AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest to buy Nofima research site

Move to strengthen group's feed research activities in Norway.

These niche aquaculture species could make investors rich

Emerging species present the most attractive opportunities, but investors should do their homework first.

PICTURE GALLERY: Cermaq's Chilean money machine

Check out IntraFish's exclusive picture galleries of Cermaq's Chilean coho operations, hatcheries and its Ancud processing plant.

Investing in seafood? Consider fishmeal

Increasing global demand from the aquaculture sector promises strong earnings for meal and oil suppliers.

Nutreco CEO: Expect flat salmon feed market in Norway

Marine Harvest will account for most Norwegian market share growth, exec says.

Analyst: Salmon prices could soar to NOK 50

Harvests struggling to keep up with Christmas demand.

Nireus calls for gov't support as profits plunge

Results were impacted by lower fish prices, higher raw material prices for fish feed, and lower than expected growth of the biological assets.

Buyers circling Swiss aquaculture group

Controversial aquaculture site lay fallow for more than two years, but sellers are hopeful to seal a deal by next year.

Fishmeal, fish oil prices ease on higher supply

Average Peruvian, Chilean fishmeal price drops 7.4% within two months.

Marine Harvest campaigns against GM salmon

Norwegian salmon group calls for proper labeling of GM transgenic salmon.

High-tech feed facility to open in NZ

The new production space could be operating by 2015.

Scottish government ‘in bed with the fish-farming industry’

Scottish ministers accused of being ‘in cahoots’ with the fish-farming industry.

New land-based multi-species farm to open doors in UAE

Newly created firm looking to fill increasing domestic demand for seafood.

Camanchaca rebounds in Q3, posts $6 million in profit

Company's revenue from salmon nearly doubles over 2012 results.

Aquaculture in on EU renewables research team

The aquaculture, agriculture and biogas sectors are joining forces in Europe to turn waste into energy.

Marine Harvest to build new smolt facility

Salmon giant wants to build  production facility with capacity to produce 7.5 million salmon and trout smolt annually.

Norway teams with France on shellfish

Shellfish cultivation is a large and important industry in Normandy in France, but space is at a premium in the region’s busy coastal areas.

MPEDA found 'suspected incidences' of EMS, says official

Indian officials cagey on EMS confirmation.

India confirms presence of EMS in shrimp farms

MPEDA takes measures to 'prevent spread of EMS' -- a disease up until now it claimed not to have had.

Analyst: Chilean salmon sector poised for growth

Chile's salmon producers will see growth, Aqua Bench predicts. By how much will depend mainly on the sea lice situation.

MPEDA tight-lipped on EMS confirmation

IntraFish gains access to more details on new measures to prevent EMS from spreading in India.

Chile salmon firms 'have seen the devil, and don’t want to see him again'

Don't invest in Chilean companies now, warns analyst, 'they'll only lose it.'

Chile to move 500 salmon farms

'We don't need more sites, we need better sites,' gov't official explains move to improve sanitary conditions.

Aquaculture could be 'savior' in global food dilemma

Though land-based agriculture still has room for expansion, aquaculture has most to contribute.

Salmon buyers: Two more years of pain

Salmon farmers can expect two more years of 'super profit' before market stabilizes.

Nutreco: Get ready for aquaculture's 'mega species'

Salmon may be fish farming's most secure sector, but more fish will become household names.

Aquaculture to continue taking 'lion's share' of fishmeal production

Though pork, human nutrition products and other channels are demanding more, fish farming's growth will rely on reduction fisheries.

Aquaculture takes lead in Farose exports

Farmed fish accounts for half of the €355 million in exports.

Analysts: Thai shrimp industry in 'recovery mode'

Improved EMS survival rates give reason for hope.

Leroy to focus on fresh business expansion

Company sees unique new opportunities in value-adding.

Aquabounty GM salmon given production go-ahead in Canada

The biotech company responsible for the technology behind faster growing salmon, gets the nod from Canada for commercial egg production, but needs further approvals to sell them.

Extending live distribution: Recirc technology presents new possibilities

A zero exchange recirculation system is making waves in international seafood trade, allowing high value live product to be distributed between distant markets.

Norway seeking tighter measures for escaped farmed fish

Traceability and escape prevention are being put higher on the government's agenda.

infektive copepoditter.

WWF Norway: Salmon industry lost control over sea lice issue

Green group urges for government intervention to tackle sea lice issue in Norway.

User

Latest Edition December 2013 Click here to read