Chinese Haid Group subsidiary started the construction of a $20-million feed mill with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam.
At their 19th annual meeting, both organizations decided to strengthen their collaboration on critical issues to ensure safe, nutritious and sustainable feed and food.
The Aquaponics Association released a sign-on statement to express its view against a lawsuit that is attempting to strip organic eligibility from hydroponics and other container-based agriculture.
Philippine researchers at SEAFDEC/AQD are testing green “spaghetti algae,” Chaetomorpha linum, in fish and shrimp feeds as part of a broader move to reduce the cost of aquafeeds.
The company has shared the concept with several seafood industry bodies that will combine their collective expertise and resources to design a marketing and media strategy.
Turkish BioMar’s joint venture, BioMar-Sagun, appointed Yasemin İşsever as new managing director to lead the business in the country.
The company opened a new extrusion line at its Ecuadorian facility that will bring the factory close to 200,000 tons of total production capacity and introduced a new high-end shrimp diet.
UK-based Rothamsted Research signed a collaboration agreement with Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. to support Rothamsted’s flagship program to develop omega-3 oils in Camelina sativa.
BioMar’s joint venture with Tongwei in Wuxi, China has received the first Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP) certification in China with trout and turbot as declared species.
Existing feed mill operators who currently manufacture diets for terrestrial animals have expressed some interest in expanding their businesses to include a line for producing aquafeeds to support the development of aquaculture in the region.
The diet, that showed 58% higher weight gain percentages and a higher amount of DHA in tilapia filets than those fed on conventional feeds, will be tested in rainbow trout.
According to experts, a collaborative approach with the agriculture sector – specifically around plant biotechnology – is key to the sustainability of aquaculture.
The new facility, called The Bubble, will enable Skretting ARC scientists to not only observe biological changes in aquaculture species but also understand the mechanisms behind.
The Peruvian Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) announced that the second anchovy fishing season will start on November 12.
According to the IFFO’s analysis of marine ingredient market trends for January-September 2020, marine ingredients performance was in line with the average of the previous five years.
It is the first Fishery Improvement Project accepted into the Improvement Project as part of the multispecies pilot project.
The group continues to deliver solid financial results with an 8% increase in volume sold and a 4% increase in revenue compared to Q3 last year.
The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) elected Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos as the new president of the federation for the next three years.
Mowi achieved an operational EBIT of €80 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared with €148 million in the corresponding quarter of 2019.
The Alehoop project will demonstrate the feasibility of recovering low-cost dietary proteins from algae-based and plant residual biomass sources using biorefineries.
