Seafarms’ shrimp farm project shelved
Plans to build the world’s largest shrimp farm in Australia’s Northern Territory have been put on hold. Seafarms unveiled Project Sea Dragon more than four years ago and last summer […] Continue Reading
Funding deal for chain of French shrimp farms
Plans for a new land-based shrimp farm in France have taken a big step forward after the company behind the project announced it has secured almost €5m (£4.2m) in funding. […] Continue Reading
Adisseo online seminar returns for second event
“Blue is the new green”: interior designers might not agree, but that is the theme of an online seminar being hosted by feed additives group Adisseo, on Tuesday 23 November. […] Continue Reading
UK prawn farmer goes into administration
Great British Prawns, the UK’s first producer of sustainable land based and clean water prawns, has gone into administration. The pioneering company has blamed a fall in demand caused by […] Continue Reading
OTAQ takes a bigger stake in Minnowtech
Marine technology group OTAQ has increased its equity share in Minnowtech, a US-based company that has developed an imaging tool to count farmed shrimp. OTAQ has opted to concert its […] Continue Reading
Skretting plans shrimp feed research centre in Ecuador
Multinational feed group Skretting is investing $6.1m (£4.3m) in a new shrimp research facility in Ecuador to complement the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) network. The Skretting ARC Guayas Research […] Continue Reading
BioMar takes majority stake in shrimp feed business
International aquafeed group BioMar has taken a controlling share of a leading Vietnamese shrimp feed business. The move gives BioMar increased access to one of the big shrimp producing economies. […] Continue Reading
Benchmark raises capital to fund shrimp investment
Aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business Benchmark is issuing new shares to raise capital for its shrimp breeding programme. The issue, of 536,272 ordinary shares of 0.1p each, is expected […] Continue Reading
Innovation award for University of Stirling researcher
University of Stirling postdoctoral researcher Simão Zacarias has been named as the winner of the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Innovation Award for 2020. Zacarias edged out two other finalists — Pablo […] Continue Reading