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Wild Atlantic salmon returns in North America near historic low in 2019
ASF’s annual State of Wild Atlantic Salmon Report, released today, shows last year’s adult salmon returns to North America were among the lowest in a 49-year data series, continuing a downward trend that threatens the sustainability of the species. In recent decades, the human harvest of wild Atlantic salmon has been significantly reduced through a series of conservation measures, ...
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Xelect awarded Smart: Scotland Funding
February 2014 Scottish Enterprise have awarded Xelect Ltd a SMART: SCOTLAND grant to develop genetic tests for selecting broodstock Atlantic salmon with superior production traits for farming . The production traits being targeted are growth rate, yield, flesh quality and nutritional value. The proposed feasibility study will allow Xelect Ltd to build on its market leading position in the ...
By Xelect Ltd.
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Offers invited – Exciting Opportunity in On-Shore Fish Production
NIRI Scotland Ltd,a pioneer in the development of Atlantic salmon Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) technology has now reached a major milestone. Having developed a facility in Machrihanish on the Kintyre peninsula in the West of Scotland to prove the NIRI RAS technology, the shareholders have taken the decision to offer the facility for sale. We are now able to receive interest from ...
By Niri AS
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AquaBounty Sells Out the First Commercial-Scale Harvest of Genetically Engineered Atlantic Salmon from its Indiana Farm
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AQB) (“AquaBounty” or the “Company”), a land-based aquaculture company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability, today announced that purchase orders have been received for the planned harvest of 5 metric tons of its genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon. The first harvest is scheduled to be conducted at ...
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ASF Statement on the Liberal Party of Canada’s commitment to transition B.C.`s salmon aquaculture industry to closed containment by 2025.
“The Atlantic Salmon Federation is encouraged by the Liberal Party of Canada’s campaign promise to transition the open net-pen salmon aquaculture industry in British Columbia to closed-containment systems by 2025. However, federal parties must govern federally, and a move to closed-containment salmon aquaculture should occur in all provinces where the industry is present. “The ...
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AquaBounty Hires Dennis Bryant as Director of Sales
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AQB) (“AquaBounty” or the “Company”), a pioneering land-based aquaculture company, today announced it has hired Dennis Bryant as its new Director of Sales. In this role, Bryant will oversee company sales initiatives which include all aspects of building and servicing its growing customer partnerships. Bryant, formerly the Managing ...
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Latest Escape Demonstrates Salmon Farming is Unsustainable, Says the Atlantic Salmon Federation
The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) has deep concerns over the recent escape of between 20,000-50,000 mature farmed salmon from a Cooke Aquaculture farm site last week in Newfoundland, Canada, according to a CBC report published on September 25th, 2013. The timing of the escape coincides with the wild salmon spawning season, which increases the likelihood and severity of negative interactions ...
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Aqua Nor 2021 sees agreement between Benchmark Genetics and Premium Svensk Lax
Benchmark Genetics has signed a long-term agreement with Premium Svensk Lax, for the delivery of salmon eggs to the company’s new plant, which is currently under construction in Säffle, Värmland in Sweden. Premium Svensk Lax’s new plant will be designed to produce 10,000 tons of Atlantic salmon annually, with the facility scheduled for full-scale production in 2024. The ...
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AquaBounty Announces First Harvest of GE Atlantic Salmon; Receives Approval for the Sale of GE Atlantic Salmon in Brazil
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AQB) (“AquaBounty” or the “Company”), a land-based aquaculture company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability, today announced: the successful completion of the first commercial scale harvest of its genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon at the Albany, Indiana Farm; the regulatory approval of the ...
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FDA holds public hearing on the labeling of food made from AquAdvantage Salmon
On September 21, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing on the issue of labeling food made from the genetically engineered (GE) fish AquAdvantage Salmon, an Atlantic salmon produced by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. The purpose of this hearing was to present the relevant legal principles for food naming and labeling, and describe information made available prior to ...
By Acta Group
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New Brunswickers Want More Protected Land
A survey of 500 New Brunswickers conducted between September 1st and 3rd shows overwhelming support for conserving forests and protecting critical habitat for fish and wildlife, with voters looking favourably on parties willing to act. The poll conducted for the Atlantic Salmon Federation, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society found nine in 10 (87%) ...
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Environmentally Sustainable Salmon Dinner a Success
The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) hosted a dinner event in support of its environmentally-sustainable salmon aquaculture program on Wednesday, May 15th at the Yale Club, New York, NY. Sixty guests had the opportunity to sample land-based, closed containment salmon, which was prepared by renowned chef and culinary consultant Tom Valenti. The salmon was grown in a land-based closed containment ...
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FQSA and ASF Support Quebec Government in regulating salmon egg import
The Quebec Atlantic Salmon Federation (Fédération québécoise pour le saumon atlantique – FQSA) is pleased with the measures instituted by Quebec’s department of forestry, wildlife and parks, i.e. the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP). Since June 10th of this year, the resulting amendment of section 28 of the Regulation ...
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Salmon Advocates Challenge Approval of Washington Net Pen Aquaculture
Conservation and environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a January decision by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) permitting Cooke Aquaculture to rear domesticated steelhead in Puget Sound net pens. State agencies failed to evaluate the scientific evidence that these fish feedlots would harm federally-listed steelhead, salmon, and Southern Resident killer whales, ...
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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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Can managed introductions boost threatened populations?
Supplementing declining salmon populations with fish from other, genetically distinct populations may not be the best method of conservation, according to a recent study. The researchers found that for certain salmon populations in France such introductions resulted in offspring with lower body weight and length, possibly worsening their decline. Some previous studies have found that ...
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Pew`s Boreal Forest Tour Showcased at Google Earth Canada Launch
In just three minutes, participants at today's Google Earth Outreach Canada launch will get a nonstop, coast-to-coast, interactive experience with the earth's "green halo," the boreal forest. The Pew Environment Group tour lets anyone with a computer hover over the vast northern forests and waterways to learn about an ecosystem that stores twice as much carbon per acre as tropical rainforests, ...
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Animal reproduction research to transform industry
Being able to produce more animals of the desirable sex to re-stock the herd, pond or sea cage has been a long-held goal of industry, as have cost effective and welfare-friendly ways to control unwanted animal pregnancies. Thanks to new research being undertaken by an international partnership led by CSIRO, these goals are set to become reality. According to CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship ...
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What`s for dinner? Genetically engineered salmon OK`d by FDA
What's for dinner? Before long, it may well be genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal cleared for human consumption in the United States. Critics call it "frankenfish," but the Food and Drug Administration granted its approval on Thursday, saying the faster-growing salmon is safe to eat. It could be available in a couple of years. "There are no biologically relevant ...
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ASF statement on revised NL aquaculture policy and procedure manual
"Newfoundland and Labrador's updated Aquaculture Policy and Procedures Manual was released on September 25th with some revisions made as recently as November 4th. While the changes to policy and procedures will ensure more timely public reporting of events like Mowi’s recent mass die off, and will help government collect more information about the industry, upon initial review of the ...
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