News
Here you will find the most relevant news from the world aquaculture industry. We make a filter to give you the information you should read and remove all the noise of irrelevant news.
Phages an effective alternative to the use of antibiotics in aquaculture
Date
October 19, 2017
Researchers from AZTI, Biopolis S.L. (Spain), University of Aveiro (Portugal) and the Aguacircia Aquaculture company (Portugal) have evaluated the impact of the use of bacteriophages that fight the pathogens responsible for diseases that affect species bred in fish farms. Replacing...
UAPB plans fish sale; proceeds benefit program
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October 17, 2017
UAPB plans fish sale; proceeds benefit program The Aquaculture Research Station at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will sell catfish and tilapia from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20. Funds raised will support fish station projects....
Taiwan investing in Filipino aquaculture
Date
October 17, 2017
Taiwan’s largest aquaculture companies are investing in the Philippines as their production hub for seafood exports to Taiwan and ASEAN countries, reports Manila Bulletin. Patty Yen, deputy executive director for strategic marketing department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council, said...
Animal Nutrition announces 2017 scholarship recipients
Date
October 17, 2017
More than 150 North American students applied for the third annual Lallemand Forward Scholarship Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce the 2017 Lallemand Forward Scholarship recipients, which were selected from more than 150 applicants. Sasha van der Klein is...
Fish respond to predator attack by doubling growth rate
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October 16, 2017
Terence Barry, senior scientist in animal science, shows one of many tanks of fish being studied at the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory, where he researches aquaculture and the stress response in fish. Scientists have known for years that when...
Aquaculture: More protein from less marine ingredients
Date
October 16, 2017
In 2015, the salmon sector produced more fish protein than it consumed. This is shown by new figures from IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation. IFFO has calculated new Fish In: Fish Out ratios (FIFO) for 2015 and for the first...
New Brunswick launches Shellfish Aquaculture Development Strategy
Date
October 13, 2017
The provincial government has released the New Brunswick Shellfish Aquaculture Development Strategy 2017-2021. “The sustainable development of shellfish aquaculture is a priority and this strategy combines respect for the environment with job creation,” said Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Rick Doucet....
Tapping automation to make aquaculture more productive
Date
October 13, 2017
Local fish farm Barramundi Asia looks nothing like the traditional kelongs that dot Singapore's northern coast. Here, farming is not done in nets supported by a wooden structure in the middle of the sea. Instead, the white-fleshed fish are reared...
Fishery Family Farming School – a new concept of extension
Date
October 13, 2017
West Bengal is the first state in India starting with this new training method opened by the Department of Fisheries. An initiative of the West Bengal Government Fisheries Department, the “Family Farming Fishery Farm School” project was funded at Haldia...