New tools launched by INVE Aquaculture – part of Benchmark – provides farmers with the best tools to drive efficiency in hatcheries. The SEP-Art Tools are a sustainable solution designed to maintain quality nauplii, reduce losses, and ensure safety for workers and the environment. Information source: INVE / media release For years, Artemia nauplii have been separated from cysts using...
The McGowan Government’s investment in aquaculture development in the south-west is paying dividends, supporting millions of dollars of private investment, and the creation of hundreds of jobs in the shellfish industry in Western Australia. Written by: editorial / Mirage News.com The Government has already invested $1.3 million to establish the Albany Shellfish Hatchery and today announced a further $700,000 in...
With Syrena® Boost, Delacon brings along a full phytogenic solution to serve modern aquaculture practices. The premixture targets gut performance and productivity. It is a solution for all aqua species. To date, trial results are available for Tilapia. Delacon’s aqua team proudly announces the worldwide launch of Syrena® Boost. Information source: Delacon / media release Disease outbreaks, food safety assurance,...
As the population grows, and the global standard of living improves, humanity’s appetite for seafood is increasing. In 2020 seafood consumption reached an all-time high, with an average of 20kg consumed annually by every person on the planet. Written by: editorial / Technology Networks.com Up to now most of this was caught in the world’s freshwaters and oceans. But things...
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has translated its Shrimp, Tilapia, and Tropical Marine Finfish Standards and related guidance documents into Indonesian to help more farmers in the country work towards more responsible practices. Information source: ASC media release Indonesia is the world’s second largest producer of farmed fish, making it a vital country for ASC’s mission to improve aquaculture practices. As...
Fish production during the first half of this year reached close to one billion, marking a nearly one percent rise from figures recorded in the same period last year. Written by: Som Kaninka / Khmer Times In a recent Facebook post, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said this year’s production has so far hatched approximately 835,000,000 fish...
Recently the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the NOAA Fisheries effort to overturn a lower court decision that found the word “harvesting” within the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act did not provide Congressional authority to regulate marine aquaculture in federal waters. Information source: NAA media release The Fifth Circuit wrote, in part, (internal citations omitted): “We...
Last July, after an occasionally arduous two-year process, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued the first of four draft orders that will allow Nordic Aquafarms to commence construction of a $500 million state-of-the-art, sustainable land-based salmon farm in Belfast. At full capacity, the facility will produce roughly 33,000 metric tons of Atlantic salmon per year — equivalent to 7...
Nuseed Secures Canadian Food and Feed Approvals for Omega-3 Canola Oil. Information source: Nuseed / media release Nuseed Americas Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nufarm Limited has recently welcomed confirmation from Canada’s relevant regulatory authorities that its proprietary DHA refined canola oil has been deemed to be safe for human consumption and that DHA canola crude oil and meal are...
Barbados can boast of having its own Aquaponics Demonstration Farm at Adams Aquafarm in Hopewell, St. Thomas. This has been made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy and The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). By: Tanya Lightbourne As part of the FAO’s Blue Revolution Project, Adams Aquafarm,...
A million-dollar grant to study aquaculture aims to boost the number of fish farms in the Great Lakes region. Written by: Carin Tunney / Great Lakes Echo.org Aquaculture refers to raising fish both to eat and to stock streams and lakes. The industry in the Great Lakes region lags behind much of the U.S, according to the National Oceanic and...
Mukhisa Kituyi, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD’s new special adviser for the blue economy, outline what the blue recovery agenda should include. Developing countries in particular can benefit. Written by: Dona Bertarelli & Mukisha Kituy The world’s seventh-largest economy based on GDP doesn’t belong to a single country, and isn’t...
