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New grant program could increase Gulf aquaculture
Date
December 5, 2017
A new method is being tried to increase seafood production through the use of aquaculture. The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission is awarding grants totaling $450,000 for new and unique aquaculture projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The projects will...
China Rules Aquaculture as Fish Output Triples in Decade
Date
December 5, 2017
World‘s fishing production only grows at six percent a year on average. China dominates global aquaculture, producing $131.7 billion of farmed fish in 2015, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The total value of...
Fish Farming Startup AquiNovo Raises $1.5 Million in Seed Investment
Date
November 30, 2017
Farming company Neovia invested in AquiNovo, which develops a fish feed additive that makes fish bigger, faster AquiNovo develops a non-hormonal additive to fish feed, which can enhance the growth of farmed fish and increase the efficiency and profitability of...
Farmed salmon is thriving
Date
November 30, 2017
Farmed salmon remains Scotland’s biggest food export and the sector is working hard to address its biological issues, writes Anthony Harrington Scotland’s salmon farmers have good reason for optimism. The product – chilled, traditionally smoked, hot smoked, or cured as...
Russian aquaculture announces princing ofsecondary public offering of shares
Date
November 30, 2017
Russian Aquaculture ("Russian Aquaculture" or "the Company"), Russia's largest aquaculture company, announces the pricing of its secondary public offering (the "Offering") of new ordinary shares of the Company (the "Shares") at RUB 120 per Share following the completion of over-the...
Two new firms boost role of science park
Date
November 28, 2017
Business is booming at the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) near Oban, with the arrival of two new companies. Aquaculture firm Fusion Marine and ALIenergy (Argyll, Lomond and the Isles Energy Agency) have moved into the park’s Malin House. They...
Investigating how to make farmed fish immunity more robust
Date
November 28, 2017
Dr María Ángeles Esteban’s group is searching for new biomarkers involved in fish immunity and welfare in farmed environments The Fish Immune System Group is a research group that belongs to the University of Murcia. The group leader is Dr...
There are fish in those barns?
Date
November 28, 2017
Why farmers in southwestern Ontario are switching from livestock to aquaculture From the outside, with its off-white, nearly grey utility siding and large loading dock door, the building has the appearance of a small industrial facility — the kind that...
DNREC to accept applications for Inland Bays shellfish aquaculture leases on a first-come, first-served basis
Date
November 28, 2017
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will begin accepting more Inland Bays shellfish aquaculture lease applications postmarked after midnight Tuesday, Dec. 5 on a first-come, first-served basis. Initial applications were made after a lottery was held in May to determine...