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Russian Aquaculture buys its second Norwegian company, aims for big catch along Barents Sea coast
Date
October 25, 2017
The Murmansk salmon farmer says the Norwegians will help boost its annual production of red fish to 30,000 tons by year 2025. One of Russia’s biggest breeders of farmed salmon, the Russian Aquaculture, is buying its second Norwegian smolt producer....
Fish in: Fish Out (FIFO) ratios for the conversion of wild feed to farmed fish, including salmon
Date
October 25, 2017
FIFO (Fish in: Fish out) for the conversion of wild feed fish to farmed salmon is 1:1.22 (2015 ratio), showing that farmed salmon now produce globally more consumable protein than is used in feed. For all fed aquaculture, the FIFO is 0.22:1...
Fish farming done responsibly
Date
October 24, 2017
Disease from salmon farms has never been implicated to have impacted wild salmon in British Columbia. Other than findings of certain anti-fish farm activists, whose scientific procedure has been shown at times to not have scientific integrity, there is no...
Cargill to buy feed maker in high-margin natural foods push
Date
October 24, 2017
Cargill to buy feed maker in high-margin natural foods pushCargill Inc [CARG.UL] is buying a maker of natural animal feeds, the global commodities trader said on Tuesday, another in a string of deals to capitalize on rising demand for higher-margin...
Dutch diversify into shrimp genetics
Date
October 24, 2017
Hendrix Genetics has completed a deal with Integrated Aquaculture International LLC (iAqua) to participate in the breeding and production of shrimp for the global industry. IAI is an aquaculture technology company on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Its breeding centre...
Ellsworth-raised scientist journeys to remote Pacific island
Date
October 24, 2017
When Jenn Fortier was in sixth grade, she read a book about a scientist named Eugenie Clark. Nicknamed “The Shark Lady,” Clark was a giant in the field of shark study, and a pioneer in the use of SCUBA diving...
Full bluefin tuna farm shares rise as fish stocks dwindle
Date
October 19, 2017
Tight restrictions and big appetites promise tidy profits if farms can iron out kinks Full farming of bluefin tuna, which starts with getting the fish to spawn in a completely artificial environment, is finally showing signs of becoming profitable. Investors...
Taiwan hikes import of aquaculture products from PH
Date
October 19, 2017
Taiwan’s largest aquaculture companies are investing in the Philippines as their production hub for seafood exports to Taiwan and ASEAN countries. Patty Yen, deputy executive director for strategic marketing department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), said this at...
AquaBioTech Group completes RAS research facility for Alltech Coppens in the Netherlands
Date
October 19, 2017
Malta-based AquaBioTech Group has built a new facility in the Netherlands it says will help research the capabilities of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The Coppens Aqua Centre (ACAC), owned by aquatic nutrition firm Alltech Coppens International, opened recently in Valkenswaard,...