Health & Welfare
Archer Daniels Midland opens Aquaculture Innovation Lab in Illinois
Archer Daniels Midland has opened its Aquaculture Innovation Lab at the Animal Nutrition Technology Center in Decatur, Ill., USA.
Responsibility
Study: COVID-19 disrupted fish farming, but not as much as climate change
According to a new global study of fish farms, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been as damaging as climate change.
Aquafeeds
International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium may launch this year
Experts in artemia research are planning to launch an International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium later in 2022.
Health & Welfare
University of Waterloo opens research facility to study effects of climate change on fish stress
The University of Waterloo has opened a new research facility to study the effects of climate change on fish stress.
Intelligence
B.C. shellfish growers tap BlueTrace to help them comply with new regulations
BCSGA is partnering with traceability and food safety company BlueTrace to help track its supplies of oysters, clams, mussels, scallops and geoducks.
Responsibility
Study: 2021 breaks record for hottest ocean temperature
New research shows the ocean temperature in 2021 was the hottest ever recorded by humans, and the effects of ocean warming are "far-reaching."
Health & Welfare
Industry collaboration looks to develop Tenacibaculum vaccines for salmon
Benchmark Animal Health and Cermaq are developing vaccines for Tenacibaculum bacteria, thanks to a grant from the Research Council of Norway.
Responsibility
Undervalued and invasive species hold value for products consumers want, say researchers
BlueCC is developing ways to use undervalued and invasive species to manufacture consumer products like cosmetics and dietary supplements.
Intelligence
Blue Aqua to develop Singapore’s first high-tech trout farm
Using a proprietary recirculating aquaculture system, Blue Aqua is developing Singapore’s first high-tech fish farm for producing rainbow trout.
Innovation & Investment
WorldFish and KYTOS to collaborate on aquaculture microbiome research project
WorldFish and KYTOS are partnering on aquaculture microbiome research, particularly for carp polyculture and tilapia farming systems.
Responsibility
Norwegian researchers addressing climate change-related stress
Nofima is developing a methodology to help aquaculture understand climate-change-related stress for species like cod, salmon and lumpfish.
Responsibility
Norway pledges $5 million for IFAD aquaculture projects in East Africa
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has committed $5 million to support IFAD aquaculture projects in East Africa.
Responsibility
‘Aquaculture could feed the world,’ concludes International Labour Organization
An International Labour Organization technical meeting affirmed that aquaculture has enormous potential to feed the world, but there are challenges to harnessing its full power.
Responsibility
AKVA group to construct world’s first aquaculture pen in recycled materials
In partnership with Plasto and Oceanize, the AKVA group will construct the world’s first aquaculture pen composed of recycled materials.
Intelligence
Innovasea helps secure grant to repurpose defunct Gulf of Mexico oil rig
U.S. offshore aquaculture technology company says a $100,000 federal grant will go toward repurposing a defunct oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
Responsibility
Prawn and shrimp farm industry ‘crucial to public health and prosperity’ in Bangladesh, study says
A new study indicates that the prawn and shrimp farm industry in Bangladesh offers local health, economic and environmental benefits.