Breaking news, market research and analysis of the global aquaculture industry.
By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2013
Rainbow trout farming firm Clear Springs Foods has named Omega Marketing of Denver as its Broker of the Year for 2012.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2013
Norwegian feed and salmon farming firm Cermaq appointed Deputy COO of Feed Einar Wathne as COO of feed unit Ewos.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2013
Clean Seas Tuna has told investors it hopes to post a profit by 2015.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 March, 2013
The Nova Scotia government is turning its back on rural communities and throwing away dozens of jobs by rejecting an application for a fish farm in Shoal Bay, aquaculture company Snow Island Salmon said Wednesday.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
13 March, 2013
China’s demand for salmon is spurring domestic aquaculture firms to breed the fish locally — with mixed results.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
12 March, 2013
There is just one day left for exhibitors and attendees to rub elbows on the show floor.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 March, 2013
The Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia is taking aim at critics of the industry.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 March, 2013
The Vietnam Tra Fish Association (VTFA) was established in the southern Mekong delta An Giang province last Saturday, reported Vietnamese state-run news agency on Monday.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
05 March, 2013
A recovery in China’s stock markets appears to have come at the right time for the country’s ambitious aquaculture and seafood processing firms, aiming to raise funds for expansion.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 March, 2013
Rainbow trout farming company Clear Springs Foods, has announced a major
expansion this week, acquiring three new facilities in the past few
months.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 March, 2013
Spain's stock market regulator suspended trading in fishing firm
Pescanova's shares on Friday after the company failed to release results
before an end of February deadline.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 March, 2013
A major fisheries non-government organization is urging the aquaculture
industry not to abandon shrimp feed sourcing from Asian countries,
despite the U.K. “Fish Fight” television program exposing environmental
damage connected to Asian shrimp fishmeal production.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 February, 2013
New Zealand King Salmon on Thursday announced the Environmental Protection Agency has given the green light to four new salmon farms.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
28 February, 2013
The eyes of the world aquaculture insurance industry will be on China next month, when the government is expected to announce the framework for co-funding of insurance to cover the country’s millions of aquaculture cultivators.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 February, 2013
Aquaculture technology group Akva on Wednesday reported fourth quarter revenues of NOK 174.3 million (USD 30.6 million, EUR 23.4 million), down from NOK 191 million (USD 33.5 million, EUR 25.6 million) in the same time period in 2011.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 February, 2013
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has appointed Laurent Viguie as its representative in Brazil.
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25 February, 2013
President of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), talks about the major issues affecting global aquaculture production - particularly disease management - and the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Norway in early March.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 February, 2013
New legislation introduced by Alaska's Representative Don Young would
prohibit the authorization of commercial aquaculture in federal waters.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 February, 2013
Cod farming group Codfarmers — which said earlier this week that it would de-list from the Oslo Stock Exchange — announced on Friday it signed a letter of intent with a “financially strong industrial player” regarding Codfarmers’ sale of Atlantic Cod Farms and its subsidiaries (ACF) — with the exception of Festoy Elendom.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 February, 2013
Cooke Aquaculture Inc. will double sea bass production in Spain this year, while actively seeking an acquisition in Chile, spokeswoman Nell Halse said Monday.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 February, 2013
Norwegian farmed cod producer Codfarmers on Wednesday announced it would de-list its shares from the Oslo Stock Exchange due to severe financial challenges.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 February, 2013
The World Wildlife Fund on Wednesday announced the global standards for its freshwater trout aquaculture dialogue have been completed.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 February, 2013
Aquaculture production in Kenya has risen over 500 percent in the last four years according to the latest statistics by the ministry of Fisheries Development.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 February, 2013
The Scottish Salmon Company has submitted a planning application for a new farm site at Reibinish as part of the company’s key objective to increase volumes and help secure a sustainable business in the Western Isles.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 February, 2013
Almost 30,000 comments have poured into the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration about Canadian genetically modified salmon since the
agency announced preliminary assessments found the altered fish pose no
significant environmental impact.
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