03/08/2015: International Aquafeed July/August
The new edition of International Aquafeed magazine is now available online!
View Article04/08/2015: Everything you always wanted to know about fish farming but were...
The following is part of an article written by Amelia Urry that was published on Grist.orgAquaculture is booming: As of 2012, we produce more farmed fish than beef worldwide, some 66 million tons. And...
View Article04/08/2015: International Seabed Authority approves WOC Observer status
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) General Assembly on July 14, 2015 approved the World Ocean Council (WOC) as an official observer.Established by the Law of the Sea treaty, the ISA is the...
View Article04/08/2015: Aquaculture for healthy, plant and profit
by Roy Palmer, writing in IAF July-August 2015For World Aquaculture Society (WAS) events WA2015 Jeju, Korea from May 26-30th 2015 was an absorbing and noteworthy break from the norm. It was also...
View Article05/08/2015: Cleaner fish species Wrasse and Lumpfish in sea lice control
A salmon fish farm at Loch Fyne Aqualife, a family-owned business based in Stirling, has received UK£117,000 from the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) for a research project to develop new...
View Article05/08/2015: Mote growing sea veggies at Aquaculture Park
Kevan Main talks about the edible sea purslane grown by aquaponics in a greenhouse at the Mote Aquaculture Research Park in Sarasota, USA. The saltwater plants are fertilized by waste from the...
View Article05/08/2015: Seafood farmers support call for new Aquaculture Act
Photo courtesy of wholefoodsmarket.comCanada’s seafood farmers and the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance are supporting the unanimous recommendations by the Senate Standing Committee of Fisheries...
View Article05/08/2015: Warning wild salmon could be off the menu if netting ban goes ahead
Photo courtesy of heraldscotland.comWild salmon could be off the menu in restaurants and shops if ministers go ahead with proposed plans to ban coastal netting, it has been claimed. Scotland’s salmon...
View Article06/08/2015: Watching fish is good for your health
Photo credit: fischers/ShutterstockWatching fish and marine creatures going about their daily lives, swimming and meandering over their aquarium’s terrain, is oddly soothing and hypnotic. And,...
View Article06/08/2015: Ghanian Government to accelerate aquaculture development plan
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur – Vice-PresidentVice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has stated that government intends to accelerate the attainment objectives of the National Aquaculture Development Plan which is...
View Article07/08/2015: Secrets of the deep sea to be unveiled by robots
Photo at courtesy of sams.ac.ukRobots have been custom built by scientists from the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to explore the deepest parts of the ocean to discover...
View Article07/08/2015: Rice mills installed in Niger by Korean experts
Photo courtesy of commons.wikimedia.orgWith the help of 13 Korean experts and technicians, Bida, Niger has seen the arrival of rice mills to their complex and installations and testing are now...
View Article07/08/2015: Shetland salmon producer bought by Cooke Aquaculture
The influence of the Canadian company Cooke Aquaculture has expanded further in Scotland after the firm bought a salmon producer based in Shetland. Cooke has now acquired Thompson Bros Salmon Ltd,...
View Article10/08/2015: Namibia needs aquaculture
Photo courtesy of newera.com.naNamibia's Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernhard Esau, has said that aquaculture is a solution to the threat to food security that is climate change. These...
View ArticleBiomin - Mycoflix proven protection
Biomin is dedicated to finding innovative, trend-setting solutions that empower their customers to master existing and future challenges in animal nutrition – the natural way. The application of their...
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