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AN alternative feed ingredient containing algal oil has been fed to shrimp in a successful trial, conducted by Thai Union. The company, which also recently trialled the alternative Feedkind protein […] Continue Reading
PRINCE Charles learnt about welfare improvements on fish farms when Dundee based business Ace Aquatec paid a visit to Buckingham Palace yesterday. The aquaculture technology company won a prestigious Queen’s […] Continue Reading
SCHOOLCHILDREN in England are being taught about salmon farming in Scotland thanks to an initiative called ‘FaceTime a Farmer’. Pupils at Washingborough Academy in Lincolnshire were paired with Mowi Scotland […] Continue Reading
LOCAL communities will have more say in how the seabed and coastline is managed as changes to the Scottish Crown Estate come into force. Crown Estate Scotland launched the Local […] Continue Reading
THE Faroe Islands’ biggest salmon farmer, Bakkafrost, expects volume growth of 40 per cent over the next four years, CEO Regin Jacobsen said today. The increase of 22,000 tonnes, to […] Continue Reading
A KAMPACHI farm in Mexico has received Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, a world first for the species. The farm, 6km offshore in the Gulf of California, near La Paz, […] Continue Reading
INNOVATIVE anchoring technology could help the aquaculture industry site farms in new and bigger locations and support future growth in the sector. The new technology is being developed in Scotland […] Continue Reading
AQUACULTURE start-ups have a unique opportunity to meet investors at a special innovation forum being held during the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) conference in Berlin this autumn. The EAS brings […] Continue Reading
FEED giant Skretting today signed a deal with insect meal producer Protix that could see up to 5.5 million salmon servings a year with the alternative protein in the diet. […] Continue Reading
FOUR farms in Turkey and Greece have become the first in the world to be certified to the ASC’s new sea bass, sea bream, and meagre standard. Two farms operated […] Continue Reading
AN insect feed lobbying group has called on the UK government to support the growth of its sector, which it said could help narrow the global ‘protein gap’. The Insect […] Continue Reading
A FRENCH company producing insect meal as an alternative protein in fish diets has been given €20 million EU backing for a new factory. Ynsect, one of the early pioneers […] Continue Reading
SALMON fed with marine algal oil is now on sale in more than 100 stores in north-east France. The fish, farmed by Norwegian company Lingalaks, have been on a diet […] Continue Reading
ICELAND must improve its air transport links and copy the Scottish sector on products if it is to enable its growing farmed salmon exports to reach the right markets, a […] Continue Reading
SALMON boss Craig Anderson agreed to be interviewed for the latest issue of Fish Farmer, which is now available online. The CEO of the Scottish Salmon Company discusses plans for […] Continue Reading
AN alternative feed ingredient containing algal oil has been fed to shrimp in a successful trial, conducted by Thai Union. The company, which also recently trialled the alternative Feedkind protein […] Continue Reading
PRINCE Charles learnt about welfare improvements on fish farms when Dundee based business Ace Aquatec paid a visit to Buckingham Palace yesterday. The aquaculture technology company won a prestigious Queen’s […] Continue Reading
SCHOOLCHILDREN in England are being taught about salmon farming in Scotland thanks to an initiative called ‘FaceTime a Farmer’. Pupils at Washingborough Academy in Lincolnshire were paired with Mowi Scotland […] Continue Reading
LOCAL communities will have more say in how the seabed and coastline is managed as changes to the Scottish Crown Estate come into force. Crown Estate Scotland launched the Local […] Continue Reading
THE Faroe Islands’ biggest salmon farmer, Bakkafrost, expects volume growth of 40 per cent over the next four years, CEO Regin Jacobsen said today. The increase of 22,000 tonnes, to […] Continue Reading
A KAMPACHI farm in Mexico has received Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, a world first for the species. The farm, 6km offshore in the Gulf of California, near La Paz, […] Continue Reading
INNOVATIVE anchoring technology could help the aquaculture industry site farms in new and bigger locations and support future growth in the sector. The new technology is being developed in Scotland […] Continue Reading
AQUACULTURE start-ups have a unique opportunity to meet investors at a special innovation forum being held during the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) conference in Berlin this autumn. The EAS brings […] Continue Reading
FEED giant Skretting today signed a deal with insect meal producer Protix that could see up to 5.5 million salmon servings a year with the alternative protein in the diet. […] Continue Reading