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%.
Australian government approved $7 million for the construction of the nursery and the Midwest Aquaculture Development Zone to foster investment in Western Australian aquaculture.
The call funds projects that facilitate the transfer of bio-resources from harvest to processing to ensure e.g. traceability, quality, sustainability and the necessary quantity or pre-processing of the bio-resources for conversion into products for the market.
The country, that currently produces seabream and tilapia, seeks to increase aquaculture production through new shrimp, abalone, seabream, cobia and seaweed projects.
“European aquaculture is facing its biggest challenge for decades and, if the situation is not dealt with correctly, market risks will continue threatening in the aftermath of the sanitary crisis,” the federation said.
The last time an attempt was made to breed European plaice was in 1946 and now Norwegian scientists have resumed trials to assess the suitability of this species for commercial aquaculture production.
