Cooke chief 'deeply saddened' by abuse of fish at hatchery A video has surfaced that shows Cooke employees smashing salmon against posts and discarding them. The footage was shot at the Bingham, Maine hatchery run by Cooke.
Cooke helps wild salmon restoration in Maine Cooke Aquaculture USA will be working with the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to help restore native populations on the East Branch of the Penobscot River.
US expands use of hydrogen peroxide in fish farming The United States Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has approved the use of 35% Perox-aid (hydrogen peroxide) for use in finfish environments.
Positive trial results for wood-based aquafeed Arbiom, a biotechnology company based in Durham, North Carolina has completed aquaculture trials of SylPro, a protein ingredient derived from wood that can be added to aquafeeds.
Atlantic Sapphire agrees land deal for huge expansion On-land salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire is to buy an extra 80 acres of land next to its existing 80-acre site in Miami to allow it to ramp up production to 220,000 tonnes a year by 2030, it said today.
Aquabanq accelerates plans in Maine Aquaculture Management & Holding Co. based out of the United Kingdom announced this week that its subsidiary Aquabanq will be building a state of the art recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) plant in Maine, in the eastern United States.
Silicon Valley lice counter inventor targets Scotland The Norwegian-American company Aquabyte, which develops systems for automatic lice counting through machine learning, has set its sights on Scotland and Canada after announcing that it has raised $10 million in a financing round to strengthen its growth.
Investors meet sustainable seafood creators at Fish 2.0 Fish 2.0 is a global community of innovators, investors and sustainable seafood experts that come together to create projects and solutions that benefits the aquaculture industry and the fisheries. This year events will be taking place in Australia and the U.S.
New funding available for US aquaculture industry The National Sea Grant College Program has three multi-million dollar funding opportunities to help advance aquaculture in the United States.
International salmon expedition sends back valuable data The international salmon expedition that set sail from Vancouver in February has sent ashore some new data regarding the migratory patterns of wild salmon.
Veterinarians in the USA lack federal licences Veterinarians in the United States(U.S.) are having a difficult time obtaining licenses to practice in the aquaculture industry.
Creating a fish oil alternative for feed The aquaculture industry is looking for new ways to replace costly wild fish oil in fish feeds. A conference held in San Francisco this week challenged participants to find wild fish oil alternatives.
USA funds freshwater aquaculture project in Cambodia The United States government has funded a $17.1 million dollar project in Cambodia that will help develop the country’s freshwater aquaculture industry.
Hemp could be the next new ingredient in fish feed A United States pro-hemp group has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for support to explore the use of hemp in fish and other animal feeds.
