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How lasers and robo-feeders are transforming fish farming
Date
February 27, 2018
Fish farming is big business - the industry now produces about 100 million tonnes a year - and with salmon prices soaring, producers are turning to lasers, automation and artificial intelligence to boost production and cut costs. How do you...
Progress 2018: KSU aquaculture program among the best in the nation
Date
February 27, 2018
Considered one of the top three to five programs in the country, many people aren’t aware that Frankfort contains a unique and internationally recognized program within its borders, says Kentucky State University’s Division of Aquaculture Chair Dr. Jim Tidwell. “It’s...
Aquaculture business in Falmouth wants to expand lease
Date
February 27, 2018
The Maine Department of Marine Resources will hold a public session Tuesday, March 6, to gather input on a proposed expansion of Wild Ocean Aquaculture’s current lease near Clapboard Island. The hearing starts at 6 p.m. and will be held...
Grieg sets date for Placentia Bay aquaculture project public information session
Date
February 27, 2018
A public information session on the Atlantic salmon aquaculture project proposed by Grieg NL Nurseries Ltd. and Grieg NL Seafarms Ltd. for Marystown and Placentia Bay will be held next month. The session is a requirement of the environmental impact...
The future of fish farming
Date
February 27, 2018
Demand for seafood is skyrocketing and will continue to rise throughout this century. The only way to meet it will be through aquaculture. Yet, while next-generation aquaculture will be far more ecologically responsible than its predecessors, it will also use...
Aquaculture experts want increased Tilapia production to boost export
Date
February 23, 2018
In a bid to boost fish export, fish farmers in the country were on Friday in Lagos urged to scale up Tilapia farming. Aquaculture experts told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that mass production of Tilapia would help to...
The way ahead for fish farming
Date
February 23, 2018
Bihar consumes a billion dollars-worth of fish every year. But we produce only 50% in the state, and the rest comes in through unorganised retail. We have 9,000 sq km of waterlogged, unproductive land, an area as large as Cyprus....
Company Plans Massive Land-Based Salmon Farm At Shuttered Verso Mill Site
Date
February 23, 2018
Maine suddenly finds itself at the heart of a fledgling U.S. industry, as a second company pushes to build a huge land-based aquafarm to feed a growing appetite for Atlantic salmon Whole Oceans, a Maine-based company that has been working...
GPS database of export-oriented aquaculture farms launched in Vizag, India
Date
February 23, 2018
In a bid to ensure that shrimp and other exportable varieties of fish are free from any trace of banned and unwanted substances, MPEDA has launched a unique initiative to develop a GPS-based database of export-oriented aquaculture farms in the...