Breaking news, market research and analysis of the global aquaculture industry.
By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
04 March, 2010
Participants of the World Aquaculture Society’s Aquaculture 2010 address the challenges facing open-ocean aquaculture and the industry’s potential for growth.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
04 March, 2010
Retailers and foodservice operators are at the forefront of the sustainable seafood movement, but consumers are increasingly conscious of third-party-certified seafood products, says the University of Rhode Island professor Cathy Roheim.
Read full text »
(
1
)
By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
03 March, 2010
The question is the center of a recent debate involving European politicians, environmentalists and industry representatives.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
03 March, 2010
Cooke Aquaculture spokesperson Nell Halse talks about the challenges the farmed salmon company faces in familiarizing buyers and ultimately consumers with the Seafood Trust eco-label.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
03 March, 2010
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Peter Redmond emphasizes the need for farmed seafood certification at the World Aquaculture Society’s Aquaculture 2010 conference.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
03 March, 2010
Cooke Aquaculture spokesperson Nell Halse talks about the value of getting out ahead of the curve when it comes to eco-labeling.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
01 March, 2010
Draft standards developed through the Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue and Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue have been released for a 60-day public comment period.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
22 February, 2010
Farmed salmon is big business for Scotland and represents about 40 percent of total food exports, making it Scotland’s No. 1 food export.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Mercedes Grandin, SeafoodSource contributing editor
19 February, 2010
Dr. Mehmut Oz names barramundi as one of his “5 Superfoods We Must All Eat Now” but makes a few inaccurate statements about the fish.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
16 February, 2010
The appointment of Richard Prickett in a consultant capacity will enable the industry organization to build its knowledge of aquaculture.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
16 February, 2010
The program Food Tech documents the journey of a Harvest Select catfish from production to plate.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
12 February, 2010
Aquaculture expert Sebastian Belle addresses the challenges, prospects and necessity of expanding responsible fish farming in U.S. waters at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
11 February, 2010
Contessa Premium Foods is providing Compass Group and Foodbuy the first and only imported farmed shrimp recognized as sustainable by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
10 February, 2010
The world’s largest farmed salmon producer’s fourth-quarter operational EBIT jumps to NOK 569 million in 2009 from NOK 317 million in 2008.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
09 February, 2010
Indiana’s Bell Aquaculture is developing new farmed yellow perch products this year and expanding production early next year.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
08 February, 2010
Bar Harbor, Maine, start-up Acadia Aqua Farms harvests bottom-culture mussels, as opposed to raft-culture mussels, and processes them right on the boat.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
08 February, 2010
The Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network is one of 11 research networks developed to bring together academia, industry and government.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
02 February, 2010
The Bivalve Aquaculture Dialogue, which comprises clams, oysters, mussels and scallops, is due to finalize standards in the first quarter of 2010.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
01 February, 2010
Add Aldi to the list of retailers committed to the Best Aquaculture Practices program.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
28 January, 2010
Public comment on the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) pangasius standards is due by the end of March.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
28 January, 2010
The B.C. Salmon Farmer’s Association donates USD 3,000 to help deliver “ShelterBoxes” to victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
25 January, 2010
The agreements involve the Norwegian aquaculture technology firm’s Polarcirkel fish cages and software systems.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
18 January, 2010
The farmed salmon company's fourth-quarter production results were down 3,000 metric tons from the fourth quarter of 2008 but up 5,000 metric tons from the third-quarter forecast.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
11 January, 2010
The Seattle-based company, which raises tilapia in China’s Hainan province, conducts a successful sales outreach to the cooperative farming community.
Read full text »
(
0
)
By SeafoodSource staff
07 January, 2010
Sealand Aquaculture will build a salmon recirculation hatchery in Chile’s Region X for the Norwegian aquaculture technology company.
Read full text »
(
0
)