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Here you will find the most relevant news from the world aquaculture industry. We make a filter to give you the information you should read and remove all the noise of irrelevant news.
Cellular aquaculture brand bluenalu raises $4.5M to create clean seafood
Date
August 17, 2018
A new company, BlueNalu, intends to disrupt the seafood industry with its innovative clean meat fish product. By Jemima Webber “Clean meat” involves the use of cellular agriculture to grow real animal meat in a lab, leaving the animals alive...
Seaweed aquaculture project picks up Port of San Diego approval
Date
August 17, 2018
Board of Port Commissioners continues its “Blue Economy” initiative with ecological pilot program. By Parimal M. Rohit A company seeking to demonstrate the potential of seaweed aquaculture as a source of environmental sustainability and fish farming will receive $137,000 from...
Zim aquaculture export volumes down 12pc
Date
August 17, 2018
Zimbabwe’s fish exports volumes declined 12 percent between February and April 2018 from the prior comparable period due to high business costs, official figures from the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (LMAC) show. By Herald Commercial fish farming (aquaculture) in...
A Regional Look at a Global Industry
Date
August 17, 2018
Globally, about 2% of overall calorie intake and 15% of protein intake comes from seafood both wild-caught and farmed. By Chris Sworder The most recent available data on global seafood production puts the total annual amount in 2015 at 138 Mt...
Nigerian Biotech Startup Using Shrimp Shells To Save Food Wins Top Prize
Date
August 14, 2018
Nigerian biotech startup Coating+ is looking to solve three problems. By Gemma Milne In Nigeria, the aquaculture industry makes up a significant portion of the nation’s industry. With over 100,000 metric tons of fish being produced annually, the industry creates...
Cargill opens new aquaculture innovation centre in Indonesia
Date
August 14, 2018
Cargill has inaugurated an aquaculture innovation centre in Indonesia to work with freshwater fish farmers in raising farming and feeding standards. By Jules Scully The Technology Application Center (TAC) is located at Ciseeng, Parung-Bogor, which is a hub for freshwater...
Singaporean firm reveals plans to invest in aquaculture
Date
August 14, 2018
A Singaporean investor is looking to build fish farms in the Kingdom that will be used to feed local an international demand. By May Kunmakara In what constitutes an initial step to get the project approved, Patrick Yap, managing director of...
New technology allows more sustainable aquaculture
Date
August 14, 2018
Alternative protein sources such as insect meal could replace fish meal fed to fish By Ashley Robinson Many are familiar with farmed salmon, catfish or tilapia. But there are many more potential species, says a research scientist at an aquaculture...
East Hampton to spend $2.1M to buy property for new shellfish hatchery
Date
August 9, 2018
Town officials say a combined shellfish hatchery and nursery will be located at the 1.2-acre site in Springs. Preservation funds will be used for a bulk of the purchase. By Vera Chinese East Hampton Town will spend $2.1 million to...