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HCM City to reduce salt farmland, expand aquaculture production
Date
May 29, 2018
The HCM City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed reducing the land for salt farming in Cần Giờ District by one-third by 2030 and increasing the land for aquaculture farming. Under the plan, the area of salt production...
Salmon beats: Out of the frying pan…
Date
May 24, 2018
The Atlantic salmon has been battling its way upstream for thousands of years. However, it's facing a different and intensifying struggle in the cages where it is farmed. There's still an appetite for the king of fish, and prices remain...
Short course focuses on aquaculture feed production
Date
May 24, 2018
Attendees will learn about designing new feed mills and selecting equipment during a one-week practical short course on Aquaculture Feed Extrusion, Nutrition and Feed Management, Aug. 26-31 at Texas A&M University. The event is presented by staff, industry representatives and...
World aquaculture produced 80 million tonnes of food fish in 2016
Date
May 24, 2018
Great disparity remains among countries On 20 March 2018, FAO global aquaculture production quantity and value statistics with time series expanded to cover 67 years (1950-2016) were released for open access. The global statistics on capture and aquaculture annually updated...
Closing the loop on sustainable aquaculture
Date
May 24, 2018
On a farm just outside of Sacramento, hundreds of prehistoric-looking fish swim around in 50-foot diameter tanks. These are white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America. They've been around since dinosaurs, can grow more than 7 feet long...
Mycotoxins in Southeast Asian aquaculture: plant-based meals and finished feeds
Date
May 22, 2018
The awareness of mycotoxin-related issues in aquaculture industry has grown as manufacturers and producers realise the importance of mycotoxins, beyond aflatoxin, and their potential to impact production. During a period of one year (January 2016 – December 2016), 175 samples...
Calysta Partners with Nofima for Trials to Promote Sustainable Seafood
Date
May 22, 2018
Calysta, Inc. today announced a partnership with Nofima to conduct large-scale trials in Atlantic salmon using Calysta’s FeedKind® protein as a means to improve feed efficiency and fish health. Calysta’s FeedKind protein is a family of natural, sustainable and traceable...
MPEDA conducts open pond culture of seabass for the first time in India
Date
May 22, 2018
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has successfully conducted open pond culture of Asian seabass for the first time. It was done at the demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Aquaculture (RGCA), the research & development arm of...
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces that shellfish aquaculture has begun in Delaware’s Inland Bays
Date
May 22, 2018
When a new shellfish grower recently placed his first shipment of tiny oysters in growing cages in Rehoboth Bay, it marked the physical start of Delaware’s shellfish aquaculture program administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division...