A new website that draws on over 300 peer-reviewed studies and claims “to detail the downside of salmon farming” has been launched by two wild salmon conservation organisations this week.
Proximar Seafood has reported the loss of 170,000 salmon after a major incident took place at its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Japan.
Having made a significant breakthrough in the survival rate of their oysters, Ostrea Aquaculture is looking to raise up to €3.7 million to scale up production to 100 million spat a year – both for…
Aquantic Fish Farm, in Saudi Arabia, combines tilapia production with crop cultivation, while there are also plans to produce rainbow trout in a RAS unit – as Youssef Eltahawy, the farm’s technical…
Andfjord Salmon says it plans to stock its land-based farm with smolts in Q3, with ongoing construction meaning that the Norwegian company will not harvest any fish in the first half of this year.
The assets of Benson Hill, a developer of more sustainable soy varieties that were incorporated into some of BioMar’s aquafeeds, have been bought by Confluence Genetics.
Fish health company Harbor, which has developed an electric fence to safeguard salmon from lice and jellyfish, aims to have 80 units operational by the end of 2026.
According to the newly published Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2024, Scotland's mussel farmers harvested 11,690 tonnes in 2024 - the highest level on record and 13 percent up on the…
The University of Canterbury (UC) | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha is developing AI and 3D tech to automate NZ aquaculture, with potential gains of up to NZ$80 million (around €42 million) a year for the…
An Italian biotechnology company, Vetagro, in collaboration with Canadian research organisation Onda, has announced compelling results from a joint research initiative evaluating microencapsulated…
Thomas Miard, founder of Les 4 Marais, believes that working with nature, not against it, is the key to unlocking aquaculture systems that are both productive and regenerative. From coral restoration…
Finnish biotech firm Volare has raised €26 million to construct its first industrial-scale insect protein facility, aiming to provide a sustainable, high-performance alternative to fishmeal for the…
Three of the ten startups taking part in the inaugural Blue Carbon Plus (BC+) Challenge – a new initiative run by Hatch Blue, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy – have been…
Scientists at the University of Stirling have discovered new skin cells in Atlantic salmon that offer better understandings of wound healing and tissue regeneration. The discovery could support…
A mussel farming project, aimed at supporting low-income communities in Kodungallur, initiated by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has delivered a substantial yield of 1.7…
After five years of trial and error, Maine scallop farming startup Vertical Bay could be on the cusp of a significant breakthrough – with plans to increase production by up to fourfold next year.
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