Blue Aqua International, a global leader in shrimp aquaculture technology, announced an investment of SGD 8.8 million from Muscat Investment House in its subsidiary, Blue Aqua Singapore –the farming arm under the group. The investment will help boost Blue Aqua Singapore’s expansion to grow its operations in high-tech trout farming, ramping up distribution, and aquafeed manufacturing; in support of Singapore’s...
Aquaculture disease management and dynamic dosing expert Aqua Pharma are joining forces with microbial fingerprinting experts Kytos to develop SEATRU –a unique new service platform offering shrimp farmers worldwide effective microbial control through precise dosing recommendations. The initiative was set to start in last June with a two-year research project based in Indonesia with local partner eFishery, the world’s largest...
Ocean Harvest announced some days ago the addition of Bruno Sardenberg as Director of Production and Acting Technical Director to its leadership team. This latest appointment by the region’s leading technology-enabled aquaculture startup bolsters Ocean Harvest’s capabilities as it develops its inaugural commercial-scale land-based salmon farm in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sardenberg previously served as Director of Aquaculture...
A few days ago, the Scientific Committee that provides support to the new edition of the International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture (ISGA), which is held every year in Chile, was presented in an online meeting. During the meeting it was informed that the XIV ISGA, to be held between November 27 and December 2 in the city of Puerto...
OTAQ Group, an expert in marine technology solutions for the global aquaculture and offshore energy industries, has announced that it has been appointed as the new technology supplier to Chilean company Salmones Antartica S.A. (SASA), for integrated water quality measurement equipment to various farming sites, over a complete farming cycle. “SASA is a highly respected salmon producer internationally, and an...
The American company Atlantic Sea Farms has announced that the 27 partner farmers, representing nine working Maine harbors, have harvested more line grown domestic kelp than ever at just under 1 million pounds during the 2022 harvest season. "We're thrilled and proud", they said. For them, this number is revolutionary because with this year's record-breaking harvest, Atlantic Sea Farms kelp...
Significant growth in aquaculture has driven global fisheries and aquaculture production to a record high as aquatic foods make an increasingly critical contribution to food security and nutrition in the 21st century, according to a report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a few days ago. The 2022 edition of ‘The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture’...
According to data of the country Customs, in the first five months of this year, the Vietnam's shrimp exports to Japan reached USD 265 million, up 15% over the same period last year. In the first five months of 2022, shrimp exports to this market increased by 6-23%. Shrimp exports to this market are quite stable although the growth rate...
The export value of Norwegian seafood has never been higher in the first half of the year than in 2022, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC). In the first six months of the year, Norway exported seafood worth NOK 70.1 billion (near USD 7 billion). This is a value growth of 31%, or NOK 16.4 billion (USD 1.6 billion),...
The Chilean company Astilleros y Servicios Navales - ASENAV reported that it has been awarded a contract for the construction of a fishing and oceanographic research vessel for the Chilean Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. The contract has a value of approximately USD 15 million and will be built at the ASENAV facilities in Valdivia, Chile. Currently, the project is...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Republic of Philippines has granted the world´s first Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) certification to a tilapia producer. The facility subject to certification is the GenoMar's nucleus and grandparent site located at the Central Luzon State University in the Philippines where the company has been operating a tilapia breeding program since...
A new generation of fish feed is one of five ideas born in the laboratories of the University of Porto that will continue to grow over the coming months with the help of the Business Ignition Programme (BIP) PROOF, the program of the University of Porto, in Portugal, which aims to support innovative research projects underway at the institution. Among...
