Aquaculture

A ruling by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador requiring further environmental assessment of the Grieg Group’s proposed salmon farm in Placentia Bay is not expected to affect the project, the company said in a statement emailed to SeafoodSource and other media outlets on Sunday, 23 July.

Canada’s Supreme Court found that Newfoundland and Labrador’s former minister of environment and conservation, Perry Trimper, did n… Read More

Two Chinese government agencies have set up an international consultancy to share Chinese know-how on aquaculture and fisheries. 

The Fisheries Bureau of China’s Agriculture Ministry and the Chinese Fisheries Academy have come together to set up the International Fisheries Research Center, which will offer “information and consultancy services.” The launch was announced at an annual meeting of fisheries research cooperation… Read More

Denmark’s aquaculture industry will have a strong presence at this year’s Aqua Nor conference.

The show, taking place 15 to 18 August in Trondheim, Norway, features an exhibition hall, educational programming, and a social component. According to Martin Winkel, the organizer of Denmark’s pavilion at the show, 29 Danish suppliers to the aquaculture industry will be exhibiting. The strong Danish presence at this year’s Aqua … Read More

One of China’s leading aquaculture feed suppliers is drumming up sales of feed for high-value species like pomfret with an ambitious program that recruits farmers and officials into fish nutrition training programs in exchange for sales. 

Guangdong Yuehai Feed Group Co is signing agreements with villages in key aquaculture regions, offering training and seminars as part of its “100 Counties, 1,000 Villages” program that set… Read More

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.-based SouthFresh Aquaculture has achieved the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s three-star Best Aquaculture Practices certifications for its catfish feed mill and processing plant.

SouthFresh, a producer of fresh and frozen catfish products for retail and foodservice, has distribution into more than 150 U.S. cities. In a press release, the company said its major customer, the grocery chain Meijer, had encouraged the … Read More

Sebastian Belle, the head of the Maine Aquaculture Association, has been appointed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee.

The committee advises the Secretary of Commerce and NOAA on issues related to living marine resources, according to a press release from U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).

“Sebastian has established himself as a national leader in t… Read More

China will cut its output from fish farming over the next three years by tightening environmental rules and adjusting the type of species and the quality of its’ output, according to the official in charge of implementing fisheries laws and regulations at China’s Agriculture Ministry. 

Zhang Xianliang, speaking recently at the fifth annual China Modern Fisheries Industry Development forum, said China aims to reduce its output fro… Read More

One of China’s leading aquaculture firms has entered a joint venture with a Jordanian firm to expand its aquaculture operations across the Gulf region. 

A memorandum of understanding signed recently between Guangdong Evergreen Group and United International Technology will see the two firms set up Evergreen International, which will seek contracts in the United Arab Emirates, the broader Middle East, and Africa. The new venture will op… Read More

Faroese salmon producer Bakkafrost Group harvested 18,400 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight fish in the second-quarter of this year, up from 13,000 MT in the corresponding period of 2016.

The contribution to the total from the company’s farming operations in the north of the Faroes amounted to 13,600 MT, while its farms in the west supplied 4,800 MT.

Bakkafrost also sold 17,000 MT of feed in the last quarter, up from 16,300 MT in Q2 2016.… Read More

BioMar Group has become one of the first aquaculture feed companies to reach the milestone of an annual average FIFO (fish-in: fish-out) ratio of less than one, it announced on 30 June.

The achievement means the company’s feed results in a higher total volume of farmed fish than the total of wild-caught fish it consumes in producing its products, and is a major achievement in the industry, according to BioMar CEO Carlos Diaz.

“Althoug… Read More