Breaking news, market research and analysis of the global aquaculture industry.
15 April, 2013
In part 1 of a two-part series, the CEO of AquaBounty Technologies addresses concerns about AquAdvantage genetically engineered salmon and critiques the FDA review process.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
15 April, 2013
Despite the controversy concerning the possible sale of genetically
modified (GM) salmon in the United States — NGOs are now lobbying supermarkets
not to carry it — consumers there are already eating farmed fish fed
genetically modified ingredients.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 April, 2013
A new study published in PLOS One shows “the value of cooperative research in informing and improving salmon farm operations in British Columbia,” according to the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA).
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 April, 2013
The Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) outbreaks at two Chilean salmon farms
are causing concern in the global seafood industry, but the problem
hasn’t impacted supply and pricing.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 April, 2013
The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program is seeking public comment
on a new amendment to the program which includes new mussel farm
standards.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 April, 2013
Leroy Seafood Group announced on Wednesday it purchased 39.74 percent of the shares in Villa Organic at an average price of NOK 2.85 (USD 0.49, EUR 0.38) per share. The total purchase price is NOK 161 million (USD 28 million, EUR 21 million).
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
09 April, 2013
In the wake of the Easter holiday, prices are predictably leveling off,
but the farmed salmon market remains volatile because of supply problems
from both Chile and Europe. At the same time, there is a backup on the
fish over the past two weeks, due to higher prices and somewhat lower
demand around the Easter holiday.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 April, 2013
Save Bantry Bay, tourism groups, anglers, and environmentalists across Ireland have written jointly to all TDs calling on them to help resolve the underlying issues causing the growing and increasingly bitter conflict over the proposed Galway Bay salmon farm.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 April, 2013
SeaChoice and the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program have
released six new seafood recommendations, paying particular attention to
closed-containment aquaculture.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 April, 2013
Cooke Aquaculture is working to prepare the two approved sites for Jordan Bay, with fish expected to go in at the end of April.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 April, 2013
Athens-based aquaculture companies Selonda Aquaculture and Dias aquaculture merged to créate a group producing 40,000 metric tons (MT) of product valued at upwards of EUR 250 million (USD 321.7 million) in revenue.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 April, 2013
Cooke Aquaculture Inc. is spending USD 20 million (EUR 15.4 million) to buy into a Chilean salmon farm.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 April, 2013
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies launched an aquaculture development and enhancement program last week‚ which he hopes will boost growth in an industry that is very small in both global and continental terms.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 April, 2013
Cermaq subsidiary Mainstream Chile has sold its Calbuco, Chile
processing plant to Australis Seafoods for USD 11.7 million (EUR 9.1
million).
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 April, 2013
The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association has unveiled new
additions to a plan to help prevent and manage emerging viruses in fish
farms, in the wake of a viral infection that broke out in the Canadian
province last year.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 April, 2013
An industry market research firm is predicting that worldwide demand for
aquaculture supplies and equipment will swell to USD 63.6 billion (EUR
49.6 billion) by 2017.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 April, 2013
The MYR 10.8 billion (USD 3.5 billion, EUR 2.8 billion) fisheries and aquaculture industry is expected to rise by 10 percent to 2.2 metric tons (MT) this year, or MYR 11.9 billion (USD 3.8 billion, EUR 3 billion), said the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry.
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By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
01 April, 2013
Pamela Parker, the executive director of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) is one of the key voices for an industry that is open about its challenges but proactively making improvements.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 March, 2013
New Zealand King Salmon has achieved Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 March, 2013
A non-profit conservation group gave high marks to Grieg Seafood for
responsible aquaculture practices in a recent peer-reviewed study of the
company’s British Columbia operations.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 March, 2013
Canada’s federal government on Thursday released its 2013 draft budget, including a nearly CAD 58 million contribution to regulation, research and monitoring/reporting work for the aquaculture industry.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 March, 2013
Akva Group has signed a USD 10 million (EUR 7.7 million) contract with National Prawn Co. (NPC) in Saudi Arabia.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 March, 2013
Troubled South Australian tuna farmer Clean Seas Tuna has been placed in a trading halt as it prepares to announce a capital raising to support its plans to ramp up its kingfish operation off Port Lincoln from 500 metric tons (MT) to 1100 MT a year.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 March, 2013
Typically, prawn farmers in Chanthaburi province stock their ponds in
January or February, with the intention of harvesting that crop just
before April’s Songkran holiday. This year, however, things have turned
out differently.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
19 March, 2013
In Canada, closed-containment salmon farms are more expensive, but a new report also finds that they may be in demand in the future.
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