Scottish Sea Farms reports significant reduction of seal killings in H1
The company invested $5.7 million in anti-predator netting equipment.Aquaculture intrafish.com 19 Jul 12:25 GMT
Vietnam's Quoc Viet gets new president
Exec has been with the company for more than 13 years.Aquaculture intrafish.com 19 Jul 08:14 GMT
Mowi acquires Norwegian salmon farmer
The transaction will cost the company $92.5 million.Aquaculture intrafish.com 19 Jul 05:25 GMT
Nova Sea awarded four development permits for offshore farming project
Now the company can invest NOK 415 million in Spidercage.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 17:27 GMT
ASC, SeaChoice butt heads over updated salmon sea lice standard
The two disagree about an amendment made by the ASC on July 11 regarding the use of the parasiticide treatment index (PTI) for the management of sea lice.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 14:50 GMT
Thai Union testing new program to address limitations of third-party sustainability certifications
The proposed approach involves a closer working relationship with local governments in order to allow for scale within a region.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 13:55 GMT
Nueva Pescanova hits new octopus farming milestone
The company estimates it can start commercializing farmed octopus in 2023.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 11:03 GMT
Minh Phu launches initiative to transform 20,000 small-scale fisheries
Minh Phu will be utilizing an approach called The Partnership Assurance Model.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 09:16 GMT
AquaChile wins government's inclusive employment award
One of the company's hatcheries was recognized for promoting a cultural shift in employment.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 08:18 GMT
Chile's environmental authority takes pre-procedural measures against Nova Austral
The provisional measures are based on irregularities on the seabed at one of the company's sites 'confirmed' by Sernapesca.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 07:52 GMT
Tasmania's salmon farmers on new Patagonia film: No communication, and 'no reference to the facts'
The film centers in on defense of a surf break in Tasmania's north, where no plans have been made to set up farms, producers tell IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 18 Jul 03:51 GMT
Greek seabream, seabass farmer Selonda gets ASC certification
ASC launched its seabream, seabass standard in March this year.Aquaculture intrafish.com 17 Jul 14:57 GMT
Regal Springs CEO stepping down
Company experienced double-digit growth under executive's leadership; search for new CEO begins.Aquaculture intrafish.com 17 Jul 13:48 GMT
Australia's Clean Seas earns ASC certification
The kingfish producer claims to farm the best raw fish in the world.Aquaculture intrafish.com 17 Jul 07:59 GMT
Swiss seafood investors: 'We like to go where there is blood on the street'
Along the entire value chain the seafood industry has a lot to offer investors, fund CEO tells IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 17 Jul 04:09 GMT
Pure Salmon building Africa's first land-based salmon farm
The 20,000-metric ton facility will be located in Lesotho, southern Africa.Aquaculture intrafish.com 16 Jul 11:29 GMT
India battles illegal barramundi seed imports
Barramundi is fast becoming an alternative to shrimp, which has suffered from recent disease issues in the country.Aquaculture intrafish.com 16 Jul 07:57 GMT
Execs say alternative feeds are still far from commercial success
Scalability and cost efficiencies at large-scale get in the way of industrial success for alternative ingredients, execs say.Aquaculture intrafish.com 16 Jul 04:07 GMT
Sernapesca suspends antibiotic-free certifications in Magallanes
The authority is revising the program following irregularities committed by Nova Austral.Aquaculture intrafish.com 15 Jul 12:58 GMT
Mowi's strong Q2 results led by significant harvest increases
Scottish and Irish earnings rocketed while Canada and the Faroes fell.Aquaculture intrafish.com 15 Jul 08:06 GMT
New Patagonia film attacks Tasmanian salmon farming
"Everything underneath those pens is dying, is suffocating."Aquaculture intrafish.com 15 Jul 07:54 GMT
Billund sees growing demand for RAS in Norway
Billund Aquaculture had a slow start to its efforts in the home of the world's largest farmed salmon production, but things have ramped up for the company.Aquaculture intrafish.com 15 Jul 06:28 GMT
The Indian state setting a high bar for shrimp production
Industry veteran, who helped put the state of Gujarat on the shrimp farming map, has come up with a reduced risk, increased production system for shrimp in the country.Aquaculture intrafish.com 15 Jul 06:17 GMT
Sernapesca calls for 30-day suspension of Nova Austral salmon site
In addition, the regulator said the lawsuits filed against the company could result in a four-year suspension of the sites involved in misreporting.Aquaculture intrafish.com 12 Jul 08:05 GMT
Multiexport Foods names new farming manager
The new executive replaces outgoing Pedro Courard, who is joining Cermaq Chile as production director.Aquaculture intrafish.com 12 Jul 07:52 GMT
Semi-floating $58 million salmon farm gets go ahead
Aqua Semi floating aquaculture platforms are based on the same principle as semi-submersible drilling rigs with a closed roof construction.Aquaculture intrafish.com 12 Jul 05:18 GMT
EU-funded initiative works to break down barriers to multi-trophic aquaculture
Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture operates on an industrial scale in Asia, but the INTEGRATE project is the first coordinated attempt to scale up in Europe.Aquaculture intrafish.com 12 Jul 05:17 GMT
Execs see alternative feeds gaining momentum, but do consumers care?
The product is scaling, but consumer awareness and demand are the drivers, Rabobank analyst and Veramaris exec tell IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 12 Jul 05:15 GMT
Zoneco directors hit with fines and market bans for suspected fraud
China's Securities Regulation Commission has launched an investigation into the Shanghai-listed company.Aquaculture intrafish.com 12 Jul 04:59 GMT
Cooke in talks with Washington state to farm rainbow trout
The state on Thursday ordered stricter monitoring of remaining Atlantic salmon farms.Aquaculture intrafish.com 11 Jul 21:35 GMT
Whole Oceans' holding company, Kuterra looking to restructure deal
A potential deal announced in June is in jeopardy, but talks are ongoing between the land-based salmon operations.Aquaculture intrafish.com 11 Jul 15:01 GMT
Benchmark touts breakthrough in tilapia disease resistance
The company recently reported that it will exit or divest several business areas that are not delivering an expected return on investment over the next few years.Aquaculture intrafish.com 11 Jul 08:46 GMT
Veramaris opens $200 million algal oil factory in Nebraska
Veramaris has begun commercial-scale deliveries of its omega-3 rich algal oil.Aquaculture intrafish.com 10 Jul 12:27 GMT
Norwegian ministry reduces sea lice limit on green licenses
Green licenses came into action in 2013 to mitigate environmental risks from fish escapes and sea lice spreading.Aquaculture intrafish.com 10 Jul 04:58 GMT
As Chinese consumers embrace sustainable seafood, aquaculture producers follow suit
Over the past two years, three new standards for species classifications have been released, the result in part of growing awareness of sustainable seafood in China in particular.Aquaculture intrafish.com 10 Jul 04:56 GMT
Mowi Scotland to relocate inshore farms
The company has come under pressure from wild salmon conservationists.Aquaculture intrafish.com 09 Jul 07:46 GMT
Benchmark CFO steps down
The move comes after significant restructure and investment for the group.Aquaculture intrafish.com 09 Jul 06:24 GMT
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland reports stable profit
The salmon farm was acquired by Cooke Seafood in 2014.Aquaculture intrafish.com 09 Jul 04:48 GMT
Russian Aquaculture's farmed salmon harvests top 10,000 tons
Total harvests for the period exceeded 17,000 metric tons.Aquaculture intrafish.com 09 Jul 04:43 GMT
Mowi's Kyleakin site kicks off fish feed deliveries
The fish feed facility is now fully-staffed.Aquaculture intrafish.com 08 Jul 08:09 GMT
Huon Aquaculture grows 'biggest' smolt on land in southern hemisphere
Salmon smolts grown at the firm's Whale Point nursery reached 1 kilogram before sea transfer.Aquaculture intrafish.com 08 Jul 07:55 GMT
Kingfish Zeeland proceeds cautiously with Maine RAS site selection
It's important for Kingfish Zeeland to find a Maine community that embraces its relatively new business model.Aquaculture intrafish.com 08 Jul 04:36 GMT
Investors could spark big growth in France land-based fish farming sector
Prospective land-based projects in the suburbs of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Nantes are seen as a way around the shortage of offshore aquaculture sites in France.Aquaculture intrafish.com 08 Jul 04:35 GMT
Seafood Watch standing by Nova Austral's 'Good Alternative' rating
Group will maintain the current recommendation for Nova Austral until the investigation is concluded.Aquaculture intrafish.com 05 Jul 16:58 GMT
Cermaq Chile hires Multiexport exec as production manager
The new production director will join Cermaq Aug. 19.Aquaculture intrafish.com 05 Jul 15:59 GMT
Authorities temporarily suspend Nova Austral's antibiotic-free certification
The company is under investigation for allegedly misreporting mortalities.Aquaculture intrafish.com 05 Jul 12:04 GMT
Leroy takes hit on both salmon and whitefish in Q2
Only the company's Sjotroll sites saw a harvest increase.Aquaculture intrafish.com 05 Jul 06:34 GMT
Nova Austral opens internal investigation over fraud allegations
The company also says that claims relating to its antibiotic use are unsubstantiated.Aquaculture intrafish.com 05 Jul 04:39 GMT
Mowi forced to harvest ISA-infected salmon site
Authorities confirmed the outbreak on July 2.Aquaculture intrafish.com 04 Jul 10:24 GMT
Norwegian seafood exports just keep on rising
Salmon is, of course, a key driver.Aquaculture intrafish.com 04 Jul 08:16 GMT
SalMar's Q2 harvests show sharp upturn
The company's owner snapped a stake in aquaculture tech firm Benchmark.Aquaculture intrafish.com 04 Jul 08:05 GMT
Chinese land-based salmon farm hits financial roadblock
Nordic Aqua Partners still has no money in place for its plans for a land-based facility outside Ningbo, a town slightly south of Shanghai.Aquaculture intrafish.com 04 Jul 07:48 GMT
The secret lives of sea lice
You have read plenty about sea lice, but do you truly know what they are and what they do to salmon?Aquaculture intrafish.com 03 Jul 21:17 GMT
Cooke, Kefalonia named as front-runners for Nireus, Selonda assets
The companies are offloading part of their production capacity prior to their acquisition by investment funds Amerra and Mubadala.Aquaculture intrafish.com 03 Jul 12:58 GMT
Scientists investigate whitespot mortalities in India's big shrimp region
Authorities are recommending a period of fallowing.Aquaculture intrafish.com 03 Jul 07:55 GMT
New England joins low-trophic aquaculture research project
The Norwegian aquaculture research institute Nofima kicked off the $9 million project in June.Aquaculture intrafish.com 03 Jul 07:29 GMT
Cargill plans commercial scale insect-based feed by 2020
With the insect industry at an 'inflection point,' Cargill says it's producing as much insect based feed as it can at the moment, including via a partnership with Leroy, top sourcing exec tells IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 03 Jul 04:48 GMT
Norway considering new tax hike on aquaculture businesses
A new 'resource-rent' tax being considered could potentially more than double a company's corporate tax rate.Aquaculture intrafish.com 03 Jul 04:48 GMT
Company eyeing former East Coast Seafood lobster facility for land-based project
Deaderick SSB, a Delaware-based limited liability company, is interested in purchasing East Coast Seafood's shuttered Garbo lobster facility in Groton, Connecticut. According to local news site The Day, a legal document shows "the proposed facility will utilize large tanks within the existing building, within which various fish species will be grown in a sustainable manner." The description contiAquaculture intrafish.com 02 Jul 12:44 GMT
Mowi-backed sea lice solution nears commercial release
The integrated technology tackles sea lice, salmon growth issues, CEO tells IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 02 Jul 12:07 GMT
Investigation of Nova Austral fraud allegations moves forward
The Chilean salmon company has been accused of misreporting mortalities.Aquaculture intrafish.com 02 Jul 08:12 GMT
Bakkafrost harvest volumes as expected in Q2
The company harvested 13,700 metric tons in the first quarter.Aquaculture intrafish.com 02 Jul 07:58 GMT
Chilean firm building yellowtail amberjack farm
The plan is to install 14 cages in Coquimbo.Aquaculture intrafish.com 02 Jul 07:47 GMT
Finance rules for Brazil aquaculture eased
Producers will not be sad to see the end of bureaucratic requirements placed on the aquaculture sector that held back financing.Aquaculture intrafish.com 02 Jul 05:44 GMT
BC salmon farmers welcome further sea lice scrutiny from government
By 2020 the Canadian government will have the appropriate enforcement tools to respond quickly if sea lice enforcement plans are not followed or are not successful. While not giving specifics on its sea lice enforcement, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said this month that British Columbia salmon farms will be managed using an area-based approach to aquaculture management it inAquaculture intrafish.com 01 Jul 16:03 GMT
UK trout producer reports thousands of escapes
Approximately 33,000 trout escaped from Scottish farmer and producers Dawnfresh from its farm into Loch Etive due to a tear in the pen's netting, The Oban Times reported. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) investigated the issue immediately after the company discovered the escapes on June 15, and the net was fixed to avert any additional risks, Dawnfresh Farming Director Alison Hutchins said. CAquaculture intrafish.com 01 Jul 15:01 GMT
Vietnam signs EU free trade agreement
Vietnamese exports will rise on the back of the free trade agreement.Aquaculture intrafish.com 01 Jul 07:55 GMT
Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation seeks new chair
The SSPO represents the major salmon farmers in mainland Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles.Aquaculture intrafish.com 01 Jul 07:53 GMT
ASC on Nova Austral allegations: 'We do not tolerate fraud'
The Chilean salmon producer is at risk of losing its green tick.Aquaculture intrafish.com 01 Jul 02:57 GMT
Nova Austral hits back at fraud allegations
Company is currently under investigation for allegations leveled by a Chilean press outlet.Aquaculture intrafish.com 28 Jun 19:44 GMT
CP Vietnam targets full IFFO RS fishmeal certification by 2020
The company pledged to certified its entire fishmeal production by 2020.Aquaculture intrafish.com 28 Jun 14:32 GMT
Chilean authorities open investigation into Nova Austral's alleged misreporting
The top fisheries and aquaculture regulator vows to 'take all the adequate legal actions' if allegations of under-reporting losses are found true.Aquaculture intrafish.com 28 Jun 12:15 GMT
Morenot Aquaculture names new CEO
Exec brings extensive experience in international management and sales.Aquaculture intrafish.com 27 Jun 12:25 GMT
Pharmaq Fishteq appoints new GM
The executive has experience in international biotechnology companies.Aquaculture intrafish.com 27 Jun 08:12 GMT
PE-backed Turkish bass and bream producer cautious with growth plans
Amid low prices and consolidation, the company sees a pathway to expansion -- but timing is everything, CEO tells IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 27 Jun 02:11 GMT
Troutlodge hires former Mowi Canada executive
The US-based company took up several sales specialists recentlyAquaculture intrafish.com 26 Jun 18:09 GMT
Chile smolt releases down a third in May
ABG Sundal Collier highlights the drop.Aquaculture intrafish.com 26 Jun 08:12 GMT
Turkish group hopes to kick start shrimp farming with help from CP Foods' broodstock
Several producers tried and failed with Turkish shrimp production in the past -- will it finally pick up?Aquaculture intrafish.com 26 Jun 04:03 GMT
Benchmark to divest several non-core business areas
Company identified a number of areas not delivering an expected return on investment, the CEO tells IntraFish.Aquaculture intrafish.com 26 Jun 03:59 GMT
Research finds fewer lice on Norwegian wild salmon in key farming region
The surveillance program is carried out by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 23:00 GMT
US land-based shrimp firm hits another road block
Tru Shrimp delays plans to kick off farm construction again.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 16:01 GMT
AquaChile's Magallanes farm gets BAP certified
This is the first one of AquaChile’s sites in Magallanes to obtain the certification.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 12:52 GMT
Birds Eye, Iglo parent expands aquaculture footprint with a focus on sustainability
With most of its supply being wild-caught, Nomad Foods now targets 'transformative' shift toward sustainable aquaculture products.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 10:00 GMT
Norway's salmon biomass holds steady despite deadly algal bloom
Norway's total aquaculture production remains the same, despite the algal bloom last month.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 09:00 GMT
New US land-based salmon farmer ready to deliver its first fish
Company's backers include former head Safeway seafood buyer and other retail execs.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 05:12 GMT
Singapore aquaculture innovation center seeks partnerships
The innovation center paves the way for aquaculture in the Asian country.Aquaculture intrafish.com 25 Jun 00:00 GMT
Cargill, InnovaFeed betting on insect feed
More giants are trying out insect protein in their feed diets.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 16:51 GMT
Kontali: Algae losses offset by strong growth
Total loss of biomass has been confirmed at between 13,000 and 14,000 metric tons.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 12:30 GMT
Cermaq granted permission to move site
The facility in Tuvan is at risk of avalanche.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 12:28 GMT
Disease mortality falls sharply in Chilean farmed salmon sector
However, sea lice control challenges continue.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 08:04 GMT
Scallop harvests boost Peru aquaculture
Scallop crops were significantly damaged in 2017.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 08:00 GMT
Tassal closing in on plastic recycling goals
The vast majority of 300 million metric tons of plastic produced annually worldwide is not recycled.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 07:50 GMT
RAS tilapia, catfish producer says it will be Sweden's biggest fish exporter
The two university buddies behind the ambitious project are on a mission to sit atop the seafood heap in the Scandinavian country.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 06:31 GMT
Algal bloom disaster prompts new interest in warning system
Norwegian researchers have taken an eight year old project back out of the drawer.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 04:49 GMT
Hendrix partners with US start-up improve research on trout feed conversion
The startup backed by Dutch breeding company.Aquaculture intrafish.com 24 Jun 03:42 GMT
Norway aims to halve fishing, aquaculture emissions by 2030
Fishing and shipping are two of the small country's largest industries.Aquaculture intrafish.com 21 Jun 08:21 GMT
NZ King Salmon 2020 earnings guidance falls to bottom end of range
Warmer waters are plaguing the producer.Aquaculture intrafish.com 21 Jun 08:09 GMT
Scottish Salmon Company CEO nabs leadership award
CEO Craig Anderson recognized for efforts to grow revenues, earnings.Aquaculture intrafish.com 21 Jun 07:38 GMT
VIDEO: See the moment this Norwegian processing plant is slammed by landslide
Geologists are still assessing damages.Aquaculture intrafish.com 21 Jun 07:34 GMT
Nova Austral to relocate farms out of Patagonia national park
Chilean group will spend upwards of $80 million on the project.Aquaculture intrafish.com 20 Jun 23:39 GMT