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Out of Eden
On the east coast of Scotland, an innovative project is seeking to show that tropical shrimp can be grown – at commercial scale – in colder climes. Growing king prawns...
Coastal towns to receive record £331 from salmon auctions
Norway’s Aquaculture Fund looks set to pay out NOK 4.7bn – £331m – this year to coastal communities. The payment is the largest since the Fund was set up and...
AKVA Group favourite for Cermaq Chile contract
AKVA group looks set to land the supply contract to build a planned new smolt facility for Cermaq Chile. It is thought that Billund would get the supply deal, but...
Tiny Fish is big winner at Innovation awards
A company set up to create economic value from hatchery fish that do not make the grade was one of the winners in the Responsible Seafood Innovation Awards yesterday. Tiny...
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Lack of housing a major issue for Faroes aquaculture
Salmon farming on the Faroe Islands will continue to expand, but more must be done to accommodate the extra overseas staff the industry will need, says a report from the...
Fresh water ‘may be answer to salmon disease’
The bacterium that causes pasteurellosis in farmed salmon does not survive for long in fresh water, new tests have shown. Experimental work has been carried out by the Norwegian Veterinary...
Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards celebrate achievements in aquaculture
Tilapia producer Regal Springs, salmon farmer Cermaq and retail giants Marks & Spencer and Albert Heijn were among the winners at the Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards (GFAWA) in Paris...
Fresh thinking
Europe loves to import shrimp, but would we be better off growing our own? Robert Outram investigates. The world’s favourite shrimp is without doubt Litopenaeus vannamei, a crustacean known variously...
Focus on feed in Middle East
A SHORT course for aquafeed producers will be held during the international trade show VIV MEA 2018 in Abu Dhabi in February. The one-day course aims to promote a better...
Mass rubbish found on fishing grounds
MORE than 100 million pieces of rubbish are lying at the bottom of the Barents Sea, one of the world\'s richest fishing grounds, Norwegian researchers have discovered. The evidence is based...
Investor sets up new aquaculture fund
THE specialist seafood investment company Broodstock Capital has allocated 200 million Norwegian kroners ($25 million) to finance fishery projects. The Norwegian firm is setting up a second dedicated fund to focus on small...
Marine Harvest buys Canadian salmon farmer
MARINE Harvest is to buy leading east coast Canadian salmon farmer Northern Harvest, the Bergen based company announced. Northern Harvest is fully integrated with its own broodstock, smolt/hatchery, farming sites...
