The international company Benchmark Genetics announced the official opening of its new incubation center in Vogar, Iceland, on the 23rd of August. As they reported, the new center holds 10,000 single incubators and gets fresh and clean water from deep boreholes. “The biosecurity standards are as for the other operations in Iceland at the highest levels of the industry,” they...
The Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (US), based company EcoCortec proudly announced the expansion of its plant located in green area in Croatia, a European daughter company of Cortec Corporation. The company is a manufacturer of environmentally safe VCI/VpCI anti-corrosion films and bags under patent of the Corporation. Plant’s management is now investing in new polymer processing plant that is...
The actions that international company Skretting is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of its food solutions have been recorded in its recently published Annual Sustainability Report 2021. The document also defines the company's key challenges and provides specific examples for each stage of its products' life cycle: production and transportation of ingredients, along with manufacturing, packaging, delivery and use...
The Norwegian company Hima Seafood will receive an investment of GBP 40 million (USD 48.6 million, EUR 47.8 million) over the next three to four years for its land-based trout farming project in Rjukan, Norway. Hima's recirculating aquaculture systems farm is expected to start operations in 2024 and be fully operational in 2025, with a planned annual production of 8,000...
The Humboldt County Planning Commission, in California, United States (US) voted to certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), a comprehensive initial step in the Nordic Aquafarms (NAF) permitting process. In addition to that certification, the commission also approved the coastal development permit for Terrestrial Development. “We would like to convey our appreciation for the many hours of collaborative work done...
Led by Oban, Scottland based Tritonia Scientific, with support from the Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University, seafood producer Mowi, and the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), the company is testing the effectiveness of using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to create digital twins of the seabed. This new imaging technology could help the aquaculture sector to gain a more accurate picture...
AquaBounty Technologies (NASDAQ: AQB), the land-based aquaculture company Maynard, Massachusetts, USA based announced some days ago their financial results for the Second Quarter ended last June. The company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability generated USD 1.1 million in product revenue in the second quarter, a year-over-year increase of 371% as compared to USD 227 thousand in the second...
Skretting was gold sponsor at the Aqua Expo El Oro 2022, event that took place at the Hotel Oro Verde, in Machala, Ecuador. In this event, Skretting presented its nutritional solutions for all stages of shrimp cultivation, the relaunch of its Skretting 360+ program and launched Deeper sonar technology, “providing technological solutions so that our clients in the shrimp industry...
The Norwegian company Cermaq has launched Sea the Solution, a platform in which it wants to reflect the advances that can help protect the ocean. “Sea the Solution is a new way of looking at ourselves and our role as food producers, local partners, and our impact on the climate changes and environment,” they say. “There is only one ocean...
Skretting was gold sponsor at the Aqua Expo El Oro 2022 event that took place at the Hotel Oro Verde in Machala, in this event Skretting presented its nutritional solutions for all stages of shrimp cultivation, the relaunch of its Skretting 360+ program and launched Deeper sonar technology, providing technological solutions so that our clients in the shrimp industry break...
In order to advance innovation and support the ecological sustainability of the aquaculture sector in British Columbia, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has reported that is taking the next step to transition from open-net pen aquaculture in British Columbia coastal waters. The transition will require a strong plan that outlines how to proceed, in a way that greatly minimizes or eliminates...
Some days ago, took place the Samherji's Annual General Meeting, where were presented the financial statements of the company for the year 2021. In his address at the Annual General Meeting, Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, the CEO of the Icelandic company, mentioned significant investment in aquaculture in the coming years, which will amount to EUR 400 million. “We at Samherji have...
