New aquaculture park proposed as campaign to end open-net fish farming heats up Can land-based salmon farming ever be profitable in B.C. while competing with open-net fish farms? Ross Beaty, one of B.C.’s most successful mining and renewable energy entrepreneurs, says it’s an open question, although he appears willing to take a risk that the answer is “Yes.” He recently...
The Institute of Aquaculture (IA) of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of UP Visayas (UPV) organized and conducted an Academic Aquaculture Enrichment Training for public school teachers at the UPV Miagao campus last April 16-20, 2018. The 5-day training aimed to share knowledge and develop skills of teachers who are going to handle junior and senior high...
Earlier this year, we took our underpaid MBAs on a field trip. We don’t do any of that team-building, touchy feely stuff where you fall into each other’s arms or go to a ballgame where they charge $10 for watered-down beer. Nope. We wild-harvested shellfish—clams, oysters and mussels—straight from the beach. Why? Well, we can’t afford a catered seafood buffet...
At the occasion of the AQUA2018 joint conference & tradeshow of the World Aquaculture Society WAS and the European Aquaculture Society EAS with the Conference slogan #WeRAquaculture we are the producers and investors, the scientists and technical advisors, the legislators and educators, the students, civil society organizations and consumers of farmed aquatic products the FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Department, the...
The Indaba Agricultural Policy and Research Institute (IAPRI) has cited the high cost of quality fingerlings and the lack of fish storage facilities as among factors that have hindered the quick growth of the aquaculture sector in Zambia. Other problems that are negatively affecting the development of the aquaculture sector include high feed costs, low production and productivity as a...
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is all set to launch its sprawling multi-species aquaculture complex at Vallarpadam near here, with an aim to revolutionise fish production in the country. Spread over 8.5 acres, the facility will produce seeds/fingerlings of 6-7 commercially important species, which are of high export demand. The species includes Tiger shrimp, Asian Seabass, Pompano, Cobia,...
AMERRA's Andromeda will buy majority stakes in two European fishing farming companies with the participation of the Abu Dhabi firm. Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi strategic firm with over $200 billion in assets under management, said on Thursday it has agreed to invest in an aquaculture company alongside US private equity firm AMERRA Capital Management. Greece’s Andromeda Group, which...
A new approach to regulating salmon farms in B.C. will mean aquaculture companies must have support from First Nations, but won’t require them to end open-net farming. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham called the new regulations straightforward. “Effective June 2022, the province will only grant tenures to fish farm operators that pass two tests. One, they must satisfy the federal government...
Inside cool water-filled tanks in southern Ohio, the laws of nature are being defied: Male yellow perch mate with other male yellow perch; female bluegills with other female bluegills. This might make you wonder, unless, of course, your profession is selective breeding of fish, and your goal is to get them to grow faster. Home News News Top Stories Can fish...
Gadsden State Community College will discontinue its nearly three-decades-old aquaculture program next spring, the school announced Monday. The program, introduced in 1991, taught students to care for aquatic life in natural and captive environments, working with fresh- and saltwater fish and plants in various tanks and ponds. Enrollment rates have slacked in the intervening years, now reaching numbers below the...
The South African guidelines for healthy eating promote the daily consumption of fish due to its nutritional value, but how much fish are South Africans really consuming? And with an ever-increasing population, how will we meet the future demand for fish? How do we ensure it’s available, accessible, and affordable to all? Internationally, consumption of at least two portions of...
Marine Minister Michael Creed has called for European Maritime & Fisheries Funding (EMFF) for small to medium enterprises in aquaculture and seafood processing to be continued post-2020. Addressing the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers meeting in Luxembourg yesterday (Monday 18 June), the minister said: “Ireland expects to fully spend its 2014-2020 allocation and we foresee increasing investment opportunities and demands for the 2021-2027 period. “I...
