aquaculture farm News
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New Department of Mat Filtration Technologies
MAT RAS MAT RAS is an independent department of MAT FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES dedicated to provide RAS equipment supply and specialized MEP contracting services for the land based fish farming of sea and fresh water aquaculture farms. Read more about MAT RAS company profile. NEW WEBSITE MAT-RAS.COM The new website of MAT Filtration Technologies is a fact! Its purpose is to inform all of our ...
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Recirculating Aquaculture Farm Ilknak
RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE FARM SCOPE MAT provided the RAS equipment for Ilknak hatchery facilities in Izmir, Turkey. Ilknak is a renowned fish farm and hatchery company with a predominant position in the local and global market, concentrating its production in Sea Bream, Sea Bass, and Meagre. With an annual capacity of 100 million juveniles, Ilknak Aquaculture represents high-quality and ...
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Be a part of the Global Food Solution
Demand for fish protein is on the increase due to population growth and is putting more pressure on both marine and fresh water stocks. More than 33% of ocean fishing is fully exploited due to overfishing (the practice of commercial and non-commercial fishing which depletes a fishery by catching so many adult fish that not enough remain to breed and replenish the population). Aquaculture, the ...
By BioFishency
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Ohio State Aquaculture Boot Camp Program Recruiting New Fish Farmers
Want to learn how to become a fish farmer? The Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development at The Ohio State University South Centers is offering 30 new and beginning fish farmers an in-depth introduction to aquaculture and aquaponics and the business of fish farming through a yearlong program. Called Aquaculture Boot Camp-2 or ABC-2, the program’s goal is to increase the number ...
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Women in Benchmark, who make a difference in aquaculture: Berta Contreras Mutis
Since September 2023, Berta Contrera Mutis, marine chemist by profession occupies the position of General Manager in Benchmark Genetics Chile, based in the city of Puerto Varas, surrounded by lakes and mountains in the south of the country. From there, she leads a large group of professionals, which includes the operation of two piscicultures: Curacalco and Ensenada, where, after sophisticated ...
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Aquaculture: Some facts and figures
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, finfish, shellfish (mollusks and crustaceans), and aquatic plants in controlled or selected aquatic environments. Farming implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, and protection from predators. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of ...
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Getting the Most out of Aquaculture: Pearls of Wisdom from Farmed Oysters
As global populations rise, so does the demand for seafood. In developed nations, the health benefits of a diet high in fish and seafood are regularly touted. In developing nations, fish and seafood often comprise a large portion of the diet. Aquaculture—farming of fishes, mollusks, crustaceans and plants in an aquatic environment—is a booming business (approximately $119 billion in ...
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Technical Guideline - Building Sustainable Aquaculture through Coastal Field Schools
Meaningful participation of local stakeholders, especially local communities, is key to successfully Implementing and optimising any Building with Nature solution. In line with this principle and based on analysis of the biophysical as well as the socio-economic systems, the Building with Nature Indonesia initiative integrates revitalisation of aquaculture with mangrove restoration for coastal ...
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Is this the perfect prawn?
CSIRO scientists and the prawn industry have bred an improved Black Tiger prawn which is producing record yields in aquaculture farms and winning awards. So good are these prawns that they have won five gold medals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in the past two years, including ‘Champion of Show’, the highest award possible. The scientists from CSIRO"s Food Futures Flagship have ...
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Troutlodge shortlisted in 2019 Aquaculture Awards for achievement in BCWD resistance
The Aquaculture Awards is an annual event to recognize the achievements of the sector, including individuals and companies from around the world. Nominees must fit the following criteria: Employ the highest standards of aquaculture husbandry Farm with a high level of environmental awareness Deliver a high-quality end product to local, national or international markets We are honored ...
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Commission welcomes Parliament`s adoption of Maritime Spatial Planning legislation
The European Parliament today endorsed a Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning which should help Member States develop plans to better coordinate the various activities that take place at sea, ensuring they are as efficient and sustainable as possible. In coastal and maritime areas, many activities compete for the same space and resources: fishing grounds, aquaculture farms, marine protected ...
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Ohio State Aquaculture Research Program Looking to Recruit New or Beginning Fish Farmers
An innovative program offered by the Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences is looking to recruit, mentor and grow a new crop of fish farmers. The Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development at the Ohio State University South Centers is offering 25 new and beginning fish farmers a hands-on approach to aquaculture and the business of fish ...
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Benchmark Genetics expands genetic support services to the global aquaculture
The updated portfolio includes high-density arrays and genotyping services for a wide range of farmed aquaculture species and medium-density solutions for others at an affordable price. The offering capitalizes on Benchmark’s large-scale genotyping within its salmon and shrimp breeding programs, with their services including high-density array genotyping – tissue sample to data ...
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Shaping today’s farmers though smarter additions: Aquaculture - the new addition to mixed farming
Aquaculture production accounts for 30, 000 mt (19%) of fish supply in Zambia, capture fisheries supplies 75,000 mt (47%) and 55,000 mt (34%) from imports (as at 2015). Zambia’s fisheries produce approximately 70,000 metric tons of fish per year, amounting to over 3% of Zambia’s GDP. Over 85% of this production comes from captured fisheries and over 10% from the new implementation ...
By VUKA Group
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Wet Type Floating Fish Feed Extruder Machine
This type of floating fish feed extruder machine belongs to wet method type feed extruding machine for kinds of fish, which is specialized for big production capacity and big feed production factory, we also have another type of fish feed pellet machine for home use and small farm use. As your requirement, you can choose to produce how much big of finished floating fish feed pellets, our feed ...
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Aquaculture Handbook Featured on U.S. Consulate Karachi Website
The American Soybean Association’s (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health’s (WISHH) recently released Aquaculture Handbook—Fish Farming and Nutrition in Pakistan was featured on the U.S. Consulate General Karachi, Pakistanwebsite. The handbook, produced under the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded “FEEDing Pakistan,”project is a new resource for ...
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Jon Handley honoured by the British Trout Association
The British Trout Association recently held its annual conference and dinner in Stirling, Scotland. The conference was attended by leading trout farmers and industry associates where Jon Handley, Sales Manager for EMEA, was awarded the Peter Jones Memorial Award for his years of service in the industry. The theme of this year’s conference was “UK Trout – Preparing for ...
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Sting operation - jellyfish `blooms` may endanger fish stocks
Surges in jellyfish populations may be one reason for a drop in fish stocks observed in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, according to a new report published by FAO. Overfishing, which removes top predators from the sea, is one of the factors behind jellyfish "blooms", or suddenly increased numbers. A "vicious circle" can then follow in which large numbers of medusae feed on fish larvae and ...
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Mathieu Castex becomes Lallemand Animal Nutrition global R&D
Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce that Dr Mathieu Castex has been nominated global Research & Development Director for the company, succeeding to Dr Henri Durand. After leading Lallemand Animal Nutrition R&D activities since the early days of the company in the late nineties, Dr Durand will retire later on this year. Dr Castex has spent the past 5 years as Aquaculture and ...
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New Study Highlights Need to Broaden Environmental Monitoring at Fish Farms
As humans we don’t often think about how much oxygen is contained in the air because there is always more than enough for us to breathe. Underwater things are a little different. Oxygen concentrations are constantly changing due to changes in temperature, salinity, wind and currents. Fish take up oxygen over their gills and have minimum oxygen requirements that must be met for them to ...
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