All-electric salmon farm; Big players absent in RAS grow-out push

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All-electric salmon farm now a reality

Norway’s Bremnes Seashore in Ålfjorden in Sveio Municipality has become the first to supply shore power to its entire operation – from the work vessel, staff transport vessel, net cleaning, feed barge, all the way to the pen operations. » Read more

Scientists accidentally create new fish

A new fish hybrid accidentally bred in a Hungarian lab made the news this past summer and the Internet quickly nicknamed it “sturddlefish” because it is a cross between an American paddlefish and a Russian sturgeon. » Read more

A Fishery Manager’s Guidebook, 2nd Edition

This volume is intended to contribute to improving this unsatisfactory state by addressing the widespread need for information and guidance on the broad and often complex task of fisheries management. It is an updated and expanded edition of the first version of “A Fishery Manager’s Guidebook” which was published as a FAO Fisheries Technical Paper in 2002.

The major part of this new edition is divided into five parts intended to cover the range of concerns, tools and techniques essential to the modern fisheries manager, whether that manager is an individual or a formal or informal group. Learn more

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Maine initiative brings aquaculture to schools

One of the biggest challenges for educators is getting students to fully engage in the subject matter being studied. Place-based learning has thus emerged as an educational philosophy to enhance student engagement with issues in their own communities. » Read more

Interest grows in RAS grow-out, but where are the big players?

Why are the big players in aquaculture unenthusiastic about using RAS for growing Atlantic salmon to market size? A CEO of a New York-based investment fund has some interesting insights. » Read more