Researchers found that off-season eggs spawned in RAS facilities contained lower levels of B vitamins, amino acids and fats than naturally spawned eggs, suggesting that an adjustment in the diet, light and temperature can improve the egg maturation.
Benchmark Animal Health Chile follows the launch of Benchmark Genetics in Chile in 2018 and will distribute all Benchmark products in the region, as well as provide technical support to salmon producers.
My Pages is a system, developed in-house, that gives faster and more precise information on the production and sale of salmon ova where customers can access information related to shipments stored in BreedControl.
Benchmark completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary FishVet to Pharmaq, part of the global animal health company Zoetis, comprising Benchmark’s veterinary and diagnostic services activities in the UK, Ireland, Norway and Chile.
Chamberlain has been leading the company successfully for over 20 years and he will transfer his remaining shareholding to Hendrix Genetics.
BioMar's new production line in Brande, Denmark, is now fully operational. The line is dedicated to RAS and fry aquaculture feed production and is the result of a DKK 100 million investment that has enabled BioMar to increase the annual capacity of the Danish facility by 25%.
Lior Gal will drive the business development strategy to enhance the positioning of the RAS-technology provider in the North American strategic market.
Quality Salmon partnered with Siemens to develop and supply digital technology for its 100,000-ton salmon RAS farm in Sotenäs, Sweden.
Thousands of shrimp and crayfish larvae were culled after hatcheries reported cases of the deadly Decapod iridescent virus.
High-frequency and high-resolution observations of plankton and nutrient levels will be acquired to support the aquaculture industry including fish, shellfish and algae farmers.
New research shows Atlantic salmon post-smolt skin that has become acclimatized to saltwater is more resistant to tenacibaculosis than the skin of post-smolt that has been raised in freshwater before being transferred to the sea.
The Danish water treatment supplier, recently acquired by Nofitech, is building teams worldwide and expanding its sales into solutions within the aquaculture sector.
The European AquaIMPACT project is working on methods to select fish breeders automatically, quickly and accurately through machine vision techniques.
The company is working in a genetic analysis project, supported by Msingi East Africa, which aims to create long-term, sustainable breeding program plans in tilapia operations in Kenya and Uganda.
The federation highlights the reduction of aquaculture global annual growth rate in the SOFIA report and that an increase in aquaculture production requires political will.
The company’s strategy is based on the support of the land-based salmon aquaculture boom in China and Asia thanks in part to the export agreement between the two countries.
Lobster aquaculture in Southeast Asia is expected to increase due to the Indonesian lifting of the export ban on lobster seeds, but other sustainable seed sources, such as Ornatas hatchery, aim at a more sustainable lobster production.
Whiteleg shrimp broodstock were imported from Hawaii and quarantined at the Aquatic Quarantine Facility of the RGCA-MPEDA before being released to hatchery farmers.
The company offers pond water, environment management technologies to help shrimp farmers enhance efficiency and sustainability.
The country designed a road map for the development of sustainable shrimp farming that aims to increase shrimp exports by 250%.
