Innovation & Investment
Urban shrimp farming concept named one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2022
Time has recognized Atarraya’s Shrimpbox, a “plug and play” technology for urban shrimp farming, as one of the best inventions of the year.
Intelligence
Land-based salmon aquaculture facility proposed for British Columbia
Taste of BC Aquafarms is seeking approval to build a salmon aquaculture facility that uses a land-based recirculatory aquaculture system.
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.
Health & Welfare
Assessing bactericidal activity of peracetic acid to selected fish pathogens in RAS water
RAS producers should know about the effectiveness of peracetic acid in reducing populations of specific bacterial pathogens.
Intelligence
Kingfish Maine wins crucial vote as town rejects aquaculture moratorium
Kingfish Maine has received the Jonesport community support it needed to proceed with its application for a land-based aquaculture facility.
Responsibility
Can Salicornia effectively treat aquaculture effluent?
Trial demonstrates that artificial wetlands of Salicornia neei can be used for wastewater treatment in saline aquaculture in South America.
Health & Welfare
Differing water salinities can shift bacterial composition in RAS shrimp production
Water salinity greatly influences the bacterial composition of shrimp farms, with some shifts in Vibrio populations increasing the risk for disease.
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
‘Microbiome management’ gives RAS operator a foothold against off-flavor-causing geosmin
RAS operator puts proactive “microbiome management” approach in play to eliminate off-flavors and finds good results in lowering geosmin levels.
Health & Welfare
Cuantificando la contribución de la productividad natural en los sistemas de biofloc al crecimiento del camarón
Las algas y otros agregados biológicos, o la "productividad natural" en los sistemas de biofloc para cría de camarón, pueden contribuir en gran medida a la eficiencia de la alimentación acuícola.
Health & Welfare
Quantifying the contribution of natural productivity in biofloc systems to shrimp growth
Algae and other biological aggregates, or the “natural productivity” in shrimp biofloc rearing systems, can contribute greatly to aquafeed efficiency.
Health & Welfare
Assessing the effect of photoperiod manipulation on Atlantic salmon growth, smoltification and sexual maturation
Evaluation of photoperiod influence on salmon smolts suggests that an artificial winter signal would benefit RAS post-smolt production.
Aquafeeds
TCFFI, Cargill partner to develop better feeds for RAS salmon
Land-based aquaculture research center partners with animal feeds giant to develop optimal feeds for Atlantic salmon raised in recirculating aquaculture systems.
Innovation & Investment
Hydrogen sulfide detector wins innovation award at Aqua Nor
Norwegian company SeaRAS was named the winner of the Nor-Fishing Foundation’s Innovation Award this week at the annual AquaNor conference.
Intelligence
American Unagi breaks ground on land-based eel farm in Maine
Eel producer American Unagi has broken ground on a 27,000-square-foot recirculating aquaculture system near the coast of Maine.
Innovation & Investment
Disruptive technologies for aquaculture, part 1
Increasing integration of various disruptive technologies into aquaculture practices will improve productivity and sustainability.