Health & Welfare
Israeli firms developing oral medicines for shrimp and finfish aquaculture
Israeli companies ViAqua Therapeutics and TransAlgae say their orally administered medicines for shrimp and fish aquaculture are in the pipeline.
Innovation & Investment
Shrimp farmers in Ecuador tap an app to seal a better deal
With a smartphone camera and XpertSea’s latest AI-driven tool, shrimp farmers in Ecuador are finding – and closing – deals faster than ever.
Intelligence
Pandemic persists and Pacific NW shellfish sector digs in
Eight months into the pandemic, the gloom and doom has lightened and there’s hope in the air for the Pacific Northwest shellfish sector.
Innovation & Investment
Can underwater forecasting promise loss prevention for fish farmers?
ScootScience, a data management, analytics and underwater forecasting company, is helping a B.C. salmon farmer mitigate the impacts of nature.
Health & Welfare
Mercado a la industria, gobiernos: Solucionen las enfermedades del camarón
El mercado internacional de productos del mar está suplicando a la cadena de suministro de camarón cultivado que controle las enfermedades que causan estragos en la cadena de suministro global.
Innovation & Investment
Innovation Award 2020 finalist: Simao Zacarias’ shrimp eyestalk ablation research
Farmed shrimp eyestalk ablation research is one of three finalists for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.
Health & Welfare
Marketplace to industry, governments: Solve shrimp diseases
The international seafood marketplace is pleading with the farmed shrimp supply chain to control diseases that wreak havoc on the global supply chain.
Responsibility
Switch to steelhead has Cooke on a new path in Puget Sound
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific is awaiting approval to farm a species native to Washington at Puget Sound sites where it previously produced Atlantic salmon.
Aquafeeds
Innovadores suecos crean múltiples flujos de ingresos a partir de efluentes
Algica, un producto a base de algas creado a partir de nutrientes que salen de los sistemas de recirculación acuícola, tiene a la compañía preparada para aumentar la producción.
Intelligence
With executive order in hand, will USA get in the aquaculture game?
An executive order has prioritized marine aquaculture development in U.S. waters, leaving members of the seafood industry feeling hopeful for the future.
Aquafeeds
Swedish innovators create multiple revenue streams from effluent
Algica, an algae-based product created from nutrients exiting recirculating aquaculture systems, has the company poised to upscale production.
Intelligence
COVID-19 has the West Coast shellfish sector on hold
The impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the industry are vast. In the Pacific Northwest, some producers are faring better than others.
Intelligence
From the Hollywood Hills to the raceways of Riverence
Six-year-old Riverence Holdings, founded by a cattle rancher and a Hollywood TV producer, is now the largest land-based trout producer in the Americas.
Innovation & Investment
Las granjas RAS más pequeñas dicen que el tamaño no lo es todo
Los inversionistas están invirtiendo millones en los sistemas de recirculación acuícola, pero las granjas RAS más pequeñas ya están penetrando en el mercado, y algunas están a punto de expandirse.
Innovation & Investment
Smaller RAS farms say size isn’t everything
Investors are pouring millions into recirculating aquaculture systems, but smaller RAS farms are already penetrating the market, with some poised to expand.
Intelligence
Burbot conservation effort spawns commercial aspirations
There’s a lot of promise for farming the freshwater species burbot (Lota lota), but more research is needed to determine economic viability.