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Fish farmers urged to use high quality feed in Zambia
Date
April 17, 2018
SKRETTING Zambia has called on fish farmers in the country to use high quality feed to increase production. Company sales officer Mary Banda said farmers need to take advantage of Zambia’s abundant water bodies and favourable temperatures in fish farming...
New UK-Canada initiative focuses on AMR in livestock, aquaculture
Date
April 17, 2018
Health officials in Canada and the United Kingdom have announced a new initiative aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock and aquaculture production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Innovet-AMR, a partnership between the UK government's Global AMR Innovation...
XpertSea Raises $10M Series A to Transform Aquaculture With Technology
Date
April 17, 2018
Obvious Ventures, Aqua-Spark and Real Ventures invest in new methods for tracking and managing aquatic populations, making aquaculture more profitable and sustainable. XpertSea, a Canadian company which develops technologies to make aquaculture more profitable and sustainable, announced today that it...
Canada’s Upcoming Fish Farm Rules Likely to Prop Up Industry, Critics Warn Share
Date
April 12, 2018
As the federal government considers bringing in new laws to govern fish farms, there is widespread skepticism that the government will act in the public interest. Tensions surrounding salmon farming are running particularly high in British Columbia where more than...
Farming for the future
Date
April 12, 2018
UI paves the way for progressive fish farming techniques University of Idaho’s Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) is on its way to cutting down imported fresh and saltwater fish to the U.S. and is making strides to bring burbot back from...
Why the world needs more aquaculture
Date
April 12, 2018
Significant increase in demand predicted for farmed salmon and other aquaculture products by leading European experts and a new report The sustainable fish of the future will come from fish farms say leading European scientists and a new analysis on...
Chinese firm plans aquaculture investment
Date
April 12, 2018
Chinese-owned Jin Yu Tang Aquaculture (Cambodia) Co plans to invest $100 million in freshwater and seawater aquaculture projects in Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong provinces to feed local and interna-tional demand. The investment was announced during a meeting with Veng...
College, Sea Grant team up for mobile lab in USA
Date
April 10, 2018
A Carteret Community College faculty member and one of his students are working with N.C. Sea Grant staff to build a mobile aquaculture lab to expand outreach to high school students. David Cerino, aquaculture department chairman at the community college,...
Building research skills in PNG – a new approach in Australia
Date
April 10, 2018
The University of Tasmania (UTAS), the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA) have together developed a novel and practical response to a shortage of research skills in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In...