Nigerian biotech startup Coating+ is looking to solve three problems. By Gemma Milne In Nigeria, the aquaculture industry makes up a significant portion of the nation’s industry. With over 100,000 metric tons of fish being produced annually, the industry creates both wealth for the economy and a sizeable amount of shrimp shell waste. Globally, 32% of food produced goes to...
Cargill has inaugurated an aquaculture innovation centre in Indonesia to work with freshwater fish farmers in raising farming and feeding standards. By Jules Scully The Technology Application Center (TAC) is located at Ciseeng, Parung-Bogor, which is a hub for freshwater aquaculture in Indonesia. Cargill said the site will bring global aquaculture best practices and expertise from its network of 12...
A Singaporean investor is looking to build fish farms in the Kingdom that will be used to feed local an international demand. By May Kunmakara In what constitutes an initial step to get the project approved, Patrick Yap, managing director of Lush Food Pte Ltd., held a meeting yesterday with Minister of Environment Say Sam Al, to discuss an investment proposal....
Alternative protein sources such as insect meal could replace fish meal fed to fish By Ashley Robinson Many are familiar with farmed salmon, catfish or tilapia. But there are many more potential species, says a research scientist at an aquaculture facility here. “When you compare fish farming to terrestrial farming we have thousands of different fish species that we could...
Town officials say a combined shellfish hatchery and nursery will be located at the 1.2-acre site in Springs. Preservation funds will be used for a bulk of the purchase. By Vera Chinese East Hampton Town will spend $2.1 million to purchase a 1.2-acre Springs property, possibly to be used for a new combined shellfish hatchery and nursery. The town shellfish...
Marine Harvest is proposing to build radical new salmon farms that could answer nagging concerns about sea lice infestations, virus transfer and escapes from conventional Atlantic salmon farms. By Randy Shore / Vancouver Sun The farms will be built in Norway, and technology that proves useful can then be deployed in B.C. and around the world. Ocean-based closed containment and...
Two companies are teaming up to take the former Marystown Shipyard in a new direction. By The Telegram Pluto Investments Inc., a Newfoundland-based private equity company owned by Paul Antle, and Amar Group AS, a Norwegian company founded by Bjorn Apeland, have partnered to create Marbase Marystown Inc. According to a news release, the new company is proposing to turn...
Pacific Reef Fisheries general manager John Moloney, who oversees a 96 hectare prawn and fish farm near Ayr, perceives big things are in store for the industry. By Jessica Johnston Mr Moloney said the prawn farm had been operational for about 20 years and plans were progressing for a major expansion to create another 260 hectares of ponds on a...
Even a small increase of just 3 to 5 percent more catfish can lead to a glut of fish sitting in ponds. By Linda Breazeale An abundance of U.S. farm-raised catfish has driven prices down and delayed independent growers from getting their fish to the processors. Jimmy Avery, a professor with the Mississippi State University Extension Service and director of the...
Ocean Farm 1 is the world’s first deep-sea aquaculture farm. It is designed by leading salmon farmer SalMar ASA (of Norway). They paid China Shipbuilding Industry $300 million for six facilities. By Bryan Wang The first pilot system is 67 meters (220 feet high) and a diameter of 110 meters (football field length). It has the volume of over two...
I’m as invested as anyone else in ensuring there’s wild salmon in the future, and I would argue that aquaculture’s probably one of the best ways of doing that.” – Dr. Zac Waddington, lead veterinarian in aquaculture for Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) Pacific region. By HenryTye Glazebrook If you’re looking to feed a lot of people, and...
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) has advised the Federal Government to invest in aquaculture and maize production. By Sunnewsonline OFAB Country’s Director, Dr. Rose Didado, who spoke to Daily Sun, on Tuesday, in Abuja, said with aquaculture, the over-dependent on fish importation would drastically reduce as jobs would be created and also help the country meet its fish...
