Hawaiian producer of shrimp broodstock re-enters Chinese market in wake of...
Molokai Sea Farms expects to sell 6,000 to 7,000 pairs of SPF shrimp broodstock to China in 2014
View ArticleEgg Disinfection & Other Treatments – A fish hatchery primer
Clean water, sufficient dissolved oxygen, and elimination of disease agents are paramount for successful hatchery operation.
View ArticleFarming wild salmon
Namdal Settefisk AS, based at Fosslandsosen in Namsos, has applied for two of the “green licenses” that are likely to be awarded in Norway this year. Rearing Atlantic salmon from wild-caught broodstock...
View ArticleRent-A-Hatchery
In Vietnam small-scale hatchery operators can rent one or two rearing tanks from a building owner to produce small numbers of fry or PL shrimp over relatively short periods of time. It’s simple,...
View ArticleTechnology: Lights, Tank, Action
Halibut P.E.I., a Canadian company based in Prince Edward Island, recently completed projects examining the impact of different lighting regimes, feed types and tank design on halibut. The results are...
View ArticleBig land-based sturgeon unit opens in Abu Dhabi
Emirates AquaTech is projecting an annual production of 35 metric tonnes of caviar and 700 tonnes of sturgeon in its new land-based recirc facility that covers around 56,000 square metres.
View ArticleNew hatchery for Australian barramundi
MainStream Aquaculture has opened a state-of-the-art barramundi hatchery in Melbourne, Australia. The 500m2 facility has been designed to spawn barramundi year-round and is capable of producing 35...
View ArticleAlaskan company commercializes fog incubation
Redd Zone and ARED, INC. of Alaska have developed a simple, elegant system for providing the clean, temperature accurate, oxygenated water required for developing fish eggs — fog incubation.
View ArticleAlltech's natural technologies
Alltech has the technology to formulate a complete larvae feed and is progressing with field research to provide complete solutions for the hatchery. Alltech also has a range of quality natural...
View ArticleFrom hatch to harvest with Ridley Feed's O.range
O.range produced by INVE's Aquaculture is a complete feed line offering different sizes and formulation. It represents a nutritional strategy consisting of 3 nutritional blocks (small, large and extra...
View ArticleEWOS Micro and EWOS Brood
EWOS Micro, a freshwater feed for salmonids, and EWOS Brood, feed for salmon and brood stock, are manufactured sustainably under stringent control of various international standards such as BAP, Global...
View ArticleInsta-Pro feed extruder ideal for small to medium-sized producers
The new Insta-Pro MS3000 Medium Shear Extruder is designed for durability, product flexibility, ease of operation, enhanced output, and with the quality of the final product in mind. Feed (2.5, 3.5,...
View ArticleOri-One by Skretting simplifies rotifer production
Skretting introduces ORI-ONE which has been developed to simplify the rotifer production process by true bio-mimicry. By utilizing a slow uptake during the culture period, rotifers remain in optimal...
View ArticleCanadian approval of GM salmon eggs under fire
AquaBounty maintains that the filing of a lawsuit challenging Environment Canada's decision is nothing more than an attempt to delay a process that has already taken 20 years.
View ArticleGov’t trout breeders step-up production in India
Supply and demand – the fisheries department in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir is stepping up the breeding of trout in response to a growing demand for the fish.
View ArticleResearchers test kelp as a biological filter
SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture in Norway is participating in a project which aims to examine the use of sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) as a potential biological filter in cleansing hatchery...
View ArticleNew lobster hatchery could help revitalize Irish fishery
A grant from the UK-wide Coastal Communities Fund is intended to boost the fisheries around Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland.
View ArticleStudies indicate how to delay early maturation in salmon
In Norway, studies of 3-cm-long medakas (also known as Japanese rice fish) are generating new insight into how to delay the onset of puberty in farmed salmon.
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