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Digital Aquaculture Innovator Ecto Raises $7M in Series A Round from Rabobank and Aqua-Spark
Date
October 13, 2021
Aquaculture data analytics disrupter Ecto has raised $7 million in financing led by the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund and Aqua-Spark. New investor Seventure Partners also participated in the round, joined by existing investors Yield Lab and Vodia Ventures. Ecto plans to use the investment to advance its leading...
Cermaq announces the step down from an aquaculture pioneer
Date
October 11, 2021
Mr. Geir Molvik hands over the baton as CEO of Cermaq Group as he wishes Cermaq well and seeks to prioritize his time differently going forward. The new CEO from March 2022 will be Steven Rafferty, current MD of Cermaq...
Skretting presents a natural approach to feeding marine fish larvae
Date
October 11, 2021
Inspired by nature, Skretting launches groundbreaking new hatchery diet GEMMA Neo that reduces the dependence on traditional feed ingredients, while also providing ideal nutrient composition, unprecedented production system performance, and weaning flexibility. Information source: Skretting global / media release ...
Australia’s seafood industry welcomes aquaculture MoU
Date
October 11, 2021
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak body representing the Australian seafood industry, has recently welcomed an announcement from the Assistant Minister for Fisheries Jonno Duniam and Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water Guy Barnett of a framework to...
The domestication of Atlantic salmon through years of fish farming has led to farmed Atlantic salmon developing smaller eyes
Date
October 11, 2021
The domestication of Atlantic salmon through years of fish farming has led to farmed Atlantic salmon developing smaller eyes according to a new piece of research published in the journal Evolutionary Applications (https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13297) Info source: Bangor University / media release...
BioMar Ecuador ramps up with four new lines for extruded feed
Date
October 11, 2021
BioMar Group recently announces an ambitious plan for an expansion of the capacity for extruded feed in Ecuador. The two-phased installations will bring a total of four new lines with a combined capacity of 200 000 tons at BioMar’s facilities...
Why sustainable aquaculture may be elusive?
Date
September 22, 2021
By Stephen G. Newman Ph.D. * President and CEO, AquaInTech Inc. The second decade of the 21st century has been challenging for most of us. A rapidly mutating RNA virus (SARS-CoV-2) has been wreaking havoc on the global economy. Supply...
Who has control of the agenda?
Date
September 22, 2021
By: The fishmonger * The Fishmonger has been engaging in a number of virtual events recently. It is amazing how the lockdowns, curfews, lack of travel, etc. have enabled us to expand our horizons through virtual technology, and the Fishmonger...
Recent news from around the globe
Date
September 21, 2021
by Aquafeed.com By Suzi Dominy* Feed is key to the advance of RAS production Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) are not new and still represent a small segment of aquaculture production, but it’s a rapidly trending technology and the industry’s hot...