A new facility with 3,000 broodstock in Tigbauan, Iloilo, aims to jumpstart the giant freshwater prawn industry in the Philippines.
Last year was a transformative year for AquaBounty, as for the first time, the company began to grow-out its AquAdvantage Salmon in the United States.
The joint development agreement will validate Pebble Labs technology that reduces the transmission of diseases and viruses such as WSSV and will discuss future applications in aquaculture.
Charoen Pokphand Group is considering different locations including Florida and other sites less prone to hurricanes.
Philippine researchers found that using artificial lighting at night improves growth and survival rates and reduces feeding costs in pompano nursery stage.
Melick Aquafeed mill in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, was destroyed by fire in February, leaving local hatcheries scrambling for feed.
French researchers described the first successful reproduction, larval rearing and juvenile growth of H. forskali performed in captivity.
Together with Fresh By Design, ULTRAAQUA UV installed its UV systems in chinook salmon research facilities for the latest Cawthron Institute project, the Finfish Research Center, to support its feed and physiology trials.
The restrictions imposed relate to the certification of aquatic animals from Infectious Salmon Disease (ISA)-free compartments and do not relate to all exports.
Scientists found that tilapia resistance to TiLV is heritable and that selective breeding to produce more resistant tilapia strains is likely to be effective.
The ban is as a preventive measure against the tilapia lake virus.
The current commercial production protocols for Atlantic cod depend on enriched rotifers and Artemia during first-feeding, but development and growth remain inferior to fish fed natural zooplankton. Two experiments were conducted in order to identify the underlying factors for this phenomenon.
When operational the $7 million nursery is expected to produce 200,000 juvenile yellowtail kingfish every two months, supplying both new and existing commercial aquaculture operations in Western Australia.
The Shrimp Standard includes over 100 performance indicators that farmers must meet to show that they are protecting the environment and respecting their workforce.
AquaGen and NTNU has supported the development of ultrasound technology as a method for sorting salmon parr and maturation monitoring.
Nofima researchers found that the optimal water velocity for post-smolts in RAS systems is between 1 and 1.8 body lengths per second resulting in a higher condition factor and increased growth rates due to muscle growth.
At a visit to the Freshwater Aquaculture Fisheries Center (BPBAT) Tatelu, in North Sulawesi this week, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP), Edhy Prabowo, extolled the advantages of Recirculation Aquaculture Systems (RAS), saying it could be the answer to the country-wide shortage of high quality seed.
StofnFiskur is leading the way with supplying all-female eggs to land-based salmon farms.
The project will use genomic tools like high-density SNP chips to create a breeding program that will select traits such as improved growth, better flesh quality and resistance to disease-traits to increase the profitability of oyster farms.
The University of Eldoret, Kenya and Uasin Gishu County has completed the construction of a US$99,000 fish hatchery and research center five years in the making.
