Syd Kraul, president of Pacific Planktonics Inc. and a pioneer in marine finfish aquaculture in Hawaii, passed away on December 23, 2019 at his home in Kailua Kona.
Ton Hovers, in the role of business development manager for its shrimp genetics in Kona Bay, will focus on sales and technical services for the shrimp market in Asia.
Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis) is set to be adopted in the Philippines. Researchers aim at closing the mackerel tuna breeding cycle by 2023-2024.
FRANCE- Neovia has acquired Epicore, the larval feed and probiotics company. Through the complementary expertise of the two companies and Neovia’s international R&D network, Neovia intends to develop its aquaculture business and offer new natural and sustainable solutions for livestock farming: probiotics.
The release of these fingerlings is an offshoot of the recently concluded Palau aquaculture workshop, which created a partnership between the Bureau of Marine Resources, the Nature Conservancy and PCC to promote community livelihood and food security through aquaculture development in the country.
UNITED STATES - Researchers at Oregon State University are developing a new technology to deliver water-soluble nutrients to aquaculture-raised fish, oysters, clams and shrimp that will boost their growth rates and reduce the high rates of mortality that plague the industry.
GenetiRate, Inc. unveiled an automated system that sorts 125,000 eyed eggs per hour employing a patented test that identifies fast-growth fish.
An international collaboration between aquaculture experts from Scotland, Chile and Hendrix Genetics has taken a significant step towards the early detection and potential treatment of multifactorial gill disease.
Benchmark’s Spring Genetics®: First company to be granted with import licence for tilapia genetic material to Colombia
AKVA has entered into a co-operation agreement with Cooke Aquaculture Inc., to deliver several larger land-based smolt projects.
FloGro Fresh is the first UK company that produces warm water whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, in a RAS system.
A new article reviews the principles of Artemia pond production and how it is practiced in terms of general management.
The agreement will enable Acceso El Salvador to supply Salvadoran tilapia farmers with high quality tilapia fingerlings, featuring the latest and improved genetics from the Beenchmark’s tilapia breeding program.
A study has been initiated with Hendrix Genetics and GenetiRate, a US based start-up, to apply a new technology that has the potential to measure the feed conversion rate of rainbow trout.
AlgaEnergy has signed a partnership with Krishi Rasayan to introduce its products in the agriculture and aquaculture markets in India and other key countries.
Benchmark announced an update on its joint venture with AquaChile, its Chilean breeding and genetics partner.
A study found that it is possible to maximize the larval growth rates via manipulation of artificial light regimes.
Cooke Aquaculture, supported by the Government of Canada, is expanding its facilities and advancing its existing salmon breeding program. The investments will enable the company to expand its Oak Bay hatchery where it will develop and implement advanced genomics technology, building on its salmon breeding expertise.
Mowi has acquired Ocean Matters’ aquaculture facility, a hatchery that currently produces lumpfish, one of the two species that have proven to be an effective cleanerfish.
Molofeed, a company that has developed a micro-encapsulation technology that provides a slow release of feed to early stage fish and shrimp, was recently supported by Aqua-Spark. The company expects to finish shrimp trials this summer 2019 and produce 50 tons of feed.
