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Partners and stakeholders pose for a photo during the launch of the national aquaculture curriculum in Nairobi. The programme seeks to boost aquaculture in the country and enhance farmers’ livelihoods while protecting L Victoria and its environment and natural resources. A national aquaculture curriculum has been launched to promote, boost […]

Pacific Trading Aquaculture has announced that from December 1st 2017 they will be changing their company name to a shortened version of the current name and re branding as PT Aqua. There are no structural or physical changes to the company’s activities or products other than the new rebranded name. […]

Culturing and raising Asian sea bass (lates calcarifer) are expensive due to the limited supply and high market demand of fish meal, which is a vital protein source for this high-priced fish. Asian sea bass, known in the Philippines as “apahap,” lives in freshwater, brackish and marine habitats. It is […]

The Aquarium of the Pacific’s Seafood for the Future program and partners have been awarded $147,737 as part of the 2017 Sea Grant Aquaculture Initiative, the aquarium announced Tuesday. Led by the aquarium, the project will involve the creation of a video series, and interactive and educational web-based content as […]

Companies are racing to offer bluefin tuna raised through complete aquafarming, from eggs to mature fish, as they see a big potential in the business. Demand for Pacific bluefin tuna is strong in Japan for luxury sushi use, but the amount of the fish available to catch in the seas […]

Canada-based AgriMarine has developed innovative aquaculture technology for finfish farming. COO Rob Walker discusses how the company’s systems can combat the twin challenges of sea lice and toxic plankton blooms Aquaculture, probably the fastest growing food-producing sector, now accounts for nearly 50% of the world’s food fish, according to the […]

In the midst of an ever-changing fishery, prospects for aquaculture projects along the Great Northern Peninsula are improving. Cyr Couturier, an aquaculture research scientist and chair of aquaculture programs with the Marine Institute of Memorial University, says the possibilities are there, but can only succeed with hard work and serious […]

Latest report from the Scientific Advice Mechanism team suggests a range of options to foster more offshore entrepreneurs. Tiny sea creatures lower on the food web and underwater plants are a huge untapped source of food and biomass for a growing population, and Europe must expand its hunt for them, […]

The INvertebrateIT Project for the aquaculture sector, in which the Marine Institute is one of five partners, has been officially launched. The project is focused on developing innovative approaches for aquaculture, particularly on the use of organic waste for the production of insects as alternative ingredients in fish feed. INvertebrateIT […]

Founder Monica Jain sees an unsustainable industry that’s ripe for technological disruption. When 40 start-ups from all over the world gathered at Stanford University in November, it was not a typical Silicon Valley pitch day. The entrepreneurs competing in the Fish 2.0 Innovation Forum saw themselves more like the next […]