63-year-old veteran farmer constructs his own hybrid aquaponic system that cuts waste and saves space For a year, 63-year-old Joseph Phua toiled to create his own hybrid aquaponic farm from scratch. His back bent, he would construct his own concrete fish tanks and cut holes in rectangular wire casings to hold his vegetable seedlings. Even the piping to circulate water...
Plans for a shrimp hatchery in Marshall have changed. The tru Shrimp Company announced last week that it now plans to build its first hatchery in Luverne, near its first shrimp production facility. However, tru Shrimp officials also said that doesn’t mean the company won’t expand in Marshall in the future. “We recognize the investment that Marshall and its economic...
Alaskans pull home packs of fish from their freezers all year round and know it will cook up nutritious and delicious. Yet there is still a perception that fresh seafood is always better than frozen. A Sitka fishermen's group has set a course to counteract that stereotype, and prove that properly frozen fish has clear advantages over the "fresh" fish...
The $500,000 loan comes with financing and performance conditions. The owner of a wood-fired power plant in West Enfield that wants state financial help to build three shrimp farms on the property got a boost Tuesday when the Maine Rural Development Authority approved a $500,000 loan for the venture. Board members voted 6-0 to approve the loan to Kathadin Shrimp...
‘At least four hatcheries in district ordered to close down’ The Krishna district authorities have swung into action to ensure international standards in aquaculture ahead of the scheduled visit of European Union experts in Andhra Padresh on November 23. The State government was forced to ensure international standards in aquaculture in wake of rejection of Vennamei production from Andhra Pradesh by...
Huon Aquaculture’s plan for a future comprising land-based and sea-cage salmon farming has moved a step closer. The Environment Protection Authority found the $30 million salmon nursery at Port Huon could be managed in an environmentally sustainable manner, with conditions. “Various environmental issues were considered by the board in its assessment, particularly the risk of mobilising potential contaminants and the...
Belgium headquartered multinational NUTRIAD, manufacturer of specialty feed additives for livestock and aquaculture, announced it engaged into strategic partnerships with leading universities in Brazil: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Federal University of Goiânia (UFG) and State University of Londrina (UEL). These agreements allow the science based company to evaluate its product portfolio under tropical circumstances, develop new technologies and...
Norway: Norwegian fish farmers face new curbs designed to protect the country’s stocks of wild salmon, rules that have ignited anger from the industry and its opponents, prompting threats of court challenges from both sides. As a teenager, Ola Braanaas kept a few fish in an aquarium in his bedroom. Now, at 55, he keeps a lot more of them:...
Oman: An aquaculture project which is expected to add 3,000 tonnes of fish per year was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF) on Monday. The ministry announced that the first phase of fish farming project consisting of 32 floating cages in Quriyat, with a production capacity of 3,000 tonnes of long finned seabream (Koffer) per year has...
India: ICAR Director General Trilochan Mohapatra on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the indigenous Re-circulatory Aquaculture System developed at the Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). Dr. Mohapatra, who was here to receive an award at the third AP Science Congress, lauded the efforts by scientists for setting up RAS for marine finfish broodstock maturation. This...
Canada: Economics of land-based salmon farming not adding up for B.C. fish farmers. Some day, it might be possible to raise salmon in land-based closed containment ponds and make a profit. But that day is still a long way off, and even when it does become economically viable, land-based aquaculture might be like organic farming: an option for consumers willing...
Australia: The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is among the recipients that will share $9.3 million in research grants from NOAA aimed at further developing the nation’s marine and coastal aquaculture industry. “This country, with its abundant coastline, should not have to import billions of pounds of seafood each year,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “These grants will promote aquaculture...
