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Cermaq reports about its strong fish health results and environmental performance results
Date
May 27, 2022
The global company Cermaq, with farming operations in Norway, Canada and Chile, has reported about its good fish health and environmental performance in 2021. Survival rate for Atlantic salmon last year was 95%, with variances between areas and showing the...
Skretting’s Turkish subsidiary joins Metro Turkey and Hatko Aquaculture in the successful project ‘The Feed of Today is The Food of Tomorrow’
Date
May 27, 2022
Skretting Turkey, Metro Turkey and Hatko Aquaculture companies have teamed up to jointly develop the value-chain project ‘The Feed of Today is The Food of Tomorrow’. The resulting premium fish products -basically sea bream and sea bass- already have improved...
Scottish Sea Farms gains first ASC accreditation for the first time
Date
May 27, 2022
Scottish Sea Farms has been awarded with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its Summer Isles farms, the first time the company has achieved the coveted accreditation. Considered one of the most demanding of all global seafood certification schemes,...
Benchmark Genetics and USDA-ARS, Awarded for Excellence in Technology Transfer
Date
May 27, 2022
Collaborative research between Benchmark Genetics and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit (AAHRU) in Auburn, Alabama, has been awarded the USDA-ARS Southeast Area Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. The award recognized the pioneering work on...
Successful conclusion of HavExpo in Norway
Date
May 27, 2022
The new edition of the HavExpo International Fair was held in the port city of Bergen, Norway, from May 10 to 12. The city, considered the local capital of aquaculture, received more than 330 domestic and foreign exhibitors and 15,000...
Qatar Airways Cargo carries 1.3 million tons of the salmon that Scandinavia exports to the world
Date
May 27, 2022
Qatar Airways Cargo has reported that 95% of the so-called PES (perishable seafood) traveling on board it’s from Scandinavia, especially from Norway, is salmon. In 2021, it transported a shocking 1.3 million tons of salmon, worth EUR 8.57 billion. To...
23 Innovators Making Waves in Aquaculture and Blue Food
Date
May 18, 2022
The inaugural Blue Food Innovation Summit in London on June 14-15 presents 23 innovators from across the globe who are pioneering breakthrough technologies in aquaculture and blue food and seeking opportunities to scale through partnerships and investment. Our oceans have forever been...
Thai CP Foods inks MoU with Uoriki to bring seafood straight from Japan
Date
May 18, 2022
The Thai company Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company (CP Foods) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade cooperation with Uoriki, Japan's No.1 fresh fish retailer, engaging wholesales and retails of fresh seafood products from Japan and enabling Thai...
Blue Waters Sea Bream Farm is Oman’s First Facility to be BAP Certified, and the fourth in Middle East
Date
May 18, 2022
Blue Waters LLC Oman, which produces sea bream (Sparus aurata) in the Gulf of Oman, achieved Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Seafood Alliance announced some days ago. The farm, which consists of circular cages off the coast of...