Avant, a start-up company producing fish and seafood products by growing them from cells, has announced the opening of a new production facility in Singapore.

Singapore start-up Shiok Meats, which grows seafood and meat from cells, has raised more money in a bridge funding round led by Vietnam’s top seafood exporter Vinh Hoan, and two South Korean food giant, Woowa Brothers and CJ CheilJedang.

World Aquaculture 2020 (WA2020) has been rescheduled for December 5 to 8, 2021 at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event, which features expert presentations from aquaculture researchers and practitioners, was first postponed last year because of the Covid pandemic and was due to run from June 14-18 but has again been put back.

The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) has postponed its flagship World Aquaculture 2020 conference and trade show in Singapore until June next year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aquaculture technology supplier Umitron has launched a web-based service to allow fish farmers to monitor ocean data.

Fish farms could be created in urban environments such as parks, unused rooftops and other community spaces, if a concept by two Singapore companies comes to fruition.

The Lion State's aquaculturalists are turning to closed containment systems after an oil spill and two algae blooms killed off tonnes of fish in cages submerged in the sea.

Scottish salmon is set to be one of the star attractions at the 20th World Gourmet Summit, which takes place in Singapore from 28 March to 24 April.