The Mumbai based WestCoast Group, a fully integrated aquaculture company, has partnered with Norway's AKVA Group for innovative and sustainable aquaculture solutions and technology. The objective is to mechanize and improve fish and shrimp farm facilities, as the company foresee a strong market for aquaculture products with more state governments started leasing out its water bodies for aquaculture, Rahul Kulkarni,...
Nelson Plant and Food senior scientist Maren Wellenreuther says the use of genomic tools could be a game changer for the fishing industry. The fishing industry needs to start using genomic tools to secure its, says a Nelson scientist. A new study, co-written by Plant and Food senior scientist Dr Maren Wellenreuther, shows the science of genomics is still under-utilised...
Fears the Huon Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture program under trial off Hawks Nest might cause a build up of fish castings on the ocean floor have failed to pan out. The University of Newcastle has conducted independent analysis of nutrient levels and invertebrates – key indicators of sea health – beneath the ocean pens since the trial was established a year...
If all goes according to Alltech president and founder Pearse Lyons’ plan, sea lice could be a seafood farming fret of the past about six months from now. It’s in approximately half a year’s time that the innovation company’s emerging technology, the gene chip, could deliver the results necessary to blot out sea lice, one of the industry’s most formidable...
Projects are underway in Norway and Japan to raise salmon in large numbers in big offshore pens, by adopting next-generation aquafarming technology. Offshore farming aims to avoid the infestations of sea lice that often accompany conventional small and overcrowded coastal farms, as well as water contamination caused by leftover feed. Prices of salmon are rising due to the growing popularity...
Taiwanese companies specializing in aquaculture technology using fish cages will prospect for partners in the Philippines who can market their technology or partner with them in fish production. Philip Huang, deputy executive director of the Master Development Department of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, told The Manila Times that companies from his country will be looking for local partners...
Fishmeal harbors antibiotic-resistance genes and stimulates their spread in lab tests. “Farm to table” has become a catch phrase for eating locally grown food bought directly from producers—but unfortunately it can also apply to antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics applied as part of farming practices for livestock and farmed seafood can fuel the proliferation of antibiotic-resistance genes among bacteria—including pathogenic strains. When...
Fish, shellfish and algae live in the sea and do not have to depend on scarce resources such as land area and freshwater. The climate impacts are also low when compared to land based food production. However, there is room for improvement and today’s technology must focus on durable solutions. This is the first of upcoming snippets about Bellona Foundation’s...
By Greg Lutz* There are many examples of the use of hybridization as a means to develop superior production animals. Sometimes, it’s just the beginning of a more complex journey. Many years ago, researchers in the U.S. demonstrated the Channel catfish by Blue catfish hybrid consumed more feed, grew more rapidly, exhibited better food conversion, and had higher overall production,...
The good news for aquaculture investors is that Australia is one of only a few developed countries that is perfectly suited for aquaculture, and novel alternatives using bacteria and insects have begun to appear to replace contentious animal proteins in fish food, said a visiting global aquaculture expert. Gorjan Nikolik, a senior analyst with Rabobank in the Netherlands, said carnivorous...
A project to assess the relative merits of coastal planning systems in different regions in Norway, with a particular focus on aquaculture, has been initiated by Nofima. Norway: Norwegian municipalities have adopted a variety of approaches to coastal planning, with varying degrees of success, and Nofima’s scientists have now conducted in-depth studies of a selection of these plans – not...
Legune Station lies on the far north coast of the Northern Territory, perched just east of the West Australian border, where the black clay flats between the legendary Victoria and Keep river estuaries sprawl. Australia: As jabiru, brolgas and agile wallabies gather in the early morning around two new dams built in the heart of the vast cattle station, 130...
