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
Meal is the real deal
RedMeal is a whole Haematococcus pluvialis meal rich in Astaxanthin and is a great source of energy, proteins, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, nucleotides, and minerals. It provides pigmentation plus […] Continue Reading
Deadly new virus threatening Chinese shrimp farms
A DEADLY new virus is re-emerging in China, the first country hit by Covid 19 – but this time it is threatening to decimate many of the country’s shrimp farms. […] Continue Reading
Plans to create new Qatar shrimp farm revealed
QATAR has unveiled a plan to build a shrimp farm that could eventually become one of the largest in the world, with the multi-million dollar contract going to Texas based […] Continue Reading