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ISA virus found in salmon at southern Newfoundland aquaculture site
Date
April 3, 2018
More farmed salmon have been found at a Newfoundland aquaculture site with infectious salmon anemia (ISA). ISA is a finfish disease that has to be reported by law in Canada, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it poses...
Iceland to support Liberia’s fisheries and aquaculture development
Date
April 3, 2018
Iceland will help to develop the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the African state of Liberia, Front Page Africa Online reports. Iceland will provide technical assistance for capacity building of the national fisheries and aquaculture staff, as well as ensure...
Aquaculture set to get major boost in State in India
Date
April 3, 2018
‘L. vannamei hatcheries will be in the comfort zone soon’ The decision to set up a world-class Aquatic Quarantine Facility and Brood-stock Multiplication Centre at Bangarammapeta in Nakkapalli mandal at a cost of ₹68 crore has brought cheer to aqua...
Hatch aquaculture accelerator gets funding from Aqua-Spark
Date
April 3, 2018
Aqua-Spark, based in the Netherlands, invests in small and mid-size sustainable fishing ventures, including frozen meals company Love the Wild, feedstock venture Calysta, and others. The firm’s co-founders are backing Hatch, a Bergen, Norway-based accelerator program, to cultivate investable startups....
Cooke Aquaculture is eligible for $4 million in “loan forgiveness” to fund a university research chair named after the company in Canada
Date
April 3, 2018
1. We’re giving Cooke Aquaculture a free research chair Perennia Food & Agriculture Inc., which is the nonprofit funded by the province and housed at the Bestest Nova Scotian Evah! Ray Ivany campus on the Nova Scotia Community College and...
Florida, salmon farmer to the world? Firm building massive cold-water fish farm on tropical land
Date
March 27, 2018
As Washington shuts down net-pen salmon farms, a Norwegian entrepreneur is building a massive onshore salmon farming operation — in tropical Florida. “It is pretty crazy,” the serial salmon entrepreneur says. What was once a sprawling tomato field near the...
WorldFish to revolutionalise Nigeria fish sector through research
Date
March 27, 2018
Nigeria fisheries sector is bedeviled with lots of challenges, one of which is adopting new methods of fish management. However, this will be a thing of the past with the development of Worldfish Research Programme in Nigeria, JOHN OBA, writes....
Philippines Fish farmers ask SEAFDEC/AQD to develop indigenous, low-cost feeds
Date
March 27, 2018
Fish farmers here said that they need local and low-cost feeds to battle high aquaculture production costs, as feeds alone take about 60 percent of the cost. This is a long standing call of fish farmers or pond technicians who...
Report: Offshore Fish Farms Could Thrive in California
Date
March 27, 2018
Aquaculture proponents view the ocean off Southern California as an ideal place for an emerging industry. The key, new research found, will be to carefully locate facilities to minimize environmental risks and conflicts with other marine uses. In the clear...