Posts Tagged ‘breeding’
Spawn to be wild
Selective breeding means farmed cod are less likely to spawn multiple times, research from Nofima suggests After several attempts in the past, cod farming on a commercial scale is on the rise in Norway, helped no doubt by high prices and tight quotas for wild caught cod. Norwegian research institute Nofima has been carrying out…
Read MoreRecircle of Life
New frontier in global aquaculture requires a new approach to selective breeding One of my first experiences of working in the aquaculture industry was on a tilapia farm in Cambridgeshire, thousands of miles from anywhere a tilapia may normally call home. Those were the early days of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) – it was the…
Read MoreOva Delivery
Benchmark Genetics overcomes covid-19 challenges to egg supplies Despite the recent pandemic, nothing has prevented Benchmark Genetics in Icleand from continuing to deliver egg supplies to its clients. Since the import ban of salmon eggs from Norway to Scotland, Iceland has become the main source of salmon eggs to the region. However, the Covid-19 pandemic…
Read MoreScotland born and bred
Reliability at the core of AquaGen’s new investment The acquisition of the Holywood breeding centre in 2019 was a bold move for AquaGen Scotland, and one that gives the company a leading position in the Scottish market. Of particular benefit to customers, is the supply chain security offered by local production. Sales Manager Martin Haberfield…
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