The Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research has announced plans to train and empower 50 unemployed graduates in fish production. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the training of unemployed graduates, youths and women in aquaculture production, fish processing and value addition, in Lagos, the Executive Director, NIOMR, Dr. Gbolahan Akande, said starter packs would be distributed to the...
Qatar’s Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s (MME) Aquaculture Department is planning to licence six projects to meet its fish production gap of 6,000 tonnes per year, it is learnt. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the ‘French Technologies in Agriculture’ seminar in Doha on Tuesday, MME’s Aquaculture Department head Mohamed al-Abdulla said Qatar’s current fish requirement reaches 46,000 tonnes...
Nutriad provides feed additive solutions to more than 1,200 customers in over 80 countries through a network of sales offices and distributors Nutriad Aquaculture IndiaNutriad delegation at Aqua India 2018 held in Chennai. (Image source: Nutriad) Nutriad, a Belgian company specialising in species specific additive solutions for fish and shrimp, is making its presence felt in the India. The company...
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 a facility that would produce more than 60 million pounds of salmon per year. The state typically produces between...
Akshay Verma grew up in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, but went on to work as an investment banker with UBS in London after getting degrees at Columbia University and Oxford University. While he enjoyed a privileged life, images of poverty in Bihar continued to haunt him. In 2013, the millennial left his job and returned to Bihar “to...
Nathan Katzer had a keen interest in fish from a young age, filling his room with as many fish tanks as his mother would allow. Despite this early fascination with aquatic animals and later becoming a certified scuba diver, little in the Iowa native’s career path indicated what he would be today: a fish farmer. Katzer and his two business...
Nebraska Soybean Board members and staff saw firsthand how soy grown in Nebraska contributes to seafood production worldwide at the United States Soybean Export Council’s Aquaculture Education Opportunity in Campeche, Mexico. It was Nebraska Soybean Board Chairman Tony Johanson’s third time attending the Aquaculture Education Opportunity. “The trip is meant to educate us on some of the practices being used...
After the launch of its first dedicated fish feed plant here in January, Cargill launched its technology application centre at Kaikaluru in the State on Wednesday, according to a press release. The centre is designed to help aquaculture farmers access new innovations and apply the best possible solutions to grow healthy seafood. It covers 3.6 hectares of land that hosts...
For Omaha-based ethanol producer Green Plains, a gamble made eight years ago on becoming a supplier of feed to fish farms might be on the cusp of paying off. The No. 2 ethanol producer in the country started off with trying to grow algae in reactors using recycled heat, water and carbon dioxide from its ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa....
The firm uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms to help fish farmers manage their operations better. Fish farming is the fastest growing sector of food production in the world with more fish being farmed than beef, representing nearly $160 billion in yearly production. The industry is rapidly expanding, with experts anticipating that protein consumption will increase worldwide by at...
During Dr. Roy Weitzell's last fishing trip, he netted more than 60 rainbow trout. This miraculous bounty didn't occur on the banks of a lazy river, but in his laboratory. Located on Chatham University's Eden Hall Campus, in Richland, the Aquaculture Lab allows students in the Falk School of Sustainability and the Environment to farm marine organisms, including fish, shellfish,...
Students at Hauser High School are getting hands-on experience in developing a fish farm. The project, which features more than 100 fish in two 500-gallon tanks, is being led by animal science and horticulture students, said Aleesa Dickerson, a Hauser agriculture teacher. The tanks are located in the high school’s shop area. The concept of a fish farm at Hauser...
