What do you do when the 600 fish you’ve been raising as part of an aquaculture project are grown and ready to harvest? If you’re community-minded, you call in local experts — that is, experts in bringing nutritious meals to hungry people — and give them away. That’s exactly what happened last week when UNH researchers donated more than 1,000...
A West Australian research program using soldier fly pupae as fish feed could be a game changer for Australian aquaculture, according to one of the industry's leading scientists. By Sean Murphy Craig Lawrence, an internationally acclaimed 25-year veteran currently running the WA Department of Fisheries' freshwater research and hatchery, said a long-term soldier fly trial on barramundi and rainbow trout...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – 6 director Rowen Gelonga said that technology interventions will be used to strengthen the fishery and aquaculture sector in Western Visayas. By Alex A. Lumaque The help for the sector is in view of DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Peña's priority agenda, which push for the utilization of the fruits of Science and Technology...
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in partnership with the Department of Fisheries Monday began a five-day sub-regional training of youth and women to enhance their capacities for employment in aquaculture. By Momodou Jawo Currently underway at a local hotel in Bakau, the training brought together 25 participants from The Gambia, Nigeria and Ghana. It is organized under...
Umitron enables fish farmers to quantify the asset value of their produce and provides environmental data for risk assessment By UmiGarden Singapore- and Japan-based aquatech startup Umitron has secured S$3.7 million (US$2.7 million) in additional investment from Mirai Creation Fund operated by SPARX Group, an independent Asia-based equity and credit asset management services, in its enterprise equity finance, which was...
New High-Quality Shrimp Genome Assembly May Reveal Why Females are Superior By Biospace Enzootic and NRGene assemble the first high-quality female shrimp genome to enhance all-female shrimp breeding. Enzootic, an animal biotechnology and genetics company leading the all-female shrimp revolution, and NRGene, the world’s leading provider of genomic big data analysis, have completed the sequencing and assembly of the world’s first high-quality...
Premier Dwight Ball confirmed Monday that his government will play a big role in the massive aquaculture project proposed for Placentia Bay. "We plan to be a significant partner in this project," Ball told reporters Monday. And that's welcome news for Grieg NL. By ca.news.yahoo "We look forward to the government making an announcement," said Grieg NL spokesperson Perry Power. "We've...
Fisheries minister Bernhard Esau says the revival of abalone farming at Lüderitz is an important contribution to the growth of aquaculture in the country. By Namibian “The future of fishing – globally – is aquaculture. We must encourage aquaculture, including cage culture, in Namibia,” he said during the launch of Hangana Abalone Farming – a subsidiary company of Ohlthaver & List...
Dartmouth scientists have created a more sustainable feed for aquaculture by using a marine microalga co-product as a feed ingredient. The study is the first of its kind to evaluate replacing fishmeal with a co-product in feed designed specifically for Nile tilapia. The results are published in the open access journal, PLOS ONE. Aquaculture is the world's fastest growing food...
Qian Hu Corporation, the hobby fish breeder and seller of over 1,000 varieties and species, is making good progress in its aquaculture business venture. Today, Qian Hu has two edible fish farms totalling 10,000 sqm by land area on Hainan island. One farm rears and exports grouper fingerlings while the other rears and exports shrimp. As the farms are inland,...
The Directorate of Fisheries organized a two-day inception workshop under International organization, WorldFish at the conference hall of National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Khanapara on August 27 and 28. By Sentinelassam Notably, the WorldFish, also known as the International Centre for Living Aquatic Resource Management (ICLRM) is going to provide technical support to the Directorate of Fisheries in the implementation...
The next NB Science Cafe meeting will feature a lecture and discussion with biologist Michael Tlusty, associate professor of sustainability and food solutions at UMass Boston. By Southcoasttoday Tlusty, who is also former director of ocean sustainability science at the New England Aquarium, will discuss aquaculture as a potential solution to future food problems. The population is expected to grow...
