Auburn University researchers gather catfish at a research pond. Professor Cova Arias has developed and patented an experimental vaccine to fight Columnaris disease in catfish. Auburn researchers will use a nearly $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a novel vaccine that would effectively and economically control one of […]
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Ron Hardy built a fisheries research program respected around the world. Ron Hardy has built a world-class fish research facility at the University of Idaho and is one of the top scholars in his field worldwide. His work has advanced the scientific knowledge of fish nutrition and genomics and sustainable […]
A new method is being tried to increase seafood production through the use of aquaculture. The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission is awarding grants totaling $450,000 for new and unique aquaculture projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The projects will range in size from $50,000 to $100,000 and will be […]
World‘s fishing production only grows at six percent a year on average. China dominates global aquaculture, producing $131.7 billion of farmed fish in 2015, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The total value of the country’s wild and farmed fish has more than tripled […]
Farming company Neovia invested in AquiNovo, which develops a fish feed additive that makes fish bigger, faster AquiNovo develops a non-hormonal additive to fish feed, which can enhance the growth of farmed fish and increase the efficiency and profitability of fish farming. The technology has been tested successfully in tilapia. […]
Farmed salmon remains Scotland’s biggest food export and the sector is working hard to address its biological issues, writes Anthony Harrington Scotland’s salmon farmers have good reason for optimism. The product – chilled, traditionally smoked, hot smoked, or cured as gravadlax – is one of the country’s most sought after […]
Russian Aquaculture (“Russian Aquaculture” or “the Company”), Russia’s largest aquaculture company, announces the pricing of its secondary public offering (the “Offering”) of new ordinary shares of the Company (the “Shares”) at RUB 120 per Share following the completion of over-the counter (“OTC”) bookbuilding on 29-11-2017. DETAILS OF THE OFFERING The […]
Business is booming at the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) near Oban, with the arrival of two new companies. Aquaculture firm Fusion Marine and ALIenergy (Argyll, Lomond and the Isles Energy Agency) have moved into the park’s Malin House. They join 10 other businesses, including micro-algae technology specialist Xanthella, which […]
Dr María Ángeles Esteban’s group is searching for new biomarkers involved in fish immunity and welfare in farmed environments The Fish Immune System Group is a research group that belongs to the University of Murcia. The group leader is Dr Esteban. They investigate the immune system of fish in species […]
Why farmers in southwestern Ontario are switching from livestock to aquaculture From the outside, with its off-white, nearly grey utility siding and large loading dock door, the building has the appearance of a small industrial facility — the kind that line highways like the 401 and 402 and are hard […]