Posts Tagged ‘Land based farming and hatcheries’
Atlantic Sapphire seeking more cash
The Florida-based salmon farming company Atlantic Sapphire is seeking more cash – up to US $80m (£61m) in new equity and convertible loans.
Read MoreAlumichem enables salmon producer to meet strict effluent standards
A Norwegian salmon producer faced stricter effluent discharge limits and increasing sludge amounts.
Read MoreSalmon Evolution reports profitable Q2
The Norwegian land based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution has chalked up another profitable quarter. It reported Q2 (April to June) revenues of NOK 170.5m (£12.3m) and a group EBITDA or operating profit of NOK 45.4m (£3.2m).
Read More200,000 fish lost in farm site explosion
An explosion in the oxygen supply has led to the death of around 200,000 hatchery fish at a farming facility in Norway.
The regional newspaper Bladet Vesterålen reports that Trond Geir Reinsnes, the owner of the Sigerfjord Fisk site, described the incident as a “nightmare”.
Japan’s Shikoku on track for fish farm project
The Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) is to begin launching a trial land-based salmon project in the Kumamoto Prefecture later this month, suggesting it has been privately working on the project for some time.
Read MoreKingfish US project moves closer after Maine court success
The Kingfish Company has overcome a major hurdle against opponents trying to prevent the company building a yellowtail facility in Maine on the US East Coast.
Read MoreNordic Aqua Partners forced into surprise cull
Land-based salmon farmer Nordic Aqua Partners has said it expects to lose around 190 tonnes in the current quarter after detecting a high concentration of the off-flavour compound geosmin at its Chinese facility.
Read MoreKingfish Company sees sales up 36% in Q2
Land-based fish farmer The Kingfish Company saw its sales volume leap by more than a third, year on year, in the second quarter of this year.
Read MoreTransforming aquaculture with sustainable, high-efficiency solutions
In the face of growing global challenges, Blue Planet Ecosystems is setting new standards in sustainable aquaculture with its groundbreaking systems.
Read MoreBlueprint for industry innovation published
Aquaculture features prominently in a new report setting out research priorities for the UK’s animal-based food sector.
Government-supported body the UK Agri-Tech Centre has published a report, “Livestock and Aquaculture innovation: the next ten years”, based on input from more than 150 stakeholders in the livestock and aquaculture industries.