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The Kampachi Company may be best known for its recent efforts to grow “king kampachi”, aka kahala or almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana), in ocean-based cages, but it also is performing research with plans to make a play in the seaweed space. By Jason Huffman The Kona, Hawaii-based company has just received […]

To accommodate the growth in volumes sold, BioMar Group has decided to invest in additional capacity at its factory in Ecuador. The extrusion line creates the foundation for the development of new product ranges and is expected to be ready early 2020. By: Biomar Group, press release BioMar Group announces […]

By Phillip A Loring and Ratana Chuenpagdee / The Conversation Kwan Phayao, a large, crescent moon of a lake in Northern Thailand, is home to about 50 fish species, several hundred small-scale farmers and fishers, and the city of Phayao, where 18,000 people live. The lake has always been important to local […]

  The University of Hawaiʻi and state agencies formed a partnership to raise Hawaiʻi’s global visibility in marine aquaculture and to capitalize on the commercial opportunities available worldwide. The partners are the Hawaiʻi Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC), University of Hawaiʻi, UH Ventures, LLC and Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA). “The establishment of a Hawaiʻi aquaculture accelerator and a related investment fund is an […]

  Photo: fish farming in Nova Scotia Models that suggest the carrying capacity of aquaculture in both marine cages and inland ponds have been developed as part of a new project. By The Fish Site The members of the MIMECCA project, which aims reduce the aquaculture sector’s impact on the environment […]

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has unveiled its National Youth Council, to showcase the growing presence of young people in the sustainable future of farming the oceans. By SeaWestNews The Council members convened their first face-to-face meeting at Canada’s Farmed Seafood Policy Conference 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario today. “Seafood […]

Nineteen postgraduates presented their marine research highlighting the innovation and contributions being made towards the growth of the marine sector in Ireland at the Cullen Fellowship Programme’s two-day annual meeting last week. By Afloat.ie Dr Peter Heffernan, chief executive of the Marine Institute which hosted the meeting in Oranmore, had […]

This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who depend on them. By Reuters/ voanews Norway has built the world’s biggest salmon-farming industry. But it wants to go bigger. With their lucrative oil fields now in decline, Norwegians have ambitious […]

Mississippi State University will lead a new $15 million federal initiative to reduce poverty and improve living standards for impoverished populations dependent on aquaculture-led economies, the university announced in October. By Avma U.S. Agency for International Development funding over the next five years will support the Feed the Future Innovation Lab […]

First harvest of farmed salmon from mega ocean farm expected at next Chinese Lunar New Year China’s first batch of farmed salmon will hit the market ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, next February, according to state media Xinhua. By SeaWestNews The fish is from the […]