By: The Fishmonger* A new report has hit the Fishmonger’s desk concerning issues which negatively impact our industry, it has been labelled food fraud, but it is deeper than that. Anew report has hit the Fishmonger’s desk concerning issues which negatively impact our industry, it has been labelled food fraud, […]
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By: Ph.D. Stephen G. Newman* It is well known that the higher the density of a given population the greater the potential is for pathogens to move between animals. Shrimp are not an exception. Shrimp farming is perhaps the fastest growing aquaculture sector globally. Total production has been estimated to […]
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 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, […]
During the last decade, sustainability has become an important issue in the seafood sector. Considerable research suggests narrative persuasion’s attitudinal and behavioral effects in health and environmental contexts. An online experiment was running among U.S. residents to evaluate how exposure to narrative influences transportation, emotions, and risk-benefit perceptions and, in […]
Survival rate of Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) from hatch to juvenile is less than 2%. One reason of lower survival could be due to limited supply of live feed such as prey fish. To solve this problem, a study was placed to determine suitable formulated commercial diet to replace prey […]
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 […]
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 […]
Contrary to other regions of the world, freshwater fish farming in in the European Union (EU-27) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a marginal sub-segment of the aquaculture sector. This article provides a comparative overview of decadal changes in aquaculture production in these two territories by analyzing freshwater […]
A better understanding of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) biosecurity is crucial for the sustainable and ethical production of Atlantic salmon in these systems. We present a study that describes and evaluates the performance of a RAS facility for fish infection research with Atlantic salmon as the main animal model. It […]