To help lower the price of fish amidst volatile food prices across Phillippines, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) has reported that is coming up with a new fish feed formulation that is cost-efficient and eco-friendly. The formulated diet is cheaper as it only costs about P28 (USD 0,353) per kilogram to produce, while the average cost...
Messer plans to make a splash at Seafood Expo North America in Boston, celebrating on March 13-15, showcasing technologies that can reduce labor, improve the security of cryogen supply, and boost productivity. One of those is the new, patented Wave Impingement Freezer, that combines the efficiency of nitrogen impingement freezing with a wave-action to provide seafood processors production increases of...
Belgium, China, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Georgia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Namibia, and Poland support the proposal.Earth Ocean Farms' historical achievement will strengthen the totoaba.The CITES decision opens opportunities to other UMAs to promote conservation aquaculture. Mexico City. March 10, 2022. Today, by majority vote, at the 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...
The AquaNederland trade fair to be held in a few days will serve as the framework for the signing of a collaboration agreement between the companies Searious BV and Cirtec, which will enable the sustainable manufacture of exotic leather with the structure of a water snake. The companies based in Beetgumermolen and Purmerend, respectively, will contribute their experience and know-how...
World-leading genetic scientists from Canada's Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) have partnered with Baja Mexico-based Earth Ocean Farms (EOF) to unlock the genetic mysteries of the valuable Pacific red snapper (Lutjanus peru) with the goal of increasing productivity and promoting faster growth. The development of this customized breeding program is the first of its kind for Pacific red snapper. The...
Officials at Houston, Texas-based U.S. company Reef Industries said they are "proud" of their Permalon, a uniquely designed high-density polyethylene geomembrane that is ideal for the most demanding containment applications, such as irrigation and aquaculture liners and stormwater tank liners. According to studies conducted by Reef, no material offers a better balance of properties or proven performance and reliable durability...
The 4th Ocean Forum organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), to be held from April 6-8, 2022, will aim to discuss how to move towards a sustainable ocean economy. Among all the topics and aspects to be discussed will be the social sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture value chains. "It is an opportunity to find...
Israeli company AquaMaof has signed an agreement with Atacama Yellowtail SpA (AYT) for the construction of a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) farm to produce 900 tons per year of lemonfish (Seriola lalandi) in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. After its first phase, the plant's production is expected to double to 1,800 tons. The initial investment will be US$25 million,...
Indonesia's Director General of Aquaculture, Tb Haeru Rahayu, recently explained that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) will cooperate with the Aceh Tamiang Regency in Ace province in revitalizing traditional shrimp ponds. The ultimate goal of the initiative is for domestic shrimp production to reach 2 million tons by 2024. This was explained by the head of the...
An international consortium led by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), from the University of Porto (UP), Portugal, has succeeded in producing the first high-fidelity genome of the mackerel. The discovery has just been revealed in an article published in the scientific journal Gigabyte and was possible thanks to the use of new generation technologies for genome...
The saudi company Red Sea Development, known as TRSDC, will begin test production on its planned aquaculture project by the second quarter of this year 2022. The sustainable tourism developer will try “a number of fish species,” Ventures Director Michael Slage said, but the focus will be to farm native species that are difficult to obtain using traditional methods. The...
Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) has reported an operating EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) of NOK 102 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and an EBIT per kg of NOK 9.43. The corresponding figures for the same quarter last year were NOK 17 million and NOK 5.05. Demand for salmon increased significantly during the fourth quarter and the first...
