Surrounded by department ministers and industry representatives, Premier Dwight Ball took to the podium in Gander this morning to roll out the province’s plan to support sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry. Canada: Having contributed $276-million to the economy last year, it was announced at the summit, the plan is to triple commercial salmon production to 50,000 metric tonnes, increase...
ADM Animal Nutrition expands global distribution of specialty ingredients with product registrations in over 25 countries. ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), announced today that PROPLEX DY, a high-quality protein source for swine, poultry and aquaculture, has been approved for registration in the Philippines and Vietnam. Produced from the wet corn milling process, PROPLEX...
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said private and public sector investments are required if the aquaculture sector is to develop in a viable manner and promised to promote such investments. Dr. Minnis’ comments came during his address at the opening session of the Fifth Meeting of ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) Ministers in Charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the...
A company in one of China’s leading seafood producing regions has announced what it claims is the first major installation of a solar panels on a seawater aquaculture facility. Fangcheng Gang Xi Jiang Energy Co. in Guangxi Province has added 80 megawatts’ worth of panels on the roofs of shrimp sheds in Guangxi province. The rollout of solar panels on...
A new joint venture between a Wall Street firm and a Norwegian lender plans to make millions available for medium- and large-scale fishing and fish farming projects. The effort between New York City-based Simpler Funding and Oslo, Norway's Lighthouse Finance will bring the seafood sector access to an estimated $300 million to $400m annually via a method known as asset...
The tiny crustaceans attach themselves to salmon and feed on them, killing or rendering them unsuitable for dinner tables Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe. A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world. The tiny lice attach themselves to salmon and feed on them, killing or...
