Innovation & Investment
New York aquaculture startup LocalCoho snags multimillion-dollar investment
Land-based aquaculture startup LocalCoho has received new funding from two prominent seafood industry entrepreneurs.
Innovation & Investment
GFIA winner Cruz Foam secures $18 million in Series A funding
Circular materials company Cruz Foam, which makes alternatives to single-use plastics, secured $18 million in Series A funding, led by Helena.
Intelligence
Is $100 million enough to help Atlantic Canada’s seafood industry recover from Hurricane Fiona?
Hurricane Fiona damaged critical infrastructure and gear, leaving fishing and aquaculture operations in Atlantic Canada struggling to stay afloat.
Intelligence
U.S. agency announces 5-year aquaculture strategy
The NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan will guide the country's efforts to enhance the growth of sustainable aquaculture.
Innovation & Investment
Alaska Mariculture Cluster awarded grants to advance Alaska’s mariculture industry
The Alaska Mariculture Cluster has won nearly $49 million in grants to support Alaska's big-potential mariculture industry.
Aquafeeds
Can a diet that includes Antarctic krill improve sea bream larvae survival?
A new study suggests that sea bream larvae fed on a diet including Antarctic krill show increased survival rates and enhanced growth.
Responsibility
Study: Offshore mussel farms could benefit marine environment
A University of Plymouth study suggests that offshore aquaculture farms could potentially benefit the wider marine environment.
Innovation & Investment
NOAA helps fund the launch of harmful algal bloom control center
NOAA awarded $7.5 million to launch a technology incubator with a mandate to “advance innovative ways to control harmful algal blooms."
Innovation & Investment
GenoMar opens ‘state-of-the-art’ tilapia breeding and genetics center in Brazil
GenoMar has opened a tilapia breeding and genetics center that could help transform Brazil into an exporter of high-quality tilapia genetics.
Intelligence
Kingfish Company gets final OK from Maine town for RAS farm
Jonesport, Maine, approved a building permit application for The Kingfish Company's planned land-based aquaculture facility for yellowtail.
Fisheries
Panama pelagics fishery graduates from FIP to MarinTrust certification
In a first, a fishery and its associated fishmeal and fish oil production sites earn MarinTrust certification via its improver program.
Intelligence
Gishanda Fish Farm opens at Akagera National Park in Rwanda
Gishanda Fish Farm opened at Akagera National Park, introducing innovation and new skills to accelerate aquaculture development in Rwanda.
Responsibility
Ecuador commits to conversion-free shrimp farming
WWF-Ecuador and Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture have agreed to halt habitat conversion for shrimp farming in Ecuador.
Fisheries
U.S. working group announces strategy for combating IUU fishing
The U.S. Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing, composed of 21 federal agencies, released a wide-reaching national five-year strategy.
Aquafeeds
New Oregon fishmeal facility embraces circular economy by upcycling fish trimmings
Taking a circular economy approach, a new Scoular fishmeal processing facility will upcycle local fish trimmings into aquafeed.
Intelligence
Semi-closed salmon farm ‘of national significance’ meets resistance in Scotland
Scotland's National Park officials oppose the development of a semi-closed-containment salmon farm, despite its "national significance."