For the organization, this shows that having the label on seafood packaging can provide an advantage for producers in the marketplace. The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) recently conducted a survey of about 3,400 consumers in China to better understand consumer purchasing decisions and the influence and awareness of the Best […]
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AKVA group has launched the world’s first fish farming pen made entirely from recycled plastic, developed for its experts over the past two years. The pen is manufactured using plastic from disused pens provided by Nova Sea and will undergo testing at Varpet, one of the locations of this company. […]
By: Carole R. Engle, Ganesh Kumar, and Jonathan van Senten* Finfish aquaculture is complex and diverse, including many species and strains of fish raised in a wide variety of production systems. Technologies used to raise fish also continue to evolve into increasingly sophisticated forms. One seemingly ever-present question is that […]
Swiss Lachs, a pioneer company in sustainable aquaculture has announced that have received the approval of the Civic Community of Lostallo, as it did almost 10 years ago, for using of a part of the industrial building land for the development of sustainable fish farming. With the approval of the […]
The first trials of the Portuguese Pep4Fish project, which aims to explore innovative solutions to strengthen aquaculture fish production, are already underway. Three hydrolyzed feeds with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties were selected for the first trial with sea bass. The researchers are following the development of the animals to observe […]
By: The Fishmonger* Heading into the second part of the year, the pathway forward for seafood and other protein players through the entire supply chain is going to be one of continued challenges. Heading into the second part of the year, the pathway forward for seafood and other protein players […]
The English company FloGro has managed to obtain the planning permission for a site in South Lincolnshire where they will establish the United Kingdom’s first industrial-scale Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) prawn farm with an initial production unit for 250T p.a. It is hoped to start building in the first quarter […]
Mitsui, with head office in Tokyo (Japan), decided some days ago to invest in the world’s largest shrimp farming company, Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP), based in Ecuador, and already has concluded the related contracts. The acquisition price for the shares is USD 360 million. Following the process, the Ecuadorian […]
By: Ph.D. Stephen G. Newman* Many ask why Ecuador is able to produce so much shrimp and why are they able to produce them so inexpensively? While questions of this nature rarely have a single simple explanation, it is more than likely that most of them are the result of […]
The leading aquaculture data intelligence company based in Bergen (Norway) Manolin just announced the highly-anticipated launch of their revolutionary Watershed and Harpoon, two cutting-edge platforms that mark a significant advancement in the aquaculture industry, providing fish farms and aquaculture suppliers with AI-driven data intelligence to make faster, more accurate, and […]