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The Norwegian AKVA Group will construct the world’s first pen in recycled materials
Date
January 15, 2022
AKVA Group, together with Plasto and Oceanize, is going to break the barriers to using recycled plastic in fish farms with its new entire pen that will be composed of recycled materials in a development project that has just been...
Forever Oceans signs deal with Brazilian Government for world’s largest offshore concession for sustainable seafood production
Date
January 14, 2022
(Brasilia, BR) – Bill Bien, the CEO of Forever Oceans, a leading innovator in sustainable seafood, met today with Jorge Seif Junior, Secretary of Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply to sign a concession agreement that...
Aller Aqua and BioRefine test green protein made of grass
Date
January 10, 2022
In the search for new aquafeed ingredients, Aller Aqua will test green protein from BioRefine (Janderup, Denmark). The material is a protein concentrate made of grass harvested from 3.000 ha of land in Denmark. Out of this, BioRefine produces 7.000...
The Mekong Delta Sustainable Aquaculture Development Project set in motion
Date
January 10, 2022
Since the approval of the Mekong Delta Sustainable Aquaculture Development Project by Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development last August, a series of initiatives have been launched through which the area will seek to exceed 990,000 hectares of aquaculture...
Offshore Aquaculture Bill Introduced in the House of Representatives of the US
Date
January 10, 2022
Representatives Steven Palazzo (R-MS) and Ed Case (D-HI) introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to support the development of an offshore aquaculture industry in the American country. The bipartisan bill, the Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American...
The Moroccan Agency for Aquaculture registers 259 agreements for the creation and operation of aquaculture farms
Date
January 10, 2022
The Moroccan Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l’Aquaculture (National Agency for the Development of Aquaculture, ANDA) held its Board of Directors meeting chaired by Mohamed Sadiki, Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development and Water and Forests. Among other...
Newly formed company SalMar Aker Ocean has new CEO
Date
January 10, 2022
The aquaculture company SalMar Aker Ocean has appointed Roy Reite to be its new CEO. The establishment of SalMar Aker Ocean AS was formalised in mid-November 2021. By 2030, the aim of their owners for SalMar Aker Ocean to be...
USAID and New Zealand Embassy Join to Promote Aquaculture Development in Timor-Leste
Date
January 7, 2022
US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Zema Semunegus and New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission of the New Zealand Embassy, Olivia Philpott, met some days ago with fish farmers in Bobonaro city, at Timor-Leste, and visited the MoreDoc...
WorldFish and KYTOS to collaborate on aquaculture microbiome R&D
Date
January 7, 2022
The international research and innovation institution WorldFish began a partnership with KYTOS, a technology start-up company developing management solutions at the frontier of technological innovation, to conduct research and development (R&D) in the field of aquaculture microbiome, particularly for carp...