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How Scottish aquaculture makes £2bn for the economy

Date March 21, 2018

The commercial farming of fish or shellfish – is not a term that’s in everyday use in Scotland, but it is a sector with an economic value approaching £2 billion. The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) in Stirling has ambitions...

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AQUABANQ announces new plant for salmon farming on land in the U.S. Challenging established farming methods with sustainable alternative

Date March 15, 2018

Championing sustainable farming practice, U.S.-based Aquabanq, Inc. is accelerating its plans for the land-based salmon production facility in the U.S. by at least 12 months. Current plans include the construction of an industrial-scale RAS-based plant capable of producing 10m pounds...

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Fish Farming on the High Seas

Date March 15, 2018

Company aims to grow stripers eight miles offshore Twenty percent of the protein consumed in the United States is from seafood, “and according to the United Nations, the U.S. will need to double its aquaculture production just to maintain its...

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B.C. is About to Become Last Place on West Coast to Allow Open-Net Fish Farms

Date March 15, 2018

Fish farm opponents and proponents alike are waiting with bated breath as a bill to phase out open net pen aquaculture farms in Washington State sits on Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for final approval. If Governor Inslee signs the bill,...

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Veolia Water Technologies Presents ‘Paradigm Shift’ as Land-Based Aquaculture Companies Scale Up to Accommodate Increased Global Demand for Salmon

Date March 15, 2018

At the 2018 Aquaculture America Conference in Las Vegas, Veolia aquaculture expert, Frédéric Gaumet, Ph. D., presented common production challenges land-based aquaculture companies will face as it prepares to meet the exponentially increasing global salmon demand. Gaumet’s presentation, “Challenges and...

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New ingredients for fishmeal

Date March 13, 2018

James Wright of the Global Aquaculture Alliance explains how the aquaculture industry is beginning to address the fishmeal feed bottleneck with microalgae, insects and single-cell organisms. Expected to reach nearly 10 billion people by mid-century, the growing global population requires...

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Indian seafood exports to be hit if US okays preliminary report on new anti-dumping duty on shrimps

Date March 13, 2018

The preliminary report on the hike in the anti-dumping duty on shrimps from India to the US has triggered a scare among the seafood export community in the country as they await record harvest shrimp harvest of 6 lakh tonnes...

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Breeding trouble: Meta-analysis identifies fishy issues with captive stocks

Date March 13, 2018

A group of researchers based at the University of Sydney has uncovered patterns that may be jeopardising the long-term success of worldwide animal breeding programs, which increasingly act as an insurance against extinction in conservation, and for food security. The...

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Tilapia fish attracts fish farmers in Odisha

Date March 13, 2018

Genetically improved farmed Tilapia (GIFT) fish variety is gaining popularity among fish farmers in the state. The freshwater fish species, which is rich in protein, ensures good returns as a result of which more farmers are now attracted towards its...

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