The Precision Farming Technology for Aquaculture project is part of the National Science Challenges ‘Spearhead’ project. The Cawthron Institute will provide $2m funding for a two year project to apply a range of advanced technologies to aquaculture with the aim of giving farmers the ability to remotely manage their farms and stock. The Precision Farming Technology for Aquaculture project is...
MOU with CibusDx to Co-Develop Rapid Disease Detection Device Second Public, Private, Academic Collaboration. Sino Agro Food, Inc. (OTCQX: SIAF | OSE: SIAF-ME), a specialized investment company focused on protein food including seafood and cattle, is pleased to announce entry into two partnerships that advance its technical leadership in aquaculture. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CibusDx In September of 2017,...
"The aquaculture industry aims to reach $1 billion in sales by 2025. Technology that promotes sustainability, efficiency, and the ability to farm further offshore will play a significant role in achieving this target," said Dr Cornelisen. Scientists are set to research the application of transformational tech for the aquaculture industry, following funding approval for the two-year Precision Farming Technology for...
The United States annually imports nearly $1 billion worth of tilapia while producing another 30 million pounds ourselves. This makes tilapia the U.S.'s fourth most consumed fish. Worldwide, farmed-raised tilapia is nearly an $8 billion yearly industry. Those same tilapia farmers lose about $1 billion annually due to streptococcosis. The main culprits are two bacteria, Streptococcus agalactiae and S. iniae....
A New York state-based company that used a former mattress factory to launch an indoor shrimp aquaculture operation has agreed to buy waste heat from an eco-friendly Maine power plant, the Portland Press Herald reports. Kimberly Samaha, the CEO of Born Global, reportedly told the newspaper that she and her husband, Fahim, have a deal with Eco Shrimp Garden, in...
It aims at giving a fillip to technology and skill development in the fisheries sector. The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), the technology incubation centre of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), will collaborate with Bharthidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, to give a fillip to technology and skill development in the fisheries sector. The university has recognised MPEDA - RGCA...
Japan is planning to ship out the bluefin tuna fish as early as November 2017, and have also considered exporting the fish to the bigger market The cultivation of completely farm-raised bluefin tuna can effectively protect natural resources. This is in line with the country’s initiative to protect bluefin tuna, whose population has plunged due to overfishing. Kyokuyo Co., one...
Startup's high-tech approach to feeding fish reduces waste and hassle It was the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in 2007. Gibran El Farizy, a student at the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java in Indonesia, was starving. Farizy's parents were late sending his monthly allowance of 600,000 rupiah (about $45 at the current exchange rate), and he barely had...
With its wide temperature tolerance, the humble bass may be a good option for commercial production. One of the best-known fish species in Southern Africa is the bass. Present in farm or state dams across the country, this popular sport angling fish originated in North America. Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) were introduced to South Africa in 1928, followed by smallmouth...
Instead of trying to prevent saltwater invasion and desalinizing, it would be better to adapt to the new circumstances and think of developing aquaculture in Mekong Delta, scientists say. In the Mekong Delta, one of the largest key agriculture production zones in the country, alkaline soil accounts for 18.6 percent of total area, located along the East Coast belt and...
Hawaii aquaculture farms generated slightly less revenue last year, marking a second annual consecutive dip after a 2014 record. A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week said the value of farm-raised marine animals sold by producers statewide slipped 0.7 percent last year to $75.7 million from $76.2 million the year before. The record was $78.2 million in...
The Murmansk salmon farmer says the Norwegians will help boost its annual production of red fish to 30,000 tons by year 2025. One of Russia’s biggest breeders of farmed salmon, the Russian Aquaculture, is buying its second Norwegian smolt producer. The Olden Oppdrettsanlegg AS, a company based in the fjords outside Trondheim, central Norway, will now deliver its smolt -...
