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ParaFishControl is a new €8.1 million EU Horizon 2020-funded research project that aims to improve our understanding of fish-parasite interactions and develop innovative solutions and tools to prevent, control and mitigate harmful parasites which affect the main fish species farmed in Europe (Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, common carp, turbot, European sea […]

Information source: WAS Press release The opening plenary sessions of AE2019 will include a view on “The Environment and Fish Health” – by Professor Charles R. Tyler of the University of Exeter, UK. Fish are excellent barometers of aquatic ecosystem health and declines in both their diversity and abundance globally […]

Australia’s leading animal nutrition producer Ridley has officially unveiled its new $50 million aquaculture feed facility at Westbury, bringing 20 new full-time jobs to the region. Written by: Rob Inglis / The Examiner News It follows an extensive search by the company for an ideal site for the plant. Ridley […]

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 […]

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 […]