The New Zealand company Mount Cook Alpine Salmon will be the first in its country to build a land-based salmon farm. The project has just been launched in Twizel (Canterbury), in the presence of the chairman of the board of directors, Bill English, and the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker. The fish farm will cost NZD 16.7 million...
According to a new study, by supplementing with 7% of krill phospholipids in a seabream diet, larvae exhibited enhanced growth and survival, along with significantly less lipid (or fat) deposits in the intestine and liver, as compared to fish consuming the soybean lecithin diet. The experimental diets used in the study contained increasing phospholipid contents (from 7 to 9%) derived...
Last October 24 started a series of seminars that broadcasted findings from a world-leading academic study assessing potential health risks associated with nanoparticles found within the Atlantic aquaculture industry. The ground-breaking NanoCulture Project has been funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area, via the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The NanoCulture project has brought together world leading aquaculture professionals, analytical chemists,...
AKVA Group has signed a contract with Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon (ILFS) by which a smolt facility will be built in Vestmannaeyjar, in a project that is starting up in this October 2022. The company reported that is delivering a facility with all production stages from hatchery to smolt, including the “Zero Water Concept” technology. AKVA group will build a...
GenoMar Genetics Group, the world’s leading tilapia breeding company, announced a few days ago the appointment of Rodrigo Zanolo as its new commercial director. Based in Brazil, he will assume responsibility for the group's commercial activities in Latin America and Asia, including sales, marketing, customer and technical services, the company said. Zanolo will start in his new role on November...
The twenty-third edition of the Conxemar 2022 International Frozen Seafood Fair, held every year in the Galician city of Vigo, has seen the participation of an entrepreneurial delegation coordinated by the National Chamber of Aquaculture of Ecuador (CNA). The Ecuadorian pavilion "First Class Shrimp" has an area of 300 square meters and brings together 16 shrimp companies, making it the...
The third edition of the Latin American Summit for Fisheries and Aquaculture Sustainability was held in the city of Puerto Varas, Los Lagos region, Chile, from October 12 to 14, with the slogan “One mission, one region: Fishing with a future”. The event was organized by the Mexican Council for the Promotion of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (Comepesca) and the...
Dutch-based Royal Van Beest Group has reported its acquisition of Spain-based Sling Supply International (Slingsintt), a company dedicated to the design, manufacture, testing and certification of lifting solutions in a wide range of industries. This acquisition, the group explained, makes a significant contribution to Van Beest's mission to be a global leader in mooring, lashing and lifting equipment for the...
During its annual meeting held on last September 28-29, the members of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) elected new officers, two new Executive Committee members and two new Board members. Ian Roberts, Director of Communications (Scotland, Ireland, Canada) at Mowi, will serve as the new Chair of the CAIA Board of Directors, succeeding Jennifer Woodland of Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood Limited...
Cermaq has terminated the purchase of 689 tons of MAB worth NOK 134 million in response to the Norwegian government's opening of the possibility of returning the permits purchased at fixed prices in 2022. This action had its origin in the proposed income tax on aquaculture resources in the northern country. “We will terminate the purchase because we do not...
The Olpheel range is launched to support performance and animal welfare in aquaculture, aiming challenges like stress reduction, supporting the animals’ natural defenses and metabolism, or stimulating appetite and feed intake. Combining a specific olfactory mode of action and plant extracts synergies, the use of the Olpheel range reduces for example mortality during transportation, contributes to parasite risk management, or...
Atarraya’s AI-powered, ‘plug and play’ Shrimpbox farming technology will create up to 65 new jobs by late 2025 and help further establish the State of Indiana as the United States’ agtech capital INDIANAPOLIS — September 21, 2022 — Atarraya, creator of Shrimpbox, the first sustainable ‘plug-and-play’ shrimp farming technology, today announced plans to establish the company’s first U.S. sustainable shrimp farming operation in central...
