Mr. Geir Molvik hands over the baton as CEO of Cermaq Group as he wishes Cermaq well and seeks to prioritize his time differently going forward. The new CEO from March 2022 will be Steven Rafferty, current MD of Cermaq Chile. Information source: Cermaq / media release Geir Molvik has an experience of more than 40 years in the fish...
Inspired by nature, Skretting launches groundbreaking new hatchery diet GEMMA Neo that reduces the dependence on traditional feed ingredients, while also providing ideal nutrient composition, unprecedented production system performance, and weaning flexibility. Information source: Skretting global / media release GEMMA Neo contains ingredients inspired by nature to support improved palatabilitySimple to use in hatcheries - cleaner water, cleaner operationsImproved...
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak body representing the Australian seafood industry, has recently welcomed an announcement from the Assistant Minister for Fisheries Jonno Duniam and Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water Guy Barnett of a framework to deliver offshore aquaculture in the Commonwealth waters off Tasmania. Information source: Australia's Seafood Industry / media release “Recently, Assistant Minister...
The domestication of Atlantic salmon through years of fish farming has led to farmed Atlantic salmon developing smaller eyes according to a new piece of research published in the journal Evolutionary Applications (https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13297) Info source: Bangor University / media release Over 15 generations of breeding salmon in captivity for food, farmed fish have developed smaller eyes than wild salmon. This could have negative consequences for any farmed salmon who escape...
BioMar Group recently announces an ambitious plan for an expansion of the capacity for extruded feed in Ecuador. The two-phased installations will bring a total of four new lines with a combined capacity of 200 000 tons at BioMar’s facilities in Guayaquil. Info source: BioMar / press release BioMar announces a comprehensive investment plan for the business unit in Ecuador,...
By Stephen G. Newman Ph.D. * President and CEO, AquaInTech Inc. The second decade of the 21st century has been challenging for most of us. A rapidly mutating RNA virus (SARS-CoV-2) has been wreaking havoc on the global economy. Supply chains are damaged, and getting many things done in a timely manner is, at best, challenging. Attempts to keep the...
By: The fishmonger * The Fishmonger has been engaging in a number of virtual events recently. It is amazing how the lockdowns, curfews, lack of travel, etc. have enabled us to expand our horizons through virtual technology, and the Fishmonger encourages you all to engage. So much great information is available. That technology has no boundaries. This can be a...
by Aquafeed.com By Suzi Dominy* Feed is key to the advance of RAS production Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) are not new and still represent a small segment of aquaculture production, but it’s a rapidly trending technology and the industry’s hot topic. Drivers for its future growth are its apparent low environmental impact and the proximity to market for high-value species,...
Today with a relatively low budget, using digital marketing, and through influencers, powerful messages can be sent to the seafood market, showing the environmental danger for the world to continue consuming seafood that does not have a certificate of ecological and social sustainability. Despite all the efforts made by NGOs, certifying companies, private certifiers, and activists promoting sustainable production practices...
Based on Machine Learning Methods By: Fudi Chen, Yishuai Du, Tianlong Qiu, Zhe Xu, Li Zhou, Jianping Xu, Ming Sun, Ye Li, and Jianming Sun * An intelligent variable-flow RAS can rapidly remove suspended solids and reduce ammonia and nitrite generation from the source. The primary purpose of the present study was to develop the circulating pump- drum filter linkage...
By: Daniel Schar, EiliY. Klein, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Marius Gilbert, and Thomas P. Van Boeckel * Several countries have experienced dramatic reductions in antimicrobial use rates following the introduction of vaccination and improved management and husbandry programs, serving as important antimicrobial stewardship models. Aquatic animals represent 17% of animal protein consumed globally, and for over 40% of the world’s population, fish...
In the recently released ABARES Statistics Report 2020, Aquaculture is now confirmed as the largest sector of the Australian primary seafood industry, revealing that the sector grew 10 percent in 2019-20. Of course, while the industry has been disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total Australian fishery and aquaculture GVP in 2019–20 decreased slightly by 2 percent to $3.15...
