the Vitamin A line this summer. Royal DSM is a global purpose-led science-based company. In November 2022, the...
BluGen, a South Korean aquaculture genomics technology company, and SIFT Group, a Norwegian farming-system technology innovator, have signed an agreement under which SIFT Group will be designing BluGen’s RAS infrastructure. Super Intensive Farming Technology (SIFT) is a farming system that improves fish welfare even at high fish density. This agreement pertains to Stage One (out of three total stages) of...
Fish will be raised in submersible SeaStations eight kilometers off Namibian coast. Innovasea, a global leader in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, announced today that it has helped Benguela Blue Aqua Farming secure permits to raise Atlantic salmon in net pens off the coast of Namibia. The farm will be located eight kilometers offshore from the...
