From 6 to 8 September will be held the first edition of the Global Shrimp Forum (GSF), a fully dedicated high executive meeting place for the warm water shrimp Industry, that will take place in Utrecht, Netherlands. The expectation is to gather 400-500 high level executives representing farmers, feed companies, […]
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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has completed its most comprehensive consumer research to date, interviewing more than 12,000 consumers in 12 different countries about their perception and consumption of seafood. Is like that that they found out ‘number 1’ reason for buying seafood is health. In all 12 markets, health […]
Based on the question of how much food we can sustainably obtain from the sea by 2050, an analysis of the main food-producing sectors in the sea is presented: wild fisheries, finfish mariculture and bivalve mariculture. From this, encouraging curves emerge for sustainable supply, taking into account ecological, economic, regulatory, […]
The selected aerator for aquaculture operations must be economically efficient and should be able to fulfil the requirement of oxygen supply in the pond water. Here we present a study of economic feasibility of nine different types of aerators using life cycle costing (LCC) approach. The recommended option can be […]
In the first quarter of this year, FAO presented the biennial report “SOFIA 2022” with the analysis and relevant conclusions of the information collected in 2020. In this article, Aquaculture Magazine editors summarize the “key messages” the World Agency is sending with this report. In the first quarter of this […]
Listed Norwegian cod-farming venture has been granted permission to establish a new production location in Nesna municipality, Nord-Norge, Norway, with a total maximum allowed biomass (MAB) of 3,600 mt. The new site will be equipped with state-of-the-art aquaculture technology and is planned to go into production in the first half […]
NaturalShrimp, a Biotechnology Aquaculture Company that has developed and patented the commercially operational RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System), reported the successful application of its Hydrenesis Technology at Hanilu Farms, a commercial aquaculture facility in Cutler, Indiana, in the United States. Founded in 2017, Hanilu Farms provides locally grown barramundi at its […]
New research led by the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, in Scottland, shows how sea cucumbers, a delicacy in Asia, can flourish by feeding and growing on organic waste released from commercial fish farms in the Mediterranean. The research is part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020-funded project ‘Tools […]
Blue Aqua International, a global leader in shrimp farming and aquaculture technology, announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) to develop and expand the aquaculture sector in the Sultanate starting with a project in the city of Shinas. The agreement formalizes the mutual […]
GS Engineering and Construction (GS E&C) will start construction of the first land based salmon farming facility which will utilize closed circulation filtration in Korea, and begin the smart aquaculture business in earnest. So was told in a groundbreaking ceremony helded a few days ago at Pukyong National University’s Institute […]