FIFO (Fish in: Fish out) for the conversion of wild feed fish to farmed salmon is 1:1.22 (2015 ratio), showing that farmed salmon now produce globally more consumable protein than is used in feed. For all fed aquaculture, the FIFO is 0.22:1 (2015), or 1:4.55 (i.e. every kilogram of wild fish supports the production of 4.55kg of farmed fish) Declining FIFOs reflect...
Disease from salmon farms has never been implicated to have impacted wild salmon in British Columbia. Other than findings of certain anti-fish farm activists, whose scientific procedure has been shown at times to not have scientific integrity, there is no evidence of harm to wild salmon from farmed. In one of the recent letters the letter writer raises concern about...
Cargill to buy feed maker in high-margin natural foods pushCargill Inc [CARG.UL] is buying a maker of natural animal feeds, the global commodities trader said on Tuesday, another in a string of deals to capitalize on rising demand for higher-margin natural foods and antibiotic-free meat and dairy products. The recent push by privately held Cargill, including Tuesday’s deal for Iowa-based...
Hendrix Genetics has completed a deal with Integrated Aquaculture International LLC (iAqua) to participate in the breeding and production of shrimp for the global industry. IAI is an aquaculture technology company on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Its breeding centre produces genetically-improved Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) broodstock under the Kona Bay brand – accounting for 10 percent of the...
When Jenn Fortier was in sixth grade, she read a book about a scientist named Eugenie Clark. Nicknamed “The Shark Lady,” Clark was a giant in the field of shark study, and a pioneer in the use of SCUBA diving for research purposes. Fortier was hooked, and she immediately told her teacher about her new life goal. “I told Mrs....
Tight restrictions and big appetites promise tidy profits if farms can iron out kinks Full farming of bluefin tuna, which starts with getting the fish to spawn in a completely artificial environment, is finally showing signs of becoming profitable. Investors are responding accordingly, pushing up the stocks of companies that develop technologies for artificially hatching eggs and fattening fingerlings to...
Taiwan’s largest aquaculture companies are investing in the Philippines as their production hub for seafood exports to Taiwan and ASEAN countries. Patty Yen, deputy executive director for strategic marketing department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), said this at the first Taiwan Aquaculture Trade Mission to the Philippines held at the Manila Hotel where 10 of the biggest aquaculture...
Malta-based AquaBioTech Group has built a new facility in the Netherlands it says will help research the capabilities of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The Coppens Aqua Centre (ACAC), owned by aquatic nutrition firm Alltech Coppens International, opened recently in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. It was designed to provide the company the ability to run multiple simultaneous nutrition trials for a variety...
Researchers from AZTI, Biopolis S.L. (Spain), University of Aveiro (Portugal) and the Aguacircia Aquaculture company (Portugal) have evaluated the impact of the use of bacteriophages that fight the pathogens responsible for diseases that affect species bred in fish farms. Replacing antibiotics with phages is a highly promising option in aquaculture to control the transfer of bacteria may be harmful to...
UAPB plans fish sale; proceeds benefit program The Aquaculture Research Station at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will sell catfish and tilapia from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20. Funds raised will support fish station projects. Fish will be sold for $1.50 per pound on a first come, first served basis. Fish cleaning won’t be available,...
Taiwan’s largest aquaculture companies are investing in the Philippines as their production hub for seafood exports to Taiwan and ASEAN countries, reports Manila Bulletin. Patty Yen, deputy executive director for strategic marketing department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council, said investment is under way after the two countries agreed to cooperate more closely in the promotion of aquaculture in the...
More than 150 North American students applied for the third annual Lallemand Forward Scholarship Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce the 2017 Lallemand Forward Scholarship recipients, which were selected from more than 150 applicants. Sasha van der Klein is the recipient of the doctoral scholarship, receiving $3,000. Van der Klein is currently working on her Ph.D. at the University...
