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NaturalShrimp’s patent pending technology can produce gourmet quality Pacific white shrimp without using antibiotics, probiotics, or anti-microbial chemicals. Do you enjoy fresh shrimp? The next shrimp you find on a plate just might have been raised indoors in Texas using leading edge tech. Publicly traded, Dallas-based company NaturalShrimp has created […]

Increasing interest in offshore aquaculture is dividing environmentalists What is offshore aquaculture? Aquaculture involves raising fish or shellfish in floating pens in bodies of water: farming fish as opposed to catching them in the wild. It accounts for just over half of the world’s seafood and is the fastest growing […]

The Massachusetts company that last year purchased the Bell Fish Co. LLC in Albany says the indoor fish farm could begin generating revenue late next year. AquaBounty Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AQB) says the east central Indiana operation will become the company’s first U.S. commercial production site and could begin being […]

A seminar on ‘Taiwan aquaculture’ was held in the city on Wednesday night with a delegation of about 15 members of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) throwing light on the great opportunity for growth of fisheries in India and Taiwan. TAITRA Vice-President Simon Wang said Taiwan is a […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced support for the development of environmentally and economically sustainable aquaculture programs. Funding is provided through the Aquaculture Research Program, authorized by the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grants Act. The Aquaculture Research Competitive Grants Program […]

County commissioners are concerned about being cut out of decisionmaking regarding the oyster and clam leases earmarked for Alligator Harbor and Ockolockonee Bay. Gov. Rick Scott and his cabinet are poised to approve a major expansion of aquaculture leases in the easternmost waters off the Franklin County coast. If they […]

Slack US demand, higher Vannamei supplies in India and other countries to keep prices under check. The drop in global shrimp prices seems to be a cause of worry for the Indian aquaculture sector, even as the country’s seafood exports witnessing a 20 per cent growth in the first three […]

More farmed salmon have been found at a Newfoundland aquaculture site with infectious salmon anemia (ISA). ISA is a finfish disease that has to be reported by law in Canada, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it poses no risk to humans. The Newfoundland and Labrador government has […]

Iceland will help to develop the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the African state of Liberia, Front Page Africa Online reports. Iceland will provide technical assistance for capacity building of the national fisheries and aquaculture staff, as well as ensure the improvement of smoking ovens. It will also provide support […]

‘L. vannamei hatcheries will be in the comfort zone soon’ The decision to set up a world-class Aquatic Quarantine Facility and Brood-stock Multiplication Centre at Bangarammapeta in Nakkapalli mandal at a cost of ₹68 crore has brought cheer to aqua farmers of the State. Andhra Pradesh being a major hub […]