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The Executive Director of the province’s Aquaculture Industry Association says he’s very pleased with a new federal blueprint for the aquaculture industry. By Editorial VOCM News Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced a single, comprehensive set of regulations to offer clarity on how the industry is run. A study has […]

The Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) has decided to advance the legislative development process for an Aquaculture Act in Canada. By Editorial / the Western Star The province’s aquaculture industry association is lauding the decision of the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers to make the […]

China is seeking to be a leader of the technology development consortium and equipment supply center of the world’s emerging offshore aquaculture industry. By:  Rob Fletcher / The fish site This ambition was one of the key elements to emerge from the second International Symposium on Offshore Aquaculture, which took place in […]

Maine needs to replace the jobs that it lost with the decline of traditional uses. By The editorial board / Press Herald Forty years ago, Belfast was probably best known for poultry processing. Rendered chicken fat slicked the water in the harbor, and feathers flying in the wind were jokingly called […]

Title of the article: Integrated utilization of microalgae cultured in aquaculture wastewater: wastewater treatment and production of valuable fatty acids and tocopherols Authors: Marika Tossavainen, Katariina Lahti, Minnamari Edelmann, Reetta Eskola, Anna-Maija Lampi, Vieno Piironen, Pasi Korvonen, Anne Ojala, Martin Romantschuk.  Microalgal cultivation in aquaculture wastewater (AWW) from recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is an approach for combined production of valuable algal biomass and AWW treatment. The growth, […]

By Undercurrent News Photo credit: Aqua.cl   As its sale to Chilean agribusiness giant Agrosuper heads to a close, salmon farmer Empresas AquaChile saw its quarterly sales and earnings double in the third quarter of 2018, the company’s latest financial filings reveal. The Puerto Montt-based company finished the three months that ended […]

By Matt Craze AquaGen CEO Odd Magne Rodseth said the reduction in costs for professional breeding tools is making it viable to introduce genetic selection tools to the tilapia industry. The Norwegian company is developing breeding programs at a site in Brazil, and also Southeast Asia, to supply farmers with tilapia […]

By Aquaculture North America Staff U.S.-based biotechnology company White Dog Labs (WDL) has announced that independent testing by the Center for Aquaculture Technologies in Canada (CATC) has demonstrated the potential benefit of ProTyton, a single-cell protein (SCP), to shrimp farming.  Initial studies demonstrated that inclusion of ProTyton into a CATC […]

Aller Aqua, DTU Aqua, Teknologisk Institut (the Danish Technological Institute), Hanneman Engineering and Champost are partnering with the company Enorm to establish Denmark’s first industrial insect production. The goal of the project is to produce 30 tons of insects per day four years from now. By Aller Aqua, press release. […]

La-Paz, Mexico-based marine fish producer The Kampachi Company announced on Monday that it is closing an equity investment from asset manager Althelia Funds’ Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF). By  Aquaculture North America Staff The fund is managed by Mirova Natural Capital dedicated to making pioneering impact investments that align ocean resource development and […]