Chinese investor completes Australis takeover Chinese company Joyvio has completed its deal for the US$920 million takeover of Chilean salmon farmer Australis Seafood.
China builds wave power fish farm prototype A semi-submersible aquaculture platform that harnesses ocean wave energy has been developed by the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Virus a candidate for furunculosis vaccine Scientists in China have created a recombinant adenovirus capable of inducing immunity against Aeromonas salmonicida, the bacteria that causes furunculosis.
BioMar to supply greener feed to Chinese trout grower Aquafeed producer BioMar has signed a deal with China’s largest trout farmer to supply a high-performance feed that has just over half the environmental footprint of local Chinese feed.
Chinese firm agrees £665m deal for Chilean salmon farmer Australis China’s Joyvio Group has signed a deal to buy Australis Seafoods for £665 million after completing due diligence on the Chilean salmon farmer.
China plans salmon farm 130 miles from shore China has launched a project to grow 45,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon annually in the cold-water mass of the Yellow Sea to cater to growing domestic demand, the country’s Xinhua news agency has reported.
Chinese group Joyvio buys Australis Seafoods for $880 million US The Financial Market of Chile and Australis Seafoods annouced that a mega operation would shake up the Chilean salmon farming market. Agrosuper Holidings agreed to pay Aquachile $850 million US, the largest takeover in Chilean markets.
Chile doubles salmonid exports to China Chile more than doubled the amount of salmon and trout exported to China in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017.
Rail-crane order keeps Havfarm on track The construction of the Norwegian Havfarm concept has taken another step forward with the announcement that engineering company Techano AS will design and build specialised equipment for the project.
Rainbow trout can be sold as salmon, says China Rainbow trout can be labelled and sold as salmon in China, according to a new standard issued by a Chinese government-run fishery organisation and 13 fishery companies.
Insect-egg feed supplement promises more protein A Chinese company has developed a nutritionally-dense protein from insect eggs that it claims improves overall health, feed intake and feed conversion rates in fish and other animals.
Phage cocktail shows promising results against furunculosis bacterium A ‘cocktail’ of two bacteriophages developed by Chinese scientists has shown effective antimicrobial activity in vitro, making it a promising tool for the treatment of furunculosis.
AquaBounty in Chinese talks in bid to fast-track transgenic salmon production Transgenic salmon farmer AquaBounty is said to be speaking to Chinese aquaculture companies in a bid to fast-track production of the fish around the world.
Exports made plane and simple for Marine Harvest Marine Harvest Scotland is taking advantage of the first direct flight from Scotland to China.
