Indian administration in Tamil Nadu warned against breeding the banned African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, in aquaculture farms and local waterbodies.
The center is working on the potential of the mudworm Marphysa iloiloensis as feed for crabs and shrimp broodstock and recently establish the optimal light conditions for its hatchery stages.
The Shwe Ngar app provides fish farming families with timely information on how to stock and feed fish, fish health and aquaculture technologies, as well as nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene practices.
The initiative will create new opportunities for fish farmers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and other aquaculture enterprises.
The company is now the exclusive distributor of Topsy Bait’s live SPF polychaetes in Vietnam and India.
The company captures fish waste from its new £58-million salmon hatchery at Barcaldine, UK and recycles it as fertilizer to enrich farmland.
PatoGen discovered a novel birnavirus in ballan wrasse fry associated with high mortality rates and is now offering a PCR analysis to detect it.
Brazil president, Jair Bolsonaro, said that fish farming in Brazil will become easier.
The companies signed a five-year agreement to deliver 9.5 million ova to the hatchery facilities that Nordic Aqua Farms will build in Ningbo, China.
The total production of green energy from biological waste from the biggest hatchery at Strond is expected to be 1,120 MWh a year, equivalent to the annual electricity use of 225 households.
By 2030, at least 20 new fish hatcheries will be put into operation with an annual capacity of at least 1.6 billion fry and selection and breeding centers will also be built to reduce dependence on imports.
The company continues to make progress on the design and engineering work for its third farm with an expected total build cost in the range of $140 to $175 million.
The expansion will commence in early 2021 and will more than double the current installed capacity.
The company is establishing a laboratory for its preventive and diagnostic services in Oban, Scotland to support the salmon industry in the UK.
Breeding salmon for growth or resistance to sea lice in cold waters may have little effect if the offspring grow up in warmer waters.
Bara Gunnlaugsdottir was named head of Digital Technologies to helpdrive the digital strategy and innovation programs of Benchmark Genetics.
Applying the Nobel Prize-awarded CRISPR method, genetically sterile broodstock can develop eggs that all inherit their parents' genetic sterility.
A study found that seabream selected for their high growth have greater resistance to an intestinal parasite and a more flexible microbiota, which allows them to better adapt to changes in the diet.
One of the largest salmon hatcheries in Alaska, USA was forced to destroy thousands of fish after a landslide damaged the pipeline that supplies its water.
The company appointed Jolanda van Haarlem as chief executive officer, who will take over the position of Antoon van den Berg who is stepping down after 16 successful years as CEO.
