Cooke Aquaculture Reveals Site of Salmon Hatchery
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - Cooke Aquaculture is thought to be likely to site its new salmon hatchery at St Alban's.

AquaGen Sees Growth in Chile
CHILE - Norwegian fish breeding company AquaGen is to invest $12 million in a salmon eggs production plant in Ayacara in the 10th Region in Chile.

China-Uganda Aquaculture Project Launched
UGANDA - The Uganda and Chinese government have joined forces to build an agricultural technology demonstration centre at Kajjansi Aquaculture Research and Development...

AquaChile Invests to Promote Chile's Salmon Health
CHILE - AquaChile has announced that it will invest US$ 11 million in a land-based system to produce healthy salmon eggs and fish for the local market to reduce...

US $18 Million to Build a Recirculation Hatchery
CHILE - The salmon company controlled by the Sarquis family, Salmones Itata, would invest US$ 18 million to install and implement a recirculation hatchery in Region...

Research Centre Looks for Prawn Alternatives
AUSTRALIA - Aquaculture facilities at the National Marine Science Centre in northern NSW have been upgraded to commercial hatchery and research standards.

Go-ahead for Salmon Nursery
SCOTLAND - A community owned fish farm on the island of Out Skerries has been given the go-ahead for a small salmon nursery at West Voe.

Colville Tribes Keep Fish Hatchery in Production
US - The Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT) have agreed to cover fish production costs at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) Colville Fish Hatchery,...

BFAR Sets up Industrial Aquaculture Centres
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has set up two aquaculture centres in Sorsogon province.

Scientists Manipulate Cod Spawning Cycle
AUSTRALIA - Researchers at Deakin University's Warrnambool campus in Victoria has successfully manipulated the breeding cycles of cod to enable on-demand produc...

Tuna Weaning Trials see Success
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - An artemia culture was started in preparation for the feeding of the larvae from the growth and light trials at Acotines Bay tuna facility,...

Hard Work Still to be Done at Achotines Bay
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - Sunday, at the IATTC 7th Annual Workshop was an easy relaxed day, with basic feed work being undertaken by all group members. The clear tank...

Delegates Astounded by Tuna Trial Results
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - The water level in the tanks at Acotines Bay were lowered by the facility staff on Saturday. This allowed delegates of the IATTC 7th Annual...

Assessing Tuna Mortality and Survival Rates
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - On Friday, delegates transferred the previously caught tuna from the holding tank into tank 2. Despite the tuna doing well during the transfer...

Impaired Hatchery Fish May Hinder Salmon Runs
OREGON, US – Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring...

Fishing for Broodstock
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - Today was the first day fishing for broodstock, and it was my group’s day in the boat, with my group partner being Dr Gavin Partridge from...

New Nelson Nursery May Treble Oyster Earnings
NEW ZEALAND - A new oyster nursery in Nelson has the potential to treble New Zealand’s oyster export earnings.

Experiments Aim to Boost Larvae Survival
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - On the second day of the workshop, experiments were planned out to help boost the survival rates of the yellowfin tuna larvae, reports Alex...

First Night Sees 90 Per Cent Fertilisation
ACHOTINES BAY, PANAMA - On day one of the 7th Annual Workshop delegates arrived at the facility and met Vernon Scholey, the Laboratory Director at the Inter-American...

Viet Nam to Send Fish Fry Experts to Cambodia
VIET NAM - The An Giang aquaculture breeding development centre will send its experts to the Tuol Krosang fish farm in Cambodia’s Kandal province where the “fry”...

New Technology to Help Nigeria Meet Fish Demand
NIGERIA - The Federal Government has deployed a simple but “proven” technology to encourage private fish farmers master the art of fingerling production and hatchery...

Firm Spends $14 Million on Chilean Salmon Farms
CHILE - Salmon farming company Acuimag has begun the process of securing environmental approval of a $14 million project entailing the construction and launching...

Sindh Considers Aquaculture on Unproductive Lands
SINDH, PAKISTAN - The Provincial Government of Sindh is considering building new fish hatcheries to make use of a huge area of agricultural land that is no longer...

Government Constructs Hatcheries in Delta State
NIGERIA - The federal government is constructing two fish hatcheries in Delta state, Dr Ogaranya Tabs-Tabowei, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural...

GLOBALCAP's New Aquaculture Standard
GENERAL - A new certification system promises full segregation and traceability of certified products which can be checked with a supporting Chain of Custody ce...