The company Garware recently presented in Chile a new development aimed at protection against predators, the Sapphire X18 wolf net, a rigid net for vertical drop design. According to the company, this new technology stands out for being a highly rigid sea lion net, ideal for straight drop design, suitable for places with abundant sea lion attacks and with great...
Ocean Technology Group (OTAQ), the technology innovation entity targeting the aquaculture, geotracking and offshore market announced unaudited interim results for the six months ended September 30, 2022. Among its financial highlights, the company reported a year-on-year increase in profits of more than 25%, achieved on the back of increased revenues. The company has released unaudited interim results, which show revenue...
On its closing day, the ISGA 2022 Awards will be presented and the next venue of the international event will be announced. The Industry Day will be the closing journey of the XIV International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture (ISGA 2022), which will take place in the city of Puerto Varas, Chile, between November 27 and December 2. Its protagonists...
The Norwegian company presented PL+, a groundbreaking technology platform utilizing the potential of phospholipids from krill oil Some days ago, the Lysaker (Norway) based company Aker BioMarine was in Shanghai at China International Import Expo (CIIE), that was held from last November 5 to 10, exhibiting its Antarctic krill-based products for human health & nutrition, aqua, and pets. This was...
Atarraya, the company behind Shrimpbox, the first plug-and-play sustainable shrimp farming technology, and BiomEdit, a microbiome innovator focused on animal health, announced a collaboration agreement a few days ago to investigate microbial changes to improve the sustainability and production associated with shrimp farming. Ultimately, the goal is to significantly improve the profitability of sustainable shrimp aquaculture, as feed is responsible...
Aquatrade, the Mediterranean company specialized in designing to custom solutions and equipment for aquaculture, announced some days ago that Stelios Leontios is joining the team as their new Customer Value Director. He will bring, they said, his experience in Strategic and Commercial matters to Aquatrade. “Together the objective is to add value to the aquaculture end-product of tomorrow,” they assured....
The international company Cargill and Naturisa, its partner in Ecuador, have reached an agreement with Skyvest EC Holding to create a new joint venture that will serve Ecuadorian shrimp farmers’ increasing demand for high-quality shrimp feed. Through this union, Cargill will expand its shrimp-feed production capabilities to own and operate the shrimp-feed production facility currently owned by Skyvest subsidiary Empacadora...
The New Zealand company Mount Cook Alpine Salmon will be the first in its country to build a land-based salmon farm. The project has just been launched in Twizel (Canterbury), in the presence of the chairman of the board of directors, Bill English, and the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker. The fish farm will cost NZD 16.7 million...
According to a new study, by supplementing with 7% of krill phospholipids in a seabream diet, larvae exhibited enhanced growth and survival, along with significantly less lipid (or fat) deposits in the intestine and liver, as compared to fish consuming the soybean lecithin diet. The experimental diets used in the study contained increasing phospholipid contents (from 7 to 9%) derived...
Last October 24 started a series of seminars that broadcasted findings from a world-leading academic study assessing potential health risks associated with nanoparticles found within the Atlantic aquaculture industry. The ground-breaking NanoCulture Project has been funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area, via the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The NanoCulture project has brought together world leading aquaculture professionals, analytical chemists,...
AKVA Group has signed a contract with Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon (ILFS) by which a smolt facility will be built in Vestmannaeyjar, in a project that is starting up in this October 2022. The company reported that is delivering a facility with all production stages from hatchery to smolt, including the “Zero Water Concept” technology. AKVA group will build a...
GenoMar Genetics Group, the world’s leading tilapia breeding company, announced a few days ago the appointment of Rodrigo Zanolo as its new commercial director. Based in Brazil, he will assume responsibility for the group's commercial activities in Latin America and Asia, including sales, marketing, customer and technical services, the company said. Zanolo will start in his new role on November...
