Alejandro Rojas, chief operating officer at AquaBounty, discusses the company's recent hatchery developments.
Landeldi has extended the agreement with Benchmark Genetics to fulfill the company’s ongoing expansion.
The company recently completed the construction of its “Broodstock 365 System”, which will produce reverse fingerlings and broodstock 365 days a year.
More fish hatcheries will now have easy access to tailored feeds by SPAROS for species such as seriola, meagre, seabass, seabream and ballan wrasse, through Pacific Trading Aquaculture Ltd.
The source of Atlantic salmon proposed by American Aquafarms, AquaBounty of Newfoundland, Canada, did not meet the criteria for a “Qualified Source/Hatchery”, Maine authorities said.
By growing Troutlodge stocks from egg to mature broodstock in Chichillapi, the eggs will be grown their entire life cycle in the unique conditions of the high Andean area.
GIFT fry will be transferred from WorldFish Headquarters in Malaysia to Premium Aquaculture Limited to establish a GIFT-based aquaculture industry in Nigeria.
ENRico, an all-in-one enrichment for Artemia and rotifers, and WIN Wrasse, a premium weaning microdiet tailor-made for ballan wrasse larvae, were added to the company’s Hatchery Feeds range.
BREEDFLAT project aims to improve flatfish breeder’s performance by enhancing immune system capacity and gamete quality of Senegalese sole, turbot and Atlantic halibut.
A UK study aims to identify genetic mechanisms that could make Atlantic salmon resistant to a key parasite.
In a world’s first, Philippine researchers successfully spawned round scad (Decapterus macrosoma) in captivity at SEAFDEC/AQD in Tigbauan, Iloilo.
The project, led by Institute of the Sea of Peru (Imarpe), seeks to develop a batch of breeders born in captivity (F1) to achieve the commercial-scale production of this species.
With an investment over $25 million, the Canadian RAS hatchery will support the growth of up to four million smolts.
The company completed the organic egg certification process following the production method standard of the European Union and will supply the first batch to Cooke in April.
Australis Aquaculture has been running an advanced genetics-backed breeding program with Xelect to find the link between genetics and feed efficiency.
The companies will select specific traits in the snapper stock that show higher production yields through improved growth performance and phenotypic traits.
The first batch of breeders will be delivered by the end of March as part of the five-year agreement.
Nofima researchers discovered sterile salmon shows production characteristics that are, at least, as good as fertile farmed salmon.
The company with a production capacity of 250,000 juvenile fish per year owes $9.5 million to its creditors.
The team achieved nine natural and viable spawnings and is currently working to improve culture techniques and nutrition.