With extensive experience in the consumer-packaged goods industry, Sylvia Wulf knows a thing or two about understanding and responding to the needs of consumers. Now at the helm of a company that is redefining sustainable food production through biotechnology, Wulf is taking AquaBounty and the world’s first genetically-engineered seafood – the AquAdvantage salmon – to full commercial production.» Read more
The We’koqma’q First Nation in Nova Scotia has teamed up with New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture to sell and market the First Nation community’s farmed steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).» Read more
Aquaculture technology firm AKVA Group is expanding its presence in both North and South America in the land-based aquaculture sector with the establishment of the new AKVA Group Land-based Americas to be headquartered in Puerto Montt, Chile.» Read more
The growing number of firms investing in RAS for large-scale production means fish farms are being located in close proximity to markets. Being closer to market also means operating near communities and interacting with residents, whose buy-in is important for the success of the operation.» Read more
Aquaculture technology provider Umitron has launched Fish Appetite Index, the world’s first real-time, ocean-based fish appetite detection system. » Read more
A new breed of pumps has been engineered to eliminate the need for separate water circulation and aeration systems in aquaculture operations.» Read more