Companies are racing to offer bluefin tuna raised through complete aquafarming, from eggs to mature fish, as they see a big potential in the business. Demand for Pacific bluefin tuna is strong in Japan for luxury sushi use, but the amount of the fish available to catch in the seas has been on the decline. Kyokuyo Feed One Marine Co.,...
Canada-based AgriMarine has developed innovative aquaculture technology for finfish farming. COO Rob Walker discusses how the company’s systems can combat the twin challenges of sea lice and toxic plankton blooms Aquaculture, probably the fastest growing food-producing sector, now accounts for nearly 50% of the world's food fish, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). AgriMarine...
In the midst of an ever-changing fishery, prospects for aquaculture projects along the Great Northern Peninsula are improving. Cyr Couturier, an aquaculture research scientist and chair of aquaculture programs with the Marine Institute of Memorial University, says the possibilities are there, but can only succeed with hard work and serious investment. “There is some potential for different types of aquaculture,...
Latest report from the Scientific Advice Mechanism team suggests a range of options to foster more offshore entrepreneurs. Tiny sea creatures lower on the food web and underwater plants are a huge untapped source of food and biomass for a growing population, and Europe must expand its hunt for them, the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism says in its latest...
The INvertebrateIT Project for the aquaculture sector, in which the Marine Institute is one of five partners, has been officially launched. The project is focused on developing innovative approaches for aquaculture, particularly on the use of organic waste for the production of insects as alternative ingredients in fish feed. INvertebrateIT aims to help aquaculture operators mitigate their current dependence on...
Founder Monica Jain sees an unsustainable industry that's ripe for technological disruption. When 40 start-ups from all over the world gathered at Stanford University in November, it was not a typical Silicon Valley pitch day. The entrepreneurs competing in the Fish 2.0 Innovation Forum saw themselves more like the next Cargill than the next Google. Monica Jain, Fish 2.0's founder...
Auburn University researchers gather catfish at a research pond. Professor Cova Arias has developed and patented an experimental vaccine to fight Columnaris disease in catfish. Auburn researchers will use a nearly $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of the most serious bacterial infections in the aquaculture industry today....
Ron Hardy built a fisheries research program respected around the world. Ron Hardy has built a world-class fish research facility at the University of Idaho and is one of the top scholars in his field worldwide. His work has advanced the scientific knowledge of fish nutrition and genomics and sustainable aquaculture and has contributed substantially to fisheries management. His dedication,...
A new method is being tried to increase seafood production through the use of aquaculture. The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission is awarding grants totaling $450,000 for new and unique aquaculture projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The projects will range in size from $50,000 to $100,000 and will be given out starting in April to qualified projects. Most of...
World‘s fishing production only grows at six percent a year on average. China dominates global aquaculture, producing $131.7 billion of farmed fish in 2015, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The total value of the country’s wild and farmed fish has more than tripled in a decade, it said Tuesday. World aquaculture output, including...
Farming company Neovia invested in AquiNovo, which develops a fish feed additive that makes fish bigger, faster AquiNovo develops a non-hormonal additive to fish feed, which can enhance the growth of farmed fish and increase the efficiency and profitability of fish farming. The technology has been tested successfully in tilapia. AquiNovo CEO Nissim Chen said that the company intends to...
Farmed salmon remains Scotland’s biggest food export and the sector is working hard to address its biological issues, writes Anthony Harrington Scotland’s salmon farmers have good reason for optimism. The product – chilled, traditionally smoked, hot smoked, or cured as gravadlax – is one of the country’s most sought after exports. In fact, it’s established itself as our number one...
