The Rajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture targets production of five million GIFT seeds for this fiscal year, being the only GIFT supplier in India.

The country’s government has called for strengthening the control of imports for shrimp broodstock and PLs and aquafeeds from China to prevent the entry of decapod iridescent virus 1.

A team of Israeli researchers performed a study to identify the main factors affecting rotifer resting egg production, storage and hatching with the aim of increasing the efficiency, reducing the costs of production and facilitating their use in hatcheries.

The European Commission proposes EU actions and commitments to halt biodiversity loss in Europe and worldwide and transform the food systems and plans to support aquaculture producers in the transition to a more equitable and sustainable food system.

The center will expand its RAS research facilities as recirculating systems have gained importance in the salmon production in recent years.

Joint research of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Troutlodge has shown that genomic selection can double the prediction accuracy for bacterial cold water disease (BCWD).

Researchers were able to validate and provide a reliable basic protocol based on twelve abiotic and biotic factors for pikeperch larval rearing in RAS units.

Salmon smolts were culled after Sernapeesca detected infectious salmon anemia (ISA) in a smolt facility in the Aysén region.

EN 17399 provides clear and standardized terms and definitions for algae and algae products removing any ambiguity or misunderstanding in the sector.

Researchers found that membrane filtration gave more stable and better physicochemical and microbial water quality, which will reduce the probability for microbially related accidents in RAS.

Researchers successfully cultivated Rhodomonas sp. in tubular photobioreactors at pilot-scale utilizing the sunlight conditions.

A CRCNA project bred for the first time a new black lip rock oyster that will provide diversification and investment opportunities for shellfish farmers in Australia.

The project, that aims to decrease the use of antibiotics in the Chilean salmon industry, strengthen fish resistance to SRS through genetic selection.

Pablo Mazo was appointed as general manager of Benchmark Genetics Chile to develop the company’s productive and commercial plans in the country.

Genomar acquired the genetics and distribution assets of AquaAmérica and AquaPorto that will join the portfolio of major tilapia brands, including GenoMar Supreme and Aquabel.

The Australian-based farm acquired a fully operational and staffed Murray cod hatchery and will become the world’s largest producer.

Investments in hatcheries are expected to total NOK 354 million ($33 million) in 2020 with a new hatchery in Trøndelag and expanding the capacity in Senja.

The project, if approved, will enable tropical rock lobster production on a commercial scale after almost 20 years of research.

Mowi’s hatchery Northern Harvest Smolt Limited in Canada culled 450,000 Atlantic salmon juveniles after detecting infectious salmon anemia (ISA).

A study found that organic selenium sources enrich Artemia nauplii with targeted levels of Selenium without affecting the lipids and fatty acids enrichment.