Wider application of genetic improvement in aquaculture, with a focus on selective breeding, will help boost seafood production without the need to hugely increase the volume of inputs – including…
The Aquaculture Innovation Showcase is coming in September. Ahead of the event in London, The Fish Site spoke to TransAlgae’s VP of research and development, Ofra Chen, to discuss how algae can…
AquaBounty is looking to move from triploidy to gene editing as the best means to ensure sterile fish, following a deal signed with the Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) this week.
A project which aims to selectively breed feed-efficient lines of tilapia in order to improve the economic viability of aquaculture in areas where feed is expensive and scarce has recently been…
Benchmark, the fish health and aquaculture genetics specialists, are currently looking to appoint a new commercial director for their genetics division.
Southeast Asia's largest, yet long-troubled shrimp farming firm, PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, has been given a much-needed boost as the Asset Management Company (PPA) managed to seal a US$240 million…
NORWAY - NIFES scientists have achieved a world first by developing a gene bank for the fish species Labrus bergylta, the ballan wrasse. Now they are ready to share their genomic library with other…
AUSTRALIA - Clean Seas Tuna has achieved the first of its two core objectives for this season's Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) lifecycle trials. Early spawning of the Company's SBT broodstock commenced…
US - Aquabounty, a biotechnology company focused on enhancing productivity in the aquaculture market, has accused the US government of delaying the approval of GM salmon due to un-scientific reasons.
UK - The NC3Rs has announced 21 new grants totalling £5.1 million for research to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in science - referred to as 'the 3Rs'. This is the largest single…
SPAIN - Researchers from the Institute of Research and Technology (IRTA) and the National Research Council (CSIC), led by Dr Joan Cerdà, have succeeded in producing recombinant gonadotropins (rFSH…
CHINA - Still a world leader in fishery and aquaculture products, exports of aquatic products are increasing. Whilst profits in the aquaculture industry increase, profit margins remain tight in the…
GLOBAL - The Parc Científic’s Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva is developing a study on the Chinese crab’s genes (Eriocheir sinensis). This type of crab has invaded the…
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