Dr Pedro Encarnação, Biomin

Dr Pedro Encarnação is Portuguese and a marine biologist. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Algarve, Portugal, in 1994 followed by a masters in aquaculture - before working there as a research associate until 2000. Later on he  gain his PhD in animal and fish nutrition at the University of Guelph, Canada, which he completed in 2005.. In 2005 he joined Biomin in Austria before...

29/05/14: Todd Fisheries Launches New Enterprise During Aquaculture UK

Todd Fisheries Technology designs, manufactures and installs the highest quality recirculation systems and components for the aquaculture and shellfish industries.Todd Fish Team at Aquaculture UK 2014Designed with your working practices and the needs of the fish in mind and using the best quality of materials their systems are robust, easy to operate and energy efficient.  Todd Fisheries...

29/05/14: Setting the Standards for Salmon Vaccination

Robert Wittmann visiting InternationalAquafeeds booth at Aquaculture UKAqualife and the University of Stirling's Institute of Aquaculture are organising a mini-conference on salmon vaccination on June 11, 2014 in Stirling, Scotland.With just two weeks notice the organisers have informed IAF that its the first time for several years that the vaccination sector in aquaculture is coming...

29/05/14: Aquaculture UK 2014 - 'Biomass Control'

International Aquafeed attended a talk given by Herman Kristjansson, Managing Director of Vaki, as  part of the opportunities and Challenges for Scottish Aquaculture conference on day two of Aquaculture UK 2014. Kristjansson’s talk titled Biomass Control – a major challenge forward, identified Biomass control as a key challenge for Scottish fish farmers.  Vaki’s new frame Biomass...

29/05/14: Steen-Hansen - Book on Fouling to be launched in the UK

  After a successful year in the Norwegian market (more than 7000 copies distributed), a UK version of Den lille Groeboken is now launched at Aquaculture UK, Aviemore: The little Book on Fouling (UK/ Shetland – Ireland) The 60-page, high-quality booklet (A5) is distributed free of charge – and is objective and non-commercial. Book on Fouling covers key aspects related to fouling as an increasing...

29/05/14: FAIVRE

An Innovating ManufacturerIn the 1950's Claude FAIVRE was originally a miller who then became a fish farmer. He missed the mechanization associated with milling, so he decided to build machines that would make the work of fish farmers less difficult. So he created the first automatic calibrator for trout known as "The Calibromatic". Continuing to be inspired by the mill he adopted the idea of using...

Aquaculture UK 2014 see Novartis award presented at gala dinner

Today International Aquafeed attended a series of six conference at Aquaculture UK 2014, hosted by Novartis, featuring talks by PhD and Masters students from Scottish universities. Their research touched upon important aquacultural topics and all were competing for the chance to visit Prince Edward Island, Canada, the home of Novartis' fish vaccination centre.And IAF can announce the winner of the Aquaculture UK 2014 Gala Dinner...

Aquaculture UK

Come along and meet the team behind The Aquaculturists and International Aquafeed magazine today at Aquaculture UK 2014 in Aviemore, Scotland . Find us at stand 81Aquaculture UK - what is happening right now! Tweets by @IAFmagazine !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");...

23/05/14: SalMar - Results for the first quarter 2014

SalMar achieved its strongest ever operational EBIT in the first quarter 2014 as a result of record high salmon prices. Although biological challenges once again had an impact on earnings during the period, the company's ongoing programmes are now bearing fruit and are leading to a steady improvement in underlying operational performance. SalMar made an operational EBIT of NOK 485 million during the...

23/05/14: Panabo City conducts Tilapia hatchery seminar

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23/05/14: Scottish Salmon Promotional Video

SSPO is at the centre of salmon farming’s industry-wide initiatives and public communication, acting as a trusted source of information, a strong industry voice and a focus through which industry leadership and objectives can be channelled.Set up in 2006 as an industry organisation for Scottish salmon farming, SSPO encompasses 80% of the tonnage of Scottish salmon production and all members participate...

23/05/14: Modern Apprenticeships are great investment in long term future for salmon farming and local jobs” claims SSPO boss

Over 80 people are now enrolled on Modern Apprenticeships in the salmon farming industry in Scotland. This latest good news follows an independent review which reports that the industry contributes up to £1.4 billion to Scottish economy.Chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation, Scott Landsburgh, said:“This is a very positive week for salmon farming in Scotland.  Not...