Innovation & Investment
Land-based aquaculture startup LocalCoho has received new funding from two prominent seafood industry entrepreneurs.
Intelligence
Hurricane Fiona damaged critical infrastructure and gear, leaving fishing and aquaculture operations in Atlantic Canada struggling to stay afloat.
Intelligence
The NOAA Aquaculture Strategic Plan will guide the country's efforts to enhance the growth of sustainable aquaculture.
Innovation & Investment
The Alaska Mariculture Cluster has won nearly $49 million in grants to support Alaska's big-potential mariculture industry.
Aquafeeds
A new study suggests that sea bream larvae fed on a diet including Antarctic krill show increased survival rates and enhanced growth.
Responsibility
A University of Plymouth study suggests that offshore aquaculture farms could potentially benefit the wider marine environment.
Innovation & Investment
NOAA awarded $7.5 million to launch a technology incubator with a mandate to “advance innovative ways to control harmful algal blooms."
Innovation & Investment
GenoMar has opened a tilapia breeding and genetics center that could help transform Brazil into an exporter of high-quality tilapia genetics.
Intelligence
Jonesport, Maine, approved a building permit application for The Kingfish Company's planned land-based aquaculture facility for yellowtail.
Fisheries
In a first, a fishery and its associated fishmeal and fish oil production sites earn MarinTrust certification via its improver program.
Intelligence
Gishanda Fish Farm opened at Akagera National Park, introducing innovation and new skills to accelerate aquaculture development in Rwanda.
Responsibility
WWF-Ecuador and Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture have agreed to halt habitat conversion for shrimp farming in Ecuador.
Fisheries
The U.S. Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing, composed of 21 federal agencies, released a wide-reaching national five-year strategy.
Aquafeeds
Taking a circular economy approach, a new Scoular fishmeal processing facility will upcycle local fish trimmings into aquafeed.
Intelligence
Scotland's National Park officials oppose the development of a semi-closed-containment salmon farm, despite its "national significance."
Intelligence
The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability said three tech vendors and a platform have digital traceability products to implement GDST standards.