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China sets sights on offshore aquaculture
Date
December 19, 2018
China is seeking to be a leader of the technology development consortium and equipment supply center of the world’s emerging offshore aquaculture industry. By: Rob Fletcher / The fish site This ambition was one of the key elements to emerge from the...
“Aquaculture wrong target for protests”, Press Herald in Maine
Date
December 19, 2018
Maine needs to replace the jobs that it lost with the decline of traditional uses. By The editorial board / Press Herald Forty years ago, Belfast was probably best known for poultry processing. Rendered chicken fat slicked the water in the...
Integrated utilization of microalgae cultured in aquaculture wastewater, new article avaliable under creative commons
Date
December 13, 2018
Title of the article: Integrated utilization of microalgae cultured in aquaculture wastewater: wastewater treatment and production of valuable fatty acids and tocopherols Authors: Marika Tossavainen, Katariina Lahti, Minnamari Edelmann, Reetta Eskola, Anna-Maija Lampi, Vieno Piironen, Pasi Korvonen, Anne Ojala, Martin Romantschuk. Microalgal cultivation in aquaculture wastewater (AWW) from recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is an approach for combined...
Magallanes acquisition helps AquaChile double Q3 sales
Date
December 10, 2018
By Undercurrent News Photo credit: Aqua.cl As its sale to Chilean agribusiness giant Agrosuper heads to a close, salmon farmer Empresas AquaChile saw its quarterly sales and earnings double in the third quarter of 2018, the company's latest financial filings reveal....
AquaGen sees tilapia genetics promise as Brazil works continue
Date
December 10, 2018
By Matt Craze AquaGen CEO Odd Magne Rodseth said the reduction in costs for professional breeding tools is making it viable to introduce genetic selection tools to the tilapia industry. The Norwegian company is developing breeding programs at a site in...
Additional health benefits discovered for shrimp aquaculture
Date
December 10, 2018
By Aquaculture North America Staff U.S.-based biotechnology company White Dog Labs (WDL) has announced that independent testing by the Center for Aquaculture Technologies in Canada (CATC) has demonstrated the potential benefit of ProTyton, a single-cell protein (SCP), to shrimp farming. ...
Project partnership regarding insect factory
Date
December 9, 2018
Aller Aqua, DTU Aqua, Teknologisk Institut (the Danish Technological Institute), Hanneman Engineering and Champost are partnering with the company Enorm to establish Denmark’s first industrial insect production. The goal of the project is to produce 30 tons of insects per...
Sustainable Ocean Fund investing $5M in offshore aquaculture
Date
December 5, 2018
La-Paz, Mexico-based marine fish producer The Kampachi Company announced on Monday that it is closing an equity investment from asset manager Althelia Funds’ Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF). By Aquaculture North America Staff The fund is managed by Mirova Natural Capital dedicated to...
Kampachi Company wins $3.3m grant to turn seaweed into food and fuel.
Date
December 5, 2018
The Kampachi Company may be best known for its recent efforts to grow “king kampachi”, aka kahala or almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana), in ocean-based cages, but it also is performing research with plans to make a play in the seaweed...