The Atlantic salmon has been battling its way upstream for thousands of years. However, it’s facing a different and intensifying struggle in the cages where it is farmed. There’s still an appetite for the king of fish, and prices remain high. But production is down. Last week, we learned the […]
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Attendees will learn about designing new feed mills and selecting equipment during a one-week practical short course on Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition and Feed Management, Aug. 26-31 at Texas A&M University. The event is presented by staff, industry representatives and consultants. Along with designing a feed mill, the course will […]
Great disparity remains among countries On 20 March 2018, FAO global aquaculture production quantity and value statistics with time series expanded to cover 67 years (1950-2016) were released for open access. The global statistics on capture and aquaculture annually updated and published by the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department rank […]
On a farm just outside of Sacramento, hundreds of prehistoric-looking fish swim around in 50-foot diameter tanks. These are white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America. They’ve been around since dinosaurs, can grow more than 7 feet long and lay hundreds of thousands of eggs at a time. […]
The awareness of mycotoxin-related issues in aquaculture industry has grown as manufacturers and producers realise the importance of mycotoxins, beyond aflatoxin, and their potential to impact production. During a period of one year (January 2016 – December 2016), 175 samples of different plant proteins, aquaculture/fishery by-products and finished aquaculture feeds, […]
Calysta, Inc. today announced a partnership with Nofima to conduct large-scale trials in Atlantic salmon using Calysta’s FeedKind® protein as a means to improve feed efficiency and fish health. Calysta’s FeedKind protein is a family of natural, sustainable and traceable feed ingredients for livestock, fish and pets. FeedKind has been […]
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has successfully conducted open pond culture of Asian seabass for the first time. It was done at the demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Aquaculture (RGCA), the research & development arm of the MPEDA, at Karaikal in Puducherry. Seabass, which is reared […]
When a new shellfish grower recently placed his first shipment of tiny oysters in growing cages in Rehoboth Bay, it marked the physical start of Delaware’s shellfish aquaculture program administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Fish & Wildlife. “Planting” the tiny oysters on leased […]
Wild salmon eat mostly wild fish, pink krill and plankton, but that’s not on the menu for the salmon that will be grown inside buildings at two new midcoast aquaculture facilities that are on the drawing board in Belfast and Bucksport. When salmon aquaculture started in the 1980s, salmon was […]
The increasing annual population is putting undue pressure to our resources that led to a race between consumption and conservation. The biggest challenge in the 21st century that aquaculturists are facing is the pressure to produce food without sacrificing conservation of resources. This was the message of Chief Dan Baliao […]