A collection of Canadian environmental groups in has called upon a court to decide if the federal government violated its own law by permitting the manufacture of genetically modified salmon in the country.
The groups say the approval is illegal because it failed to assess whether genetically modified salmon could become invasive, potentially putting ecosystems and species such as wild salmon at risk, reports online newspaper The Vancouver Observer.
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Norweigan manufacturing firm AKVA Group has entered into an agreement with Egersund Group (also of Norway), to acquire 100 percent of the shares in the aquaculture farming services company YesMaritime for a price of NOK17.5 million, reuters reported today.
Established in 1985, YesMaritime has developed in to one of Norway's largest aquaculture farming services.
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Merrill High School, Wisconsin, USA is piloting a program to raise fish in a bid increase knowledge of the opportunities available in aquaculture.
The project - known as "Perch in the Classroom"- was established with the help of Genoa National Fish Hatchery (GNFH). GNFH was looking to build on the success of its "Sturgeon in the Classroom" project currently focused on middle school students, while creating a program geared toward high school students.
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