With the seafood industry in transition, these entrepreneurs are pitching ways to make it more sustainable. In a large ballroom at Stanford University’s Arrillaga Alumni Center, jittery entrepreneurs make their way onto a small stage to pitch their sustainable seafood ventures. Out of 184 applications, only 40 have made the cut. Among the finalists are a mail-order oyster startup that...
Plant brings 200 new jobs to the region. Fish farmers in India have increased access to high-quality feed this year, as Cargill opens its first feed mill dedicated to fish species in the country. The mill, located in the city of Vijayawada and acquired from Mulpuri Foods & Feeds, reflects the company’s commitment to bring farmers safe, high-quality aqua feed...
Norway's Marine Harvest operates in 18 countries Marine Harvest, the world's biggest player in the salmon aquaculture business, is moving into the Bay of Fundy. The Oslo-based company filed papers Tuesday with the federal Competition Bureau after making a share purchase agreement to take over Newfoundland-based Northern Harvest, which has nine sea-farm sites in the Bay of Fundy and a...
The initiative, which will be conducted throughout 2018, has the collaboration of the Foundation for Biodiversity, Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment through the Pleamar Programme, co-funded by the FEMP (Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces). Due to the stagnation of extractive fishing, aquaculture is emerging as one of the food production sectors with the greatest capacity...
The lead scientist behind ‘game-changing’ research targeted at improving the economy of aquaculture has said that he believes his team can cut mortality rates in half. Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) are developing tech to reduce the high mortality rates that ‘plague’ the aquaculture industry. The team, headed by Chris Langdon, Professor of Fisheries at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science...
Transparency in food labels is set to emerge as one of the most significant food trends next year, as consumers become more conscientious about food safety. In the United States, trust is the primary factor that influences customers to buy products and what motivates companies to be more straightforward with their packaging. In a 2016 study made by Label Insight,...
Aquaculture is an occupation in which fishing farming is practiced in the different cultures such as marine water, freshwater, and brackish water. Different spices of fish are cultivated and harvested in an ideal condition through aquaculture. These fish are further commercialized for different applications such as food industry, dietary supplement and among others. This press release was orginally distributed by...
The Economic Development Commission will sponsor a forum to discuss the use of coastal waters for cultivating seafood such as shellfish on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at the La Grua Center in the borough. Over the past few month, the topic has become a controversial one as a group of Quiambaug Cove residents fought a proposal for commercial shellfish...
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Shrimp farmers now enjoy full protection from the government against potential harvest failure caused by diseases, fungus or even natural disasters. Under a new insurance scheme worked out by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, the government will pay for the entire premium, rather than just 80 percent, as in the past. Farmers can...
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) announced the White Book on fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Vietnam at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh on January 14. The bilingual book, in Vietnamese and English, has five chapters, providing detailed information about Vietnam’s fishery sector and regulations on IUU fishing and enforcement in the...
Urging the scientific community to reach out to the society, a top official has stressed the need to focus on refining technologies to improve the forecasting system in fisheries sector. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, and Director General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), said: “Technology is moving very fast. Scientists should...
