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Precision Farming Technology for Aquaculture project funding announced
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October 27, 2017
"The aquaculture industry aims to reach $1 billion in sales by 2025. Technology that promotes sustainability, efficiency, and the ability to farm further offshore will play a significant role in achieving this target," said Dr Cornelisen. Scientists are set to...
A big step towards reducing strep in farm-raised tilapia
Date
October 27, 2017
The United States annually imports nearly $1 billion worth of tilapia while producing another 30 million pounds ourselves. This makes tilapia the U.S.'s fourth most consumed fish. Worldwide, farmed-raised tilapia is nearly an $8 billion yearly industry. Those same tilapia...
Indoor shrimp startup to buy waste heat from Maine power plant
Date
October 27, 2017
A New York state-based company that used a former mattress factory to launch an indoor shrimp aquaculture operation has agreed to buy waste heat from an eco-friendly Maine power plant, the Portland Press Herald reports. Kimberly Samaha, the CEO of...
MPEDA ties up with Bharthidasan University
Date
October 27, 2017
It aims at giving a fillip to technology and skill development in the fisheries sector. The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), the technology incubation centre of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), will collaborate with Bharthidasan University, Tiruchirapalli,...
Japan plans to export fully farmed bluefin tuna to bigger marketplaces
Date
October 27, 2017
Japan is planning to ship out the bluefin tuna fish as early as November 2017, and have also considered exporting the fish to the bigger market The cultivation of completely farm-raised bluefin tuna can effectively protect natural resources. This is...
Startups in Asia: Indonesia’s eFishery aims for more efficient aquaculture
Date
October 27, 2017
Startup's high-tech approach to feeding fish reduces waste and hassle It was the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in 2007. Gibran El Farizy, a student at the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java in Indonesia, was starving. Farizy's parents...
Bass: an easy-to-breed alternative in aquaculture
Date
October 27, 2017
With its wide temperature tolerance, the humble bass may be a good option for commercial production. One of the best-known fish species in Southern Africa is the bass. Present in farm or state dams across the country, this popular sport...
Mekong Delta: Adapt to saltwater intrusion by using aquaculture
Date
October 25, 2017
Instead of trying to prevent saltwater invasion and desalinizing, it would be better to adapt to the new circumstances and think of developing aquaculture in Mekong Delta, scientists say. In the Mekong Delta, one of the largest key agriculture production...
Hawaii aquaculture sales slip for second year in a row
Date
October 25, 2017
Hawaii aquaculture farms generated slightly less revenue last year, marking a second annual consecutive dip after a 2014 record. A report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week said the value of farm-raised marine animals sold by producers statewide...