Considered one of the top three to five programs in the country, many people aren’t aware that Frankfort contains a unique and internationally recognized program within its borders, says Kentucky State University’s Division of Aquaculture Chair Dr. Jim Tidwell. “It’s just amazing how fast aquaculture is growing and how much more environmentally friendly it is than other forms of agriculture,”...
The Maine Department of Marine Resources will hold a public session Tuesday, March 6, to gather input on a proposed expansion of Wild Ocean Aquaculture’s current lease near Clapboard Island. The hearing starts at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Mason-Motz Activity Center, 190 Middle Road. Wild Ocean currently has a lease that allows for suspended blue sea...
A public information session on the Atlantic salmon aquaculture project proposed by Grieg NL Nurseries Ltd. and Grieg NL Seafarms Ltd. for Marystown and Placentia Bay will be held next month. The session is a requirement of the environmental impact statement the company was ordered to complete on the project. The company says all aspects of the proposed project and...
Demand for seafood is skyrocketing and will continue to rise throughout this century. The only way to meet it will be through aquaculture. Yet, while next-generation aquaculture will be far more ecologically responsible than its predecessors, it will also use far more energy. If that additional energy is not clean and cheap, new aquaculture technologies cannot serve our broader environmental...
In a bid to boost fish export, fish farmers in the country were on Friday in Lagos urged to scale up Tilapia farming. Aquaculture experts told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that mass production of Tilapia would help to meet the ever-increasing demands for Tilapia in Europe and the U.S. A consultant and manager of Premium Aquaculture, Mr Raju...
Bihar consumes a billion dollars-worth of fish every year. But we produce only 50% in the state, and the rest comes in through unorganised retail. We have 9,000 sq km of waterlogged, unproductive land, an area as large as Cyprus. We have all that land just sitting there, contributing zero to the lives of 1.2 billion people in India and...
Maine suddenly finds itself at the heart of a fledgling U.S. industry, as a second company pushes to build a huge land-based aquafarm to feed a growing appetite for Atlantic salmon Whole Oceans, a Maine-based company that has been working behind the scenes for six years to find a place to build an indoor aquaculture facility, signed an agreement Thursday...
In a bid to ensure that shrimp and other exportable varieties of fish are free from any trace of banned and unwanted substances, MPEDA has launched a unique initiative to develop a GPS-based database of export-oriented aquaculture farms in the country for their traceability as well as to secure interests of end-consumer. Under the scheme, the Marine Products Export Development...
The Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland is encouraging the provincial goverment to adopt and enforce Norway’s Aquaculture regulations. SPAWN President John McCarthy was responding to Grieg’s proposal for an open pen salmon aquaculture development in Placentia Bay. He says while he doesn’t argue that the Grieg proposal will have social and economic benefits for the region, he...
The Island Institute is now accepting applications for its 2018 Aquaculture Business Development program. In its third year, the program helps fishermen and those from fishing communities gain the tools they need to diversify and launch their small-scale aquaculture businesses. The nonprofit wants to work with coastal and island residents who are highly motivated to start their shellfish or seaweed...
A Norwegian company is planning a facility that would produce more than 60 million pounds of salmon a year. A Norwegian firm’s plan to build one of the world’s largest inland salmon aquaculture facilities in Maine has a chance to raise American salmon farming’s status on the international stage, people who follow the industry say. Nordic Aquafarms wants to build...
Elections were held during the recent meeting of the Soy Aquaculture Alliance board of directors. Serving as chairman of SAA is John Wray of Ottawa, Kansas. Wray previously has served as both treasurer and secretary for SAA. New to the Executive Committee and serving as vice chair for SAA is Matt Bainbridge of Ethan, South Dakota. Set to return to...
