Cooke Inc. acquired the Skretting's fish feed mill in Invergordon, Scotland, establishing the Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited. The acquisition follows the Skretting’s announcement in November 2018 to cease manufacturing activities in the UK.
The New Zealand government unveiled an ambitious aquaculture plan over the next seven years to become a $3 billion industry by 2035.
A new project involving the University of Stirling and the Denis Brinicombe Group aims at helping combat resistance to existing salmon delousing treatments and discovering how novel feed ingredients can substantially improve aquatic animal health and reduce dependence upon medicinal and other non-medicinal treatments.
Cefas and the University of Exeter scientists present a novel concept that acknowledges that all organisms are in fact complex communities of viruses, microbes and other small organisms (e.g. parasites) that can interact to affect health or disease status at any given time.
Study finds that the existing feeds meet the nutritional needs of juvenile yellowtail kingfish to produce choline, putting the industry on a strong sustainability footing.
The co-founder of The Kampachi Company, Neil Anthony Sims, has stepped back from active involvement with the King Kampachi producer to focus on next generation, “over-the-horizon” technologies at the research facility in Kona, Hawaii
The purpose of FEED-X is to remove the barriers to sustainably fed, affordable food by 2030 through fast-tracking the scaling up of sustainable innovations in the sector. Finalists will be presenting their innovations to a diverse panel of judges; the finalists will be announced during an awards ceremony the same day.During the next phase, the finalists will have the opportunity to test their products or innovations with lead partner Skretting, through the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre.
New technology offers the aquaculture industry a way to turn a profit from fish sludge and uneaten fish food – while getting rid of their waste in a sustainable way.
CP Foods’ received a total of 20 outstanding awards for Safety, Occupational Health and Work Environment from Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labour. The national awards are given annually to workplaces with exceptional safety performance as well as having clear and proactive measures to prevent accident in operations.
Scottish Sea Farms is leading a second applied research project on increasing understanding of gill health in farmed salmon with BioMar, the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).
Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University has established an aquafeed extrusion mill at Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu, to produce cost effective local feeds for tilapia and pangasius and State Referral Laboratory for Fish Feed Testing and Quality Certification.
Recent devastating fires in the Amazon raise concerns for the use of Brazilian sourced soy in aquafeeds
Development of marine aquaculture in Denmark has been dealt a blow by the Danish Government. In an announcement this week, Environment Minister, Lea Wermelin said that to protect the environment, there would be no new marine fish farms or expansion to existing ones.
The Future of Fish Feed (F3) third contest—F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition—is now open to companies that produce and sell “fish-free” feed for farm-raised carnivorous species. The sales contest will award $35K prizes for salmonids, shrimp, other carnivorous species
