A New Zealand company has been recognised for being a leader in oyster farm technology, by winning the 2021 Global Aquaculture Innovation Award at the Global Seafood Alliance Awards. FlipFarm Systems, designed and developed by the owners of Marlborough Oysters, beat 39 contestants from 24 countries. The prize, which was handed to FlipFarm Systems at a virtual event, recognizes individuals...
The Palazzo dei Congressi di Rimini (Palacongressi), in Italy, will host the Aquaculture Europe 2022, the conference of the European Aquaculture Society 2022 (AE2022) from September 27 to 30. The 2021 edition took place recently on the island of Madeira with more than 1400 participants from 57 countries. “Over the three days of the congress, explained Fabio De Santis, Event...
The Sheikh Khalifa Marine Research Centre has delivered 600,000 fish fingerlings to a number of aquaculture companies in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), including Emirates National Fish Farming Company, as part of the country’s efforts to develop the sector as a means to support the nation’s food security plans. The shipment is the first following the full renovation process the...
This innovation is enabled by the Wholechain traceability system and has been designed in collaboration with Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) with the goal of enabling real time data monitoring for this certification. The Switzerland-based company, a world leader in premium tilapia, grows tilapia in floating pens in lakes. Its farms and processing facilities located in Mexico, Honduras and Indonesia are...
The European General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has adopted its new 2030 Strategy for the Mediterranean and Black Sea at the end of the 44th annual session, some weeks ago. An agreement was also reached on an ambitious package of measures translating strategy into concrete actions. “The new GFCM 2030 Strategy provides the framework and the necessary tools...
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) and the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has announced the release of the first-ever Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farmed Salmonids. “We are pleased to have a Code of Practice that will further support the sustainability of the Canadian aquaculture sector,” said Dr. Barry Milligan, a veterinarian who has...
The lab will provide animal nutrition customers with innovative R&D capabilities focused on sustainability, health through nutrition and production efficiency. ROLLE, November 15, 2021 —ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in nutrition and agricultural origination and processing, announced today the opening of its new animal nutrition laboratory located in Rolle, Switzerland, at the heart of the Swiss Food & Nutrition...
MDM Inc. and Trome BV announce an exclusive distribution relationship to promote MDM’s Sequence®, Advance ®, Genesys® and C-Shell® pumps in European aquaculture, residential aquatics, and industrial markets. MDM, the US-based manufacturer of non-metallic pumps, and Trome, a Belgian manufacturer of drum filters, have been collaborating for 18 months to assemble pump and motor units in Europe. This capability will enhance price competitiveness,...
Aquaculture data analytics disrupter Ecto has raised $7 million in financing led by the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund and Aqua-Spark. New investor Seventure Partners also participated in the round, joined by existing investors Yield Lab and Vodia Ventures. Ecto plans to use the investment to advance its leading position in the market for digital decision support tools for aquaculture, the fastest growing animal protein industry. Information source: Ecto...
Mr. Geir Molvik hands over the baton as CEO of Cermaq Group as he wishes Cermaq well and seeks to prioritize his time differently going forward. The new CEO from March 2022 will be Steven Rafferty, current MD of Cermaq Chile. Information source: Cermaq / media release Geir Molvik has an experience of more than 40 years in the fish...
Inspired by nature, Skretting launches groundbreaking new hatchery diet GEMMA Neo that reduces the dependence on traditional feed ingredients, while also providing ideal nutrient composition, unprecedented production system performance, and weaning flexibility. Information source: Skretting global / media release GEMMA Neo contains ingredients inspired by nature to support improved palatabilitySimple to use in hatcheries - cleaner water, cleaner operationsImproved...
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak body representing the Australian seafood industry, has recently welcomed an announcement from the Assistant Minister for Fisheries Jonno Duniam and Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water Guy Barnett of a framework to deliver offshore aquaculture in the Commonwealth waters off Tasmania. Information source: Australia's Seafood Industry / media release “Recently, Assistant Minister...
