EU-funded researchers have developed a system that helps fish farmers in Lake Victoria while also protecting the environment. Information source: European Commission / Press Release Overfishing, water shortages, and pollution – these are just some of the environmental problems Lake Victoria has been facing over the last few decades. Bordered […]
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Earth Ocean Farms promotes the restocking of totoaba for the fifth year in a row. Semarnat, Conapesca, and the State of Baja California Sur, together with local communities, are committed to the preservation of this endemic species. Information source: Earth Ocean Farms / press release The fishery of totoaba, an […]
Recognizing the critical role that innovation plays in creating a safer and more sustainable food system, Cargill and Ecolab are supporting a second class of startups through the Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator. Information source: Cargill press release “Solving the greatest food and sustainability challenges the world faces today requires partnership […]
TIES (The Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM) is collaborating with STEM Learning Ecosystem partners to bring aquaponics-based STEM learning to Tulsa and Baltimore City Schools. Information source: TIES, press release. Aquaponics, a system of growing plants and fish in a symbiotic combination where the plants’ nutrients come from fish […]
Livestock Philippines 2019 has been postponed at the request of the Department of Agriculture, Philippines Information source: official statement / Livestock Philippines organization committee As a result of the growing concerns of African Swine Fever (ASF) and at the request of the Department of Agriculture and the local industry stakeholders, […]
The Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative (ENORI) will begin work to create a sanctuary for the molluscs. “Recycled” shells will be laid on the bed of the Thames Estuary to provide the hard surface the young oysters need to grow on. Over the last 200 years the oyster population has […]
Can insects be part of the solution to feeding a growing world? Cargill and InnovaFeed say, ‘yes’. Information source: Cargill press release Cargill and InnovaFeed have entered into a strategic partnership to bring sustainable and innovative feed options to the animal nutrition industry. Through the partnership, Cargill and InnovaFeed will […]
Following a construction period of just two years, a joint venture between Evonik and the Dutch company DSM has today commissioned its globally unique production plant in the US. Through the fermentative manufacture of natural marine algae, the new plant produces a special algal oil that contains the key omega-3 […]
The global aquaculture, or fish farming industry is booming. Average per capita seafood consumption has doubled since the 1960s and since 2014, aquaculture has provided more of global seafood production than fisheries. It is taking a bite out of other protein industries too. The annual growth rate of fish consumption […]
Information source and photograph: Asian Pacific Aquaculture – Press release Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2019 is the International conference cum Expo organized by The World Aquaculture Society and hosted by Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University. APA19 dealt with all the aspects of aquaculture and imparted skill-based professional education in […]