County commissioners are concerned about being cut out of decisionmaking regarding the oyster and clam leases earmarked for Alligator Harbor and Ockolockonee Bay. Gov. Rick Scott and his cabinet are poised to approve a major expansion of aquaculture leases in the easternmost waters off the Franklin County coast. If they were looking for a rousing show of support from the...
Slack US demand, higher Vannamei supplies in India and other countries to keep prices under check. The drop in global shrimp prices seems to be a cause of worry for the Indian aquaculture sector, even as the country’s seafood exports witnessing a 20 per cent growth in the first three months of the calendar year. The price fall by ₹100-150...
More farmed salmon have been found at a Newfoundland aquaculture site with infectious salmon anemia (ISA). ISA is a finfish disease that has to be reported by law in Canada, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it poses no risk to humans. The Newfoundland and Labrador government has confirmed that ISA was detected in salmon being farmed at...
Iceland will help to develop the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the African state of Liberia, Front Page Africa Online reports. Iceland will provide technical assistance for capacity building of the national fisheries and aquaculture staff, as well as ensure the improvement of smoking ovens. It will also provide support for the reduction of plastic pollution and technical training in...
‘L. vannamei hatcheries will be in the comfort zone soon’ The decision to set up a world-class Aquatic Quarantine Facility and Brood-stock Multiplication Centre at Bangarammapeta in Nakkapalli mandal at a cost of ₹68 crore has brought cheer to aqua farmers of the State. Andhra Pradesh being a major hub for shrimp production is home to 391 L. vannamei hatcheries...
Aqua-Spark, based in the Netherlands, invests in small and mid-size sustainable fishing ventures, including frozen meals company Love the Wild, feedstock venture Calysta, and others. The firm’s co-founders are backing Hatch, a Bergen, Norway-based accelerator program, to cultivate investable startups. Hatch says it is the first accelerator specifically for aquaculture. “Aqua-Spark often encounters great ideas, products, and technologies that could...
1. We’re giving Cooke Aquaculture a free research chair Perennia Food & Agriculture Inc., which is the nonprofit funded by the province and housed at the Bestest Nova Scotian Evah! Ray Ivany campus on the Nova Scotia Community College and which shills for the food industry, has issued a Request for Quotes for a firm to conduct an “Economic Impact...
As Washington shuts down net-pen salmon farms, a Norwegian entrepreneur is building a massive onshore salmon farming operation — in tropical Florida. “It is pretty crazy,” the serial salmon entrepreneur says. What was once a sprawling tomato field near the Miami suburb of Homestead is being turned over in stages for a new crop: Atlantic salmon. Yes, you read that...
Nigeria fisheries sector is bedeviled with lots of challenges, one of which is adopting new methods of fish management. However, this will be a thing of the past with the development of Worldfish Research Programme in Nigeria, JOHN OBA, writes. The fisheries and aquaculture subsector across the world is said to contribute to the livelihood of over 800 million which...
Fish farmers here said that they need local and low-cost feeds to battle high aquaculture production costs, as feeds alone take about 60 percent of the cost. This is a long standing call of fish farmers or pond technicians who use the fish diet produced by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD). The department said that low-cost and...
Aquaculture proponents view the ocean off Southern California as an ideal place for an emerging industry. The key, new research found, will be to carefully locate facilities to minimize environmental risks and conflicts with other marine uses. In the clear waters 10km (6 miles) from Huntington Beach, California, a 40-hectare (100-acre) cluster of shellfish rafts will yield its first commercial...
"My philosophy around year 11, 12 education is we have 70 weeks to re-engage some seriously disengaged students so they can become productive members of society and the workforce." That's Steve Harrison, one of 12 teachers who've won a $45,000 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Award run by Australian Schools Plus – a philanthropic outfit that funds schools with disadvantaged students. Harrison...
