31/01/14: Friday video: Closed containment - The future of fish farming

Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the costs of large scale fish farming to both society and the environment. This video explores the potential of switching from open-net cages to closed containment technology, a move that could render sea lice infestations, farm waste, disease and escaped fish a thing of the past.What do you think? Is closed containment technology the future for fish farming? Would you be willing to pay more for fish...

Dinnissen

Dinnissen has more than six decades of experience in feeding/discharging technologies, specialised machine development, processing, control, automation and engineering. Click on image to visit Dinnissen's website....

31/01/14: Bob Geldof announced to present at aqua conference; Bermuda's first aquaculture license; intersex tuna found in the Mediterranean

Irish singer-singwriter and political activist Bob Geldof has been announced as the main speaker at this year's AquaVision conference.AquaVision is an established, world-class aquaculture conference that attracts a diverse range of stakeholders from across the aquaculture industry to Stavanger, Norway every two years. This year's show takes place from 16-18 June.  “Sir Bob Geldof is one of...

Bühler

Bühler is a specialist and technology partner for plant, equipment, and services for processing basic foods and for manufacturing advanced materials. Click on image to visit Bühler's website....

Aquaculture view: Requirement and digestibility modelling to ensure safe phosphorus intake

Aquaculture viewAquaculture view is a column in each edition of International Aquafeed magazine (IAF), written by Dominique P Bureau.Part of the IAF editorial panel, Dom has a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Guelph, Canada.Today he teaches various undergraduate and graduate courses on animal nutrition and agriculture at the University of Guelph. Between 2007 and 2009, he coordinated...

Amy Novogratz and Mike Velings, managing partners of Aqua-Spark

Amy Novogratz and Mike Velings are managing partners of Aqua-Spark, a Netherlands-based investment fund focusing solely on opportunities in sustainable aquaculture. Having officially launched in November 2013, the group plans to make its first investments in the coming year. This interview appeared in the January February 2014 edition of International Aquafeed magazineTell me about yourselves and...

30/01/14: NY high school raises fish; Mexico initiates shark ban; ISA outbreak in Chile

A high school in New York, USA has come up with a novel idea to raise enough fish to feed thousands.The manmade river in the basement of Food and Finance High School - the location of Cornell University scientist Philson Warner's aquaculture lab - is home to over 10,000 tilapia, swimming against the current just as they would in the wild.Full news available here.The Secretariat of Agriculture,...

29/01/14: Norway's fish filleting project; first aquaculture company listed on NY stock exchange; aquaculture and fisheries website launched

Innovation cooperation Nordic Innovation - in partnership with Marel, Faroe Origin and Norway Seafoods - recently announced news of a new fish filleting machine, a result of a collaborative development project. It is hoped the new white fish filleting machine will provide the Norwegian seafood industry with a much-needed boost. Unlike farmed salmon, white fish varies greatly in size and...

28/01/14: Aquaculture training in Egypt; environmentally friendly shrimp farming; new director of SPC Fisheries appointed

WorldFish in partnership with the Improving Employment and Incomes through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) delivered training in ‘Best Management Practices’ to more than 1400 fish farmers in 2013.  Training covered a wide range of topics including: pond construction to post-harvest handling and social responsibilities.Full news available here. A new...

27/01/14: Event: Future Fish Eurasia

Flag of Turkey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)With a coastline that runs from the Mediterranean Sea all the way up to the Marmara and the Black sea, as well as rich inland freshwater resources, Turkey boast ideal conditions for aquaculture.What will Future Fish Eurasia involve?Now in to its 7th edition, FutureFish Eurasia is provides a great platform for over 300 local...

Biomin

Biomin offers sustainable animal nutrition products such as quality feed additives and premixes, which include solutions for mycotoxin risk management, a groundbreaking natural growth promoting concept as well as other specific solutions which address dietary requirements for swine, poultry, dairy and beef cattle as well as aquaculture. Click on image to visit Biomin's website....

27/01/14: Feed approach for farmed salmon; pond research in the catfish industry; aquaculture asset aquisition

Norwegian feed supplier EWOS has developed sophisticated health feeds that support farmed salmon through recovery from inflammatory diseases like pancreas disease (PD), heart skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) and cardio-myopathy syndrome (CMS).  Since 2006, EWOS has undertaken an intensive research programme to assess the effects of dietary modulation upon farmed salmon that have been challenged...