Lorena Gamez, manager of El Pasito Afro-Agricultural and Tourism Association (ASOPASITO), aims to support and strengthen communities of both indigenous and African descent in Cesar, Colombia, through…
S2G Investments and Ocean 14 Capital Fund I have entered into a joint investment agreement with Colombian insect producer Enthos Circular Feed Technologies.
Genomic selection can be used to improve shrimp resistance to co-infection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) and white faeces syndrome (WFS), according to the results of a new study.
Although aquaculture production is becoming the fastest contributor to the food sector, the Caribbean has seen slower growth and accounts for less than 1 percent of global aquaculture production.
After leading a management buyout of Spring Genetics from Benchmark, Hideyoshi Segovia Uno is working hard to help ensure the international tilapia sector – particularly in Latin America (LATAM) –…
The first experimental batch of a vaccine that should help Colombia’s tilapia farmers combat the new serotype strain of Streptococcus agalactiae that has recently been reported in the region arrived…
Colombia’s aquaculture industry has been stuck in a cycle of low productivity and low profitability, but a recent value chain analysis notes that the country could capitalise on its climate and…
GenoMar Genetics has signed a joint venture agreement with Agroavícola Sanmarino to distribute tilapia fingerlings from a biosecure land-based facility in Colombia’s Huila province.
A pilot project that aims to use tilapia farming as a way to bring peace and economic prosperity to a violent part of rural Colombia is showing promising results, but there is still a long way to go.
Marcela Salazar, Benchmark’s shrimp production manager and one of the pioneers of shrimp genetics, explains how shrimp breeding programmes have evolved and are likely to be heading.
The Colombian authorities have granted Spring Genetics a licence to import a new high performance tilapia strain in a bid to reinvigorate the country's aquaculture sector.
Pharmaq has formed a strategic partnership with Colombia’s largest tilapia producer, Piscicola Botero, in a bid to improve productivity and sustainability in the tilapia value chain in the country.
Patricia Barrera swapped a career in pharmaceuticals to follow her passion for aquaculture, establishing Trout Managers SAS in Colombia, which she now runs.
COLOMBIA - The Global Aquaculture Alliance and Federacin Colombiana De Acuicultores (FEDEACUA) have announced the first pilot of the draft Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Biosecurity Area Management…
COLOMBIA - The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federacin Colombiana De Acuicultores (FEDEACUA) to ensure that Colombian farmers, processors,…
COLOMBIA - Thanks to the Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program's income generation project and Pesbaru, a local fishing association, fishermen are mitigating the rapid growth of the lionfish species…
COLOMBIA - To improve the economic conditions and quality of life for 15,000 artisanal fishermen the Nario Pacific National Aquaculture and Fishing Authority (Aunap) has launched a fishing project in…
COLOMBIA - Truchas Belmira S.A.S. is the worlds first rainbow trout processing plant to earn the Global Aquaculture Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification
COLOMBIA Researchers from Colombian National University in Medellin along with researchers from Quindio University have determined the classification for three fish species which were unknown to…
COLOMBIA - Despite having two big seas and freshwater reserves, consumption of seafood in Colombia remains low. According to FAO, Colombia currently has the lowest fish consumption in the region with…
COLOMBIA - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar, has established an ambitious programme designed to support the fishermen of San Andres and Providencia who…
CAMBODIA - The government of Columbia has announced a long-term aim to get fishermen to move to farming, not catching, fish and shellfish, and local community says they are in favour.
COLUMBIA - The Columbia Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is testing technology to hasten the identity the makeup of salmon populations to determine the mix in any sample of fish, a potentially valuable…
COLOMBIA An estimated 3 million fish have suffocated in a reservoir in southern Colombia, where a four-month drought has drastically drained water levels, leaving too little oxygen to sustain dozens…
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