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.
The company will globally introduce Vitalis PRIMA in the coming months, which incorporates the latest technology from ground-breaking dietary research plus commercial insights.
Bluefront Equity, a new private equity fund, was launched to invest in supplier companies that make the future seafood value chain more sustainable.
BioMar is one of ten collaborative partners to join the end-to-end value chain wide consortium in the React-First project that aims to convert carbon dioxide from industrial emissions into high-value proteins.
GrowSerio is the new feed solution for Seriola dumerili focused on growth, health and color.
The new CAT AQUA FeedTech Center will house a complete pilot-scale feed processing line including two feed extruders and a new nutrition analytical lab.
A virtual laboratory was developed by the EU project AQUAEXCEL2020 which can simulate experiments with fish and receive data on expected growth and water quality.
