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Belfast aquaculture facility will be a big win for Mainers
Date
August 11, 2020
Last July, after an occasionally arduous two-year process, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued the first of four draft orders that will allow Nordic Aquafarms to commence construction of a $500 million state-of-the-art, sustainable land-based salmon farm in Belfast....
Canadian Grants Regulatory Approval to the World’s First Land-Based Omega-3 Canola
Date
July 30, 2020
Nuseed Secures Canadian Food and Feed Approvals for Omega-3 Canola Oil. Information source: Nuseed / media release Nuseed Americas Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nufarm Limited has recently welcomed confirmation from Canada’s relevant regulatory authorities that its proprietary DHA refined...
Barbados: future of farming highlights aquaponics
Date
July 30, 2020
Barbados can boast of having its own Aquaponics Demonstration Farm at Adams Aquafarm in Hopewell, St. Thomas. This has been made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy and The Food and...
Million-dollar grant funds study of Great Lakes aquaculture
Date
July 30, 2020
A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region. Written by: Carin Tunney / Great Lakes Echo.org Aquaculture refers to raising fish both to eat and to stock streams and...
United Nations and World Economic Forum highlight the need for a post-COVID19 sustainable blue recovery
Date
July 30, 2020
Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD’s new special adviser for the blue economy, outline what the blue recovery agenda should include. Developing countries in particular can benefit. Written by:...
Seafarms Group ticks off two key milestones for Project Sea Dragon
Date
July 30, 2020
Sustainable aquaculture company Seafarms Group (SFG) from Australia has reached two key milestones for its Project Sea Dragon. Written by: Lisa Simcock / The Market Herald Australia Prawns The company has now grown and produced the third generation of prawns...
Extru-Tech Introduces Self-Adjusting Die/Knife Cutter Head
Date
July 24, 2020
Dramatic reductions in maintenance costs and downtime are just two of the benefits of a new Self-Adjusting Die/Knife Cutter System from Extru-Tech, Inc. Equally important, the new advanced feature cutter head can be used across the full spectrum of wear...
Scientists to test feasibility of novel protein in fish feed, University of Stirling study
Date
July 24, 2020
Experts from the University of Stirling will investigate the feasibility of using a single-cell protein in salmon feed, as part of a ground-breaking carbon recycling project. The Institute of Aquaculture will evaluate a single-cell protein (SCP), produced from industrial emissions of carbon...
Aquaponics AI announces mobile app for small and large farms
Date
July 24, 2020
Aquaponics AI, a social-impact aquaponic technology company, has released a mobile app to enable small and large farms to simplify data, understand the system and achieve a better growth Written by: editorial / FarEasternAgriculture.com Aquaponics AI's mobile app aims to...