The EAS Board of Directors have decided that our Aquaculture Europe 2020 event cannot go ahead as planned in Cork from September 29 to October 2 this year. There will therefore be no Aquaculture Europe event this year. Information source: Aquaculture Europe events / press release However, to maintain our commitment to our chosen locations, delegates, exhibitors and attendees, EAS...
This webinar will take place on 20th of May 2020 at 03:00 pm, CET +1 (06:00 am San Francisco; 09:00 am in New York; 02:00 pm in London; 03:00 pm in Johannesburg; 08:00 pm in Bangkok; 09:00 pm in Hong Kong; 23:00 pm in Sidney). During this half an hour session, Dr GB Valsecchi (General Manager at Generale Conserve SPA – As do Mar), Dr...
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the allocation of $300 million in federal assistance for fisheries provided by the CARES Act stimulus package. These funds will be available for coastal and marine fishery participants negatively affected by COVID–19. Florida will receive $23.6 million of this funding to aid the state’s commercial fishing and aquaculture industries. Information source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services / press...
Results show partial and complete growth recovery after temperature, feed challenge Written by: Elisa Prates, Dr. Mariana Holanda and Dr. Wilson Wasielesky Junior / Global Aquaculture Alliance website One of the potential management measures to improve shrimp production is the application of biofloc technology (BFT), which brings several production advantages compared to the traditional systems in ponds. BFT systems improve...
In a new partnership to promote sustainability in the worldwide seafood industry, GLOBALG.A.P. has joined FishChoice.com as a Seafood Sustainability Certification Partner. The move increases access to GLOBALG.A.P. certified products to the thousands of companies using FishChoice.com to inform and improve their seafood sourcing. Information source: Global GAP press release Launched in 2008, FishChoice.com has become one of the largest seafood industry...
Two German institutes together with other companies signed an agreement to implement the project in Mekong Delta Written by: Anjana Parikh / Mercom India Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German research institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), have signed an agreement together with other partners from the private and public sector to implement a...
The Australian start-up turning the live food supply chain on its head, Two Hands, have confirmed that their equity crowdfunding campaign offer will go live on May 19th. Two Hands invites Australians to invest in the first Australian business to guarantee safe, ethical and genuine food directly from our local fishermen and farmers into international restaurants. Projected to raise between...
Bühler transforms physical trade show into digital event Information source: Buhler Group / press release In just six weeks, Bühler transformed its physical interpack program into a fully digital experience. It has certainly been a very steep learning curve for the company, but one that will give Bühler’s partners and customers access to new services for operational efficiency and capacity...
In a rare bright spot for the fish trade, retail sales have set records, and consumers are trying species that even restaurants shy away from. Written by: Pete Wells / New York Times In 1963, on their way home from the hospital after he was born, Louis Rozzo’s parents stopped by a building on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea, where the...
Application forms are available digitally. All scholarship application materials must be submitted by June 11, 2020. Information source: PR News Wire / Kvarøy Arctic press releasePhoto credit: USAID- Agency for International Development. Creative Commons license use. Kvarøy Arctic(pronounced "Kwa-ray") sustainably raised salmon from Norway's Arctic Circle, and the James Beard Foundation—a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and...
Experts are calling for aquaculture business models to be more inclusive – and ultimately improve the lives – of poor smallholder farmers and others in the industry’s value chain. Written by: University of Stirling / news staff Research led by the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture and WorldFish has investigated whether aquaculture can reduce poverty and inequality by offering economic...
BioMar Australia have commenced aqua-feed production at their state-of-the-art 40 million euro facility in Tasmania, Australia, which is welcome news for the local aquaculture industry at a time when many businesses are facing COVID-19 operating restrictions. Information source: BioMar press release In a virtual media conference to comply with social distancing requirements, Minster for Primary Industries and Water Guy Barnett...
