Russian Aquaculture ("Russian Aquaculture" or "the Company"), Russia's largest aquaculture company, announces the pricing of its secondary public offering (the "Offering") of new ordinary shares of the Company (the "Shares") at RUB 120 per Share following the completion of over-the counter ("OTC") bookbuilding on 29-11-2017. DETAILS OF THE OFFERING The Company announces the pricing of the SPO at RUB 120...
Business is booming at the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) near Oban, with the arrival of two new companies. Aquaculture firm Fusion Marine and ALIenergy (Argyll, Lomond and the Isles Energy Agency) have moved into the park’s Malin House. They join 10 other businesses, including micro-algae technology specialist Xanthella, which is expanding into new laboratory facilities. The arrival of more...
Dr María Ángeles Esteban’s group is searching for new biomarkers involved in fish immunity and welfare in farmed environments The Fish Immune System Group is a research group that belongs to the University of Murcia. The group leader is Dr Esteban. They investigate the immune system of fish in species of interest for Mediterranean aquaculture. Farmed fish species are teleosts,...
Why farmers in southwestern Ontario are switching from livestock to aquaculture From the outside, with its off-white, nearly grey utility siding and large loading dock door, the building has the appearance of a small industrial facility — the kind that line highways like the 401 and 402 and are hard to distinguish from each other. This 60,000-square-foot facility near the...
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will begin accepting more Inland Bays shellfish aquaculture lease applications postmarked after midnight Tuesday, Dec. 5 on a first-come, first-served basis. Initial applications were made after a lottery was held in May to determine the order of selection. Now that all of the lottery participants have selected their potential lease locations, applications are being...
In case you haven’t heard, a multinational fish farming company (Cooke Inc.) has made a deal to purchase Omega Protein Inc. and take them into the private sector. While the ink is not dry on this deal, it is obvious that the American fishing community will not be part of this new portfolio. There is no doubt that new, private...
A better mechanism is needed for effective dissemination of aquaculture technologies and good practices among aqua farmers, experts participating in the 11th Indian fisheries and aquaculture forum have opined. In his address, World Food Prize laureate M Vijaya Gupta Aquaculture will be the future source of growth in fisheries as the increasing demand for fish can't be met by capture...
Canadian aquaculture farmers are increasingly important contributors to the Canadian economy, particularly in smaller coastal and rural communities. Surging global consumer demand for high-quality and sustainably-sourced seafood products is making aquaculture one of the fastest growing industries worldwide. With exports valued at $1 billion in 2016, fish and seafood are a key part of meeting our government's ambitious goal of...
By mutual agreement, Virbac and the other shareholders of Centrovet have decided to postpone the option to buy the Chilean aquaculture specialist for three years, under the same pricing conditions. Virbac, which has held a 51% stake in Centrovet-the leading animal health and aquaculture company in Chile-since November 2012, announced on November 22 that it was deferring its option to...
The first AQUAEXCEL2020 industry brokerage event “FROM RESEARCH INNOVATION TO INDUSTRY APPLICATION” brought together researchers and aquaculture industry representatives during the Aquaculture Europe 2017 conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 19 October 2017. This forum for engagement and exchange was hosted by the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform and AquaTT, both partners in AQUAEXCEL2020, an EU-funded project focusing on excellence...
Farmed Fish to Overtake Wild Caught by 2030 Fish is a healthy source of animal protein, as it is high in essential nutrients, including unsaturated fats. In 2013, 17% of global animal protein consumption came from fish (UN, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2016). The present world population is anticipated to increase to 8.5 billion by 2030, according...
USA: For Gary Wood the phrase, "the road less traveled" really is a way of life. Tucked away off Old Highway 80, just outside Gila Bend, is Arizona's Desert Sweet Shrimp farm. That's right, a shrimp farm about 300 miles from the ocean. "The hotter it is, the faster they grow," said Wood. "It turned out to be the perfect...
