News
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.
Major fish importers embark on backward integration
Date
July 19, 2018
Major fish importers in the country have heeded the Federal Government’s directive to engage in backward integration of fishing through commercial aquaculture and production of fish for export, the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,...
Wicker seeks to energize U.S. aquaculture
Date
July 19, 2018
Bill Would Help Clear Bureaucratic Hurdles, Reduce Rising Seafood Trade Deficit When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified before Congress earlier this year, he said, “I hate the idea that with all the water surrounding us and all the water inland...
Q&A with CALS alum, aquaculture entrepreneur
Date
July 17, 2018
Loc Tran was on a flight home to Vietnam hours after graduating from UA in December 2013. Not that Loc was eager to leave Tucson. He just couldn’t wait to get to work. Less than five years after earning his...
Brazil starts research project to develop aquaculture
Date
July 17, 2018
The largest aquaculture research project ever undertaken in Brazil has been started. BRS Aqua involves 22 research centers, 50 public partners and 11 private companies - numbers that should increase over the course of its duration. It is a milestone...
Kodiak hatchery experiments with salt water exposure to mark its pink salmon
Date
July 17, 2018
Though the pink salmon coming out of Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association’s hatchery at Kitoi Bay aren’t required to be marked, the managers are looking for ways to do it anyway. Sheltered from the Gulf of Alaska by the tree-lined shores...
World Aquaculture Society to make a splash in St. John’s
Date
July 17, 2018
The combined international conference and exposition is expected to draw over 2,000 attendees from more than 100 countries. The World Aquaculture Society's (WAS) Aquaculture Conference will take place from 30 August to 2 September 2020 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada....
New method of tilapia-farming makes the old way seem square
Date
July 12, 2018
The new circular pens allow the tilapia to swim continuously, which they can't do in traditional square pens. One of the world's most commonly farmed fish, tilapia are typically raised in square pens and get fed by hand a few...
UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory Director Inducted into Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association Hall of Fame
Date
July 12, 2018
When Craig Watson, Director of the University of Florida IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, got his first aquarium at age 7, he couldn’t have predicted the important role that fishing and aquaculture would play in his life. “My brother and I...
Maine salmon farms can be models of sustainable aquaculture
Date
July 12, 2018
Mainers treasure healthy, wild places, but as a state, we also need prosperity and good jobs for people and their families. There are two developments on the horizon that can protect our waters and native fish while making Maine a...