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Aquarium Awarded Funding for New Ocean Farming Public Education Initiative Through its Seafood for the Future Program
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December 7, 2017
The Aquarium of the Pacific’s Seafood for the Future program and partners have been awarded $147,737 as part of the 2017 Sea Grant Aquaculture Initiative, the aquarium announced Tuesday. Led by the aquarium, the project will involve the creation of...
Firms race to offer farmed tuna
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December 7, 2017
Companies are racing to offer bluefin tuna raised through complete aquafarming, from eggs to mature fish, as they see a big potential in the business. Demand for Pacific bluefin tuna is strong in Japan for luxury sushi use, but the...
Canada’s aquaculture technology innovator
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December 7, 2017
Canada-based AgriMarine has developed innovative aquaculture technology for finfish farming. COO Rob Walker discusses how the company’s systems can combat the twin challenges of sea lice and toxic plankton blooms Aquaculture, probably the fastest growing food-producing sector, now accounts for...
Marine Institute scientist sees aquaculture potential for Northern Peninsula
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December 7, 2017
In the midst of an ever-changing fishery, prospects for aquaculture projects along the Great Northern Peninsula are improving. Cyr Couturier, an aquaculture research scientist and chair of aquaculture programs with the Marine Institute of Memorial University, says the possibilities are...
Huge untapped source of food and biomass in oceans, say EU science advisors
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December 5, 2017
Latest report from the Scientific Advice Mechanism team suggests a range of options to foster more offshore entrepreneurs. Tiny sea creatures lower on the food web and underwater plants are a huge untapped source of food and biomass for a...
New Project Launched To Revolutionise Fish Feed For Agriculture
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December 5, 2017
The INvertebrateIT Project for the aquaculture sector, in which the Marine Institute is one of five partners, has been officially launched. The project is focused on developing innovative approaches for aquaculture, particularly on the use of organic waste for the...
Fish 2.0 wants to revolutionize the seafood industry
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December 5, 2017
Founder Monica Jain sees an unsustainable industry that's ripe for technological disruption. When 40 start-ups from all over the world gathered at Stanford University in November, it was not a typical Silicon Valley pitch day. The entrepreneurs competing in the...
Auburn-developed vaccine could help prevent costly disease among catfish
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December 5, 2017
Auburn University researchers gather catfish at a research pond. Professor Cova Arias has developed and patented an experimental vaccine to fight Columnaris disease in catfish. Auburn researchers will use a nearly $321,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to field-test a...
Western Innovator: Quest for sustainable aquaculture
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December 5, 2017
Ron Hardy built a fisheries research program respected around the world. Ron Hardy has built a world-class fish research facility at the University of Idaho and is one of the top scholars in his field worldwide. His work has advanced...