A new Australian research project will help the industry better understand the viruses’ impact on shrimp farming and develop better ways to manage shrimp breeding stocks.
The company developed a new feed line and protocol that reduces live rotifer diets by at least 50% in marine fish hatcheries.
The Center for Aquaculture Technologies appointed Alan Tinch as vice president of genetics to lead the development and commercialization of genome editing and other next-generation breeding technologies for use in aquaculture.
Scottish researchers are developing a testing system to detect Bonamia ostreae, oyster herpes virus and Vibrio bacteria, along with biofouling species such as tube worms.
AquaCon raised a total of $7.5 million to build a RAS salmon facility in Maryland, on the U.S. East Coast, that included participation from Israel Corporation and AKVA Group.
Production capacity at the facility, once fully operational, will be 1.25 million juveniles per year.
The company unveiled a new hatchery diet, GEMMA Neo, with ingredients inspired by nature to support improved palatability, simplicity to use and improved pellet structure and feed distribution.
Charles Darwin University (CDU) is working with prospective shrimp farmers on a breeding program for banana shrimp to support shrimp farming operations in the Australian Northern Territory.
Israel Corp. will partner with AKVA in attracting investments for land-based projects based on AKVA solutions and technology.
Over the next three years, the company aims to increase production to 50 million eggs, which will be available for delivery all year round to domestic and export markets.
This partnership builds on recent efforts between the two groups that validated the effectiveness of Cargill’s new diet for Atlantic salmon grown in land-based RAS.
The new state-of-the-art oyster hatchery offers new opportunities for education, research and business collaboration.
Los Lagos Aquaculture Center of Excellence project will have a hatchery, grow-out and processing facilities and a feed mill and aims to produce 50 million fingerlings per year.
A gene affecting resistance to Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Atlantic salmon was identified leading to a more accurate selection of broodstock.
Researchers elaborated a masculinization protocol that would allow better growth and higher masculinization percentages for Nile tilapia in BFT.
Fingerlings are more resistant to handling, transport and acclimatization when they are transferred to sea cages.
The salmon biomass at the Danish RAS facility is expected to be lost.
The company will support the country’s strategy to develop commercial salmon farming with its high-end RAS technology.
The facilities, run by the regional government, aim to produce six million fingerlings per year for local aquaculture farms.
An initial study testing the effects of hyper-antioxidant technologies on oxidation and fish health in RAS shows improved welfare scores, fewer inflammatory gill lesions and reduced early maturation.
