The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing their common goal of increasing the sustainability of aquaculture production and practices around the globe. The signature was made on April 25 at Barcelona’s Seafood Expo Global. The ASC and SFP are currently building a work plan for the next steps of the...
Zoetis announced that will receive a USD 15.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop and integrate innovative solutions to advance veterinary care and diagnostic services that will ultimately improve livestock health and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The grant will help the international leading animal health company to expand its original African Livestock Productivity and...
Norwegian cod farming company Norcod has successfully raised over NOK 190 million in a private placement despite the challenging market conditions. The net proceeds from the private placement will be used to increase biomass in line with Norcod's production plan, the development of two new locations, and the support of general corporate purposes. "Raising more than NOK 190 million in...
The Ainan Fishery Cooperative Association, which produces red sea bream, has become the first facility in Japan to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) announced. Located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, the Yasutaka Suisan farm and the Hamasui processing plant, both members of the Ainan Fisheries Cooperative, have achieved BAP certification. “We are very pleased that...
Within the framework of a USD 585 million investment for 83 projects in 11 American states USD 65.9 million has been awarded to modernize and repair the Trinity River Hatchery, in California, United States (US), announced Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02). This project is one of 83 projects in 11 states that was selected as part of a nearly USD 585...
Digital SalmoFan is the new technology to accurately measure fillet color throughout the entire value chain, created for the global purpose-led science-based company Royal DSM. The Digital SalmoFan is a portable and user-friendly device measuring the color of salmon fillet according to a numeric scoring system. This innovation builds upon the DSM SalmoFan and SalmoFan Lineal -used today throughout the...
The Tasmanian farmed salmon producer Huon Aquaculture was welcomed for the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) as a new member of the industry’s leading sustainability initiative. With the addition of Huon, GSI membership now includes 15 salmon farming companies alongside eight supply chain member companies. Together, the member companies are committed to advancing the sector’s environmental performance through greater transparency and...
Requested USD 25 million in annual funding Industry coalition Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) reported a few days ago that have sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the United States (US) House and US Senate Committees on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies urging Congress to support annual funding for NOAA Fisheries’ National...
Unibio International PLC, the leading sustainable protein company, has announced that the Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) has signed an agreement to invest approximately USD 70 million in the company. The proceeds will be deployed to enable Unibio’s vision of feeding the world’s growing population in a sustainable way. From the company reported that they will use the funds to...
FAU Harbor Branch Study Assesses Efficacy of Clamming Industry Anti-predator Materials on Whitespotted Eagle Rays According to NOAA Fisheries, more than 80 percent of marine aquaculture production in the United States consists of bivalve mollusks such as oysters, clams and mussels. However, it’s not just humans who enjoy eating these shellfish, so do marine rays. They like to “crunch” on...
A new study suggests that sustainability themes, delivered by trusted sources, can convert naysayers regarding aquaculture into supporters. The investigation was published by the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, California, United States (US), and collaborators from the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Southern California Sea Grant Program, and the Department of...
Aquaculture technology specialists, Ace Aquatec, have partnered with marine ecosystem restoration specialists Ocean Health to further develop FaunaGuard, an acoustic system which uses academically validated sound patterns with award-winning transducer technology to create temporary exclusion zones around project sites. The two organizations now join efforts to make FaunaGuard globally available as the go-to mitigation solution for the offshore renewables sector....
