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How Covid put Scottish fish vaccinator at the sharp end of innovation

How Covid put Scottish fish vaccinator at the sharp end of innovation

A new semi-automated fish vaccination system that requires just a third of the workforce needed for manual vaccination will be rolled out by Scottish company Aqualife next year.

Benchmark signs deal with tilapia giant Regal Springs

Benchmark signs deal with tilapia giant Regal Springs

Fish breeding specialist Benchmark Genetics today announced a deal with leading tilapia producer Switzerland-based Regal Springs AG.

Tilapia genetics firm GenoMar moves into Colombia

Tilapia genetics firm GenoMar moves into Colombia

Norway-based tilapia breeding specialist GenoMar Genetics AS has signed a joint venture agreement with Agroavícola Sanmarino S.A., a Colombian poultry genetics distribution company belonging to the Italcol group.

Aqua-Spark plans $300m investment in Africa

Aqua-Spark plans $300m investment in Africa

Sustainable aquaculture investor Aqua-Spark is planning a $300 million fund to finance developments in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tilapia genetics specialist GenoMar moves into Vietnam

Tilapia genetics specialist GenoMar moves into Vietnam

Tilapia breeding specialist GenoMar has announced the opening of a subsidiary in Vietnam, which will have a capacity to produce 50 million fingerlings per year in its first phase.

Solar lights ‘improve fish growth and feed conversion’

Solar lights ‘improve fish growth and feed conversion’

Dutch lighting giant Signify has launched new solar-powered fish-pond lights that it says increase growth and improve feed conversion ratio (FCR) in many different species, including tilapia.

Scottish genetics specialist signs tilapia breeding deal

Scottish genetics specialist signs tilapia breeding deal

Scottish aquaculture genetics specialist Xelect has signed a partnership agreement with African tilapia farmer FirstWave Group to develop local high-performance tilapia breeds.

Looking back, thinking ahead: Chris Wallard

Fish Farming Expert has asked individuals connected to the salmon farming industry about their year, and what they hope for in 2021. We continue the series today with Chris Wallard, chief marketing officer for St Andrews-based genetics services provider Xelect.

Benchmark signs broodstock deal with leading African tilapia farmer

Benchmark signs broodstock deal with leading African tilapia farmer

Spring Genetics, the tilapia genetics business owned by UK-based Benchmark Holdings, has announced a five-year broodstock agreement with one of Africa’s leading tilapia producers, Lake Harvest Group.

Work starts on Latin America’s first tilapia breeding centre in Brazil

Work starts on Latin America’s first tilapia breeding centre in Brazil

GenoMar Genetics Group, which distributes tilapia genetic products, has announced the building of a new tilapia breeding and genetics centre in the state of Tocantins, Brazil.

Skretting launches water improver for aquaculture

Skretting launches water improver for aquaculture

Feed manufacturer Skretting has branched out with a new range of probiotic products claimed to improve the quality of the water in which fish and shrimp are being farmed.

Fish must be treated as sentient, say researchers

Fish must be treated as sentient, say researchers

A better understanding of the welfare of farmed fish based on the concepts of sentience and cognition is essential for care standards to be improved, researchers say.

Tilapia genetics giant buys Brazilian rival

Tilapia genetics giant buys Brazilian rival

GenoMar Genetics, the world’s leading tilapia breeding company, has bought the genetics and distribution assets of Brazilian tilapia breeding and distribution company AquaAmerica / AquaPorto.

Moth larvae can help fight tilapia disease, shows study

Moth larvae can help fight tilapia disease, shows study

Scientists at Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture have shown that the larva of a moth may be used instead of fish to study the effects of a pathogen that causes a deadly disease in one of the world’s most farmed fish, tilapia.