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Fish Stories: An Aquaculture Talk at UH Maui College
Date
December 14, 2017
Aquaculture researcher Dr. Karen Veverica from Auburn University will host a talk on aquaculture at UH Maui College to discuss the challenges of raising fin fish in warm, fresh water environments such as Maui. The event will be held at...
Fish feed factory flagged by BioMar Australia for former Wesley Vale board mill site.
Date
December 12, 2017
A company proposing a $56 million fish feed factory in Tasmania's north-west is reassuring the local community it will meet smell and noise restrictions. BioMar Australia hopes to set up the factory at Wesley Vale, near Devonport, producing 110,000 tonnes...
Aller Aqua inaugurated Qingdao aquaculture factory
Date
December 12, 2017
Anders C. Bylling is the Managing Director of Aller Aqua Qingdao and son of Hans Erik Bylling. Anders explains that the process of building a factory in China has been long. “We have had some delays along the way, but...
National programme in place to monitor aquaculture diseases in India
Date
December 12, 2017
There is huge potential for aquaculture in India and plans are afoot to promote multi-species cultivation unlike smaller countries that bank on a few species. "It has become important for India, as a signatory to the World Organization for Animal...
Federal funds available for aquaculture projects
Date
December 12, 2017
As part of an effort “to foster responsible aquaculture and seafood security” in U.S. markets, NOAA Fisheries is making $1.5 million available through the nation’s regional Interstate Marine Fisheries Commissions to fund a competitive grant program to fund aquaculture pilot...
Top Gun expands to include aquaculture startups
Date
December 12, 2017
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and its partners are expanding next year's Top Gun entrepreneurship program to include companies in the aquaculture sector. MCED announced Monday that applications are now being accepted for Top Gun 2018, an entrepreneurship acceleration...
Aquaculture curriculum launched to boost fish farming
Date
December 12, 2017
Partners and stakeholders pose for a photo during the launch of the national aquaculture curriculum in Nairobi. The programme seeks to boost aquaculture in the country and enhance farmers' livelihoods while protecting L Victoria and its environment and natural resources....
Irish based aquaculture feed company to re brand as PTAqua.
Date
December 7, 2017
Pacific Trading Aquaculture has announced that from December 1st 2017 they will be changing their company name to a shortened version of the current name and re branding as PT Aqua. There are no structural or physical changes to the...
Mongo beans diet could help make ‘apahap’ affordable
Date
December 7, 2017
Culturing and raising Asian sea bass (lates calcarifer) are expensive due to the limited supply and high market demand of fish meal, which is a vital protein source for this high-priced fish. Asian sea bass, known in the Philippines as...