salmon industry News
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Berta Contreras is a new Managing Director in Benchmark´s Chilean
Benchmark Genetics Chile is pleased to announce that effective September 18, 2023, Berta Contreras Mutis has assumed the role of General Manager, succeeding Pablo Mazo, who has transitioned to the position of Performance and Documentation Manager at Benchmark Genetics in Norway. Berta Contreras Mutis, a marine chemist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with an MBA from ...
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First salmon ova to Atlantic Sapphire delivered from Iceland
Stofnfiskur hf, part of Benchmark Genetics have delivered the first batch of eggs ever to the state-of-the-art land-based facility Atlantic Sapphire in Miami, USA. The batch of 400.000 eggs were shipped out of Reykjavik on 26th of November and landed safely in Miami the day after. Upon arrival at the site, the eggs were undergoing quality control before they were transferred to the hatching ...
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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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EPA Study Warns of Potentially “Catastrophic” Impacts to Bristol Bay Alaska Salmon Fisheries
Completing a three -year scientific peer-reviewed process, EPA issued its final Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment today, concluding that Pebble Mine would have “significant” and even “catastrophic” impacts – including the certain dewatering, destruction, and pollution of the Bristol Bay watershed. The proposed Pebble Mine would destroy up to 94 miles of streams, ...
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How robots can be aquaculture`s next caretakers
Only 44 Young Research Talents in all of Norway were awarded FRIPRO scholarships. Senior Researcher Eleni Kelasidi of SINTEF Ocean was one of them. Now she is looking forward to diving into a world where fish and underwater robots happily coexist. SINTEF ACE, Rataren. Foto: SINTEF/Magnus Oshaug Pedersen "I was so excited when I found out", says Eleni Kelasidi (38), her face bursting ...
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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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Salmon Farming Industry & CSR / Sustainability reporting: 2013 Benchmarking Study is out
2013 Seafood Intelligence BENCHMARKING report of the World’s Top 35 salmon & trout farmers’ and Top 3 salmon feed firms' Corporate, Social & Environmental Responsibility (CSER) reporting, in English Salmon Farming – Of CSR/RSE & Environment& “Sustainability” Reporting - The Awakening? SeafoodIntelligence has released the Benchmarking Report of the ...
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BASF Creates Chemistry at Sustainable Brands Conference
BASF Corporation will demonstrate how connections can create chemistry to drive sustainable solutions in industries such as packaging, home and personal care, and health and nutrition during two seminars at the Sustainable Brands Conference in San Diego, California, June 3 to 6, 2013. Christopher Bradlee, Biopolymers Market Development Manager for BASF in North America, will discuss sustainable ...
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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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Bluegrove acquires SEALAB
Bluegrove, with its subsidiary CageEye AS, has acquired fellow aquatech company SEALAB to combine their sensor technologies and create an open platform for integration with other suppliers. “By bringing together two of the world leaders in aquaculture sensor technology, we will deliver solutions that improve the welfare of farmed fish and raise productivity levels in the salmon farming ...
By NorseAqua AS
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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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FAO issues alert over lethal virus affecting popular tilapia fish
A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia, one of the world's most important fish for human consumption. The outbreak should be treated with concern and countries importing tilapias should take appropriate risk-management measures - intensifying diagnostics testing, enforcing health certificates, deploying quarantine measures and developing contingency plans - ...
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European Consortium Receives €2.2 Million to Develop Safe Solution to Control Sea Lice
Sea lice are the most significant and widespread parasites in open sea aquaculture, causing health issues to cultured fish and a severe risk for the marine environment. The economic damage resulting of sea lice exceeds € 1 billion per year globally in reduced production, quality and pharmacological treatment costs. A European Consortium, coordinated by LG Sonic, started the LiceSonic Project ...
By LG Sonic
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Geir OlavMelingen: A year of customer-focused strategy
We have now closed our financial year and as we move towards the end of 2023, I want to look back at this year’s highlights, changes in our teams’ structure, and events we participated in. Firstly, my role has changed twice this year, on the 1st of June I started as Head of Genetics following four years in Commercial Director roles at Benchmark. Then as part of our continuous ...
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Natural Competitive Advantage of Bioregions
PORTLAND, Oregon, October 1, 2007 (ENS) - In the decades ahead, in the face of global warming, increasing energy prices, and a growing global disparity between rich and poor, bioregions have a natural competitive advantage. Everything is changing in the face of global warming. The industrial economy is an artifact of cheap oil. There will be a transition from an industrial to an ecological ...
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AlgaPrime DHA Expands into Custom Feed by BioMar Supplied to Salmon Group, the Largest Network of Local, Family-Owned Fish Farming and Aquaculture Companies
Corbion, the global market leader in algae-based ingredients, and BioMar, the leading innovator in sustainable aquaculture feeds, announced a new feed partnership with the Norwegian-based Salmon Group, the world's largest network of local, family-owned fish farming and aquaculture companies. Salmon Group represents 44 Norwegian fish farmers and 12% of all fish feed sold to salmon and trout farms ...
By Corbion
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Is Farming Salmon Bad for the Environment?
A huge question of today, in the fish farming industry, is whether farming salmon is having a negative impact on the environment and if so, what can be the solution? What are lice? A parasite, which lives by attaching itself to a fish and eating its blood and skin Salmon farming at a cost? Lice in salmon farming are costing the industry in excess of £1 billion globally with £300 ...
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Is Farming Salmon Bad for the Environment?
A huge question of today, in the fish farming industry, is whether farming salmon is having a negative impact on the environment and if so, what can be the solution? What are lice? A parasite, which lives by attaching itself to a fish and eating its blood and skin Salmon farming at a cost? Lice in salmon farming are costing the industry in excess of £1 billion globally with £300 ...
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New Aquaculture Regulations Will help Foster a Responsible & Sustainable Industry
The proposed new federal Aquaculture Activities Regulations, announced today (June 26, 2014), will strengthen environmental protection and facilitate a growing, responsible, and sustainable seafood farming industry said Ruth Salmon, Executive Director of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance. "Canada has a unique opportunity to be a world leader in responsible seafood farming," said Ruth ...
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The gene for sexual maturation in salmon is found
The discovery of the gene that controls sexual maturation in female and male salmon provides new effective methods of controlling sexual maturation in farmed salmon. The new knowledge will also be of great importance in the management of wild salmon stocks. Maturation in salmon reduces growth, fillet quality and activity of the immune system. This leads to poor fish welfare and downgrading of ...
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