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Recently Skretting announced its plan to construct a new factory in 2021 as part of its commitment to aquaculture in Vietnam and the broader Southeast Asia region. The new factory will supply the growing market with an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes. Information source: Skretting / press release Reflecting an […]

Omega-3 algae oil producer Veramaris lands industry-leading seafood marketing executive Victoria Parr. She joins as Business Development Director, North America to anchor further outreach into the US market. Information source and photo credit: Veramaris Parr’s seafood credentials are exemplary and include director roles at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI), […]

The study, which has been published in the Veterinary and Animal Science journal, examined whether sea lice numbers and mortality rates in salmon farms had changed over the three-year period from 2018-2020. Information source: Marine Scotland / press release The paper found that monthly sea lice counts and mortality in […]

Manolin recently announced breakthrough progress in tracking health challenges for salmon farmers across Norway. The company’s industry-leading machine learning models now predict early onset of PD and ISA at greater than 93% accuracy. It is the only commercially available disease forecasting tool for farmers in Norway. Information source: Manolin / […]

OTAQ, the marine technology products and solutions group for the global aquaculture and offshore oil and gas industries is pleased to announce that it has elected to convert all of its 6% Convertible Loan Notes (the “CLNs”) issued by Minnowtech LLP (“Minnowtech”) into ordinary shares in Minnowtech. In addition to […]

Canadian seafood tech company Sedna Technologies has partnered up with ex-AKVA group executive Trond Severinsen to introduce new and innovative water- and fish welfare monitoring technology worldwide. Information source: Sedna Technologies / press release Mr. Severinsen who has developed many new markets and products during his 25 years with AKVA […]

Veramaris’ certified sustainable algae oil innovation gives new opportunities to improve fish health, welfare, quality, and productivity. Join their 1-hour webinar and discover how Norwegian farmers are leading the way in specifying higher levels of EPA & DHA Omega-3 sourced from algae to improve aquaculture sustainability and productivity. Information source: […]

BioMar takes another important step to expand its global footprint within shrimp feed. By acquiring majority ownership of the Viet-Uc feed business, BioMar is ready to pursue a position within high-end shrimp feed in Vietnam, creating synergy with BioMar’s existing shrimp businesses in LATAM. Information source: BioMar / press release […]

The University of Maryland (UMD) was recently awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to explore genomic selection as a method of increasing fillet quality and yield in rainbow trout. Rainbow trout represents a $100 million industry in fish sales […]

The development of effective microbial management strategies to reduce disease outbreaks in aquaculture is often hindered by limited knowledge of microbiology in fish and shrimp farms. New research published* by the Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET, Ghent University) in collaboration with INVE Aquaculture, the Advanced Nutrition business area […]