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Ontario is taking action to protect water quality in Ontario’s lakes while supporting an environmentally sustainable and prosperous fish farming sector, as part of its Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan commitment. Ontario released its final policy paper on lake-based cage fish farming that helps provide business certainty and enables long-term investment in […]

An online platform called Jamvi has been introduced with the hope of promoting investments in aquaculture.  The founder of Jamvi, Shadrack Kamfya, said a fishpond would be established in Bagamoyo with a production capacity of some 10,000 fish.  Kamfya indicated that the company was collaborating with a fish consultancy firm.  […]

Lagos State Government says it is implementing programmes and projects that would upscale fish production and harness the enormous economic opportunities available in the agricultural value chains in the State. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya shared this news in Lagos last month at the closing ceremony […]

The African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE) and its partners are holding a workshop: Strengthening Capacity in Research, Policy and Management through Development of a Network of African Great Lakes Basin Stakeholders (AGL Stakeholder Network Workshop) in Entebbe, Uganda on November 5-7, 2019. This is a rescheduling of […]

In June 2018, IFAD announced that more than 35,000 rural households in Kenya would soon be eating better and earning more money thanks to a financial agreement signed by the Fund and the Republic of Kenya in support of the country’s aquaculture sector.  The agreement was to provide financial support […]

The International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI), a not-for-profit organization created by seafood and gender issues specialists, highlights gender imbalance in the industry, sheds light on women’s real contribution in the industry, and promotes greater gender diversity and inclusiveness. For its third edition the WSI video competition […]

Generally the most important task for aquaculture farmers is to maximize feed output while minimizing wasted feed. When feed is wasted, farm profitability, FCR, and local environment are all negatively impacted. Similarly, underfeeding slows farm growth. Currently, aquaculture addresses this balance by relying heavily on human intuition and interpretations of […]

After recently adopting an innovative new feed formula, Salmon Group, a Norwegian cooperative of small and medium sized salmon producers, announced that it would stop using Brazilian soy products in its fish feed last month. The Cooperative’s Purchasing and Feed Manager stated that the “change we are making to the […]

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) has selected five aquaculture pilot projects to receive funding. Through these pilot projects, emphasis is being placed on promising but less commercially developed technologies for finfish and shellfish, and other industry needs like increased permitting efficiency. As part of its efforts to foster […]

With the development of a new production facility and key partnerships, South Australia-based Eyre Peninsula Seafoods is embarking on a ground-breaking initiative to significantly increase the export of South Australian mussels throughout South East Asia and China. Eyre Peninsula Seafoods (EPS) was created in 2016 and is represented by three […]