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Speakers announced for Aquaculture Europe 2022
The challenges of climate change, aquaculture’s digital future and the imperative to move towards a “circular” economy will be the keynote themes for plenary sessions at Aquaculture Europe later this month. Aquaculture Europe (AE2022), the annual conference of the European Aquacultural Society, takes place over 27-30 September in Rimini, Italy. One of the key academic…
Read MorePeru quota limits world supply of fishmeal, IFFO says
World production of fishmeal was slightly lower for the first seven months of this year, compared with the same period in 2021, according to the monthly survey from the international marine ingredients organisation IFFO. The IFFO survey also reports that total raw material usage – including for fish oil as well as fishmeal – was…
Read MoreFeed-from-carbon producer gets £4.8m in funding
A company that has developed a source of animal and aquafeed based on industrial carbon emissions has secured £4.8m in funding from the UK government. Deep Branch has developed a process to grow protein from microbes that feed on CO2 from captured industrial emissions. The funding will be used to finance the Deep Blue C…
Read More‘Egg’ closed farm goes on show
The “Egg” or Eggett fish farm has made its first public appearance in Norway, attracting a large number of onlookers. Standing 21 metres tall, the size and unique design of the Egg (also known as the Eggett) brought gasps of admiration. The builders, Herde Kompositt, designed the closed-containment fish farm to eliminate problems such as lice,…
Read MoreAquaculture award winners celebrate
Kames Fish Farming has been named Best Aquaculture Company award in the 2022 Aquaculture Awards. The event took place on Day 2 of the Aquaculture UK conference and trade show at Aviemore, Scotland. Kames is a family company and aquaculture pioneer that has been farming steelhead trout for 50 years and has recently embarked on…
Read MoreBC salmon farmers to consult First Nations after court ruling
THE British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association says it will be reaching out to Canada’s indigenous First Nation groups to find out how they want to proceed following the Canadian Federal Court’s ruling earlier this week. The First Nation tribes have been divided over open net fish farming, with many in favour but others against, claiming…
Read MoreGrowing confidence
The customer and the environment are at the heart of Mowi’s latest initiatives In a year where holding steady may have seemed the logical plan, Mowi continued to forge ahead in 2021 with several initiatives that have one goal in focus: to increase customer confidence and loyalty for its business and products. The valued chain…
Read MoreBC salmon row goes to Canada’s highest court
The battle lines over the Canadian government’s bid to phase out open net salmon farming in part of British Columbia are being drawn up in the country’s federal court this week. Last December the then Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan effectively ordered an end to fish farming activity on the Discovery Islands by June 2022. She…
Read MoreI can’t believe it’s not salmon!
Does ‘seafood’ grown in a lab or created from plant-based materials represent real competition for fish producers? Sandy Neil investigates. When is “seafood” not actually seafood? Fish Farmer sets out to explore the alternatives to wild-caught and farmed seafood, from plant-based vegan smoked “salmon” to lab-grown salmon sushi that has never been part of a…
Read MoreAdisseo’s sustainable feed joint venture starts construction in China
International animal nutrition group Adisseo and protein innovator Calysta have created a joint venture in China, to create “FeedKind”, a new alternative protein that uses no arable land and almost no water in its production. Construction started this week in Chongqing on the site for the joint venture, which will trade as Calysseo. FeedKind is…
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