Tasmanian officials propose plans to convert hatcheries to RAS
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Editor's Note 
 
In this newsletter, I wanted to bring back our latest fish handling stories. I feel they didn't get as much attention as they deserve. Today is also the last day of Shrimp Week, showcasing our best stories about shrimp. We hope you found it useful!
- Jean Ko Din, Editor
 
THIS WEEK 
 

Tasmanian Greens hope to convert hatcheries to RAS

The Tasmanian Greens have proposed to convert hatcheries to RAS, as part of a larger plan to clean up salmon farms. The Greens – a group of MPs in state parliament – want to transition the industry to on-land and closed-loop, the group said on their website.


Florida Atlantic U and Bahamas partner to restore conch populations

Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is partnering with The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas to launch a new aquaculture project focused on conch. They plan to establish a mobile lab to grow up to 2,000 juvenile queen conch per year.


Scientists make healthy salmon feed from carbon dioxide-eating algae

Ferrosilicon plant Finnfjord AS is using algae to “eat” all its carbon emissions. The algae is then incorporated into salmon feed by Nofima, the organization said on its website.


 
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Ask the Expert: Fish flight plan

The success of Wyoming’s helicopter stocking operations is dependent on months of careful planning and coordination. Each year, the Wyoming Game & Fish Department stocks approximately 100,000 fish (three to four inches) into roughly 80 high alpine lakes. Fish are typically stocked the last week of July each year. » Read More...
 
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Safe passage using a 'salmon cannon'

When a massive rockslide ripped through a remote section of British Columbia’s Fraser River in 2019, it sent millions of migrating salmon into crisis. With time running out and the stakes rising for endangered salmon populations, an intergovernmental collaboration turned to an unlikely high-tech saviour: a flexible, mist-filled pneumatic tube system fondly dubbed, the “salmon cannon.” » Read More...
 
 
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Agrimingold S.A. becomes first Latin American farm to join ASC’s Improver Programme

Ecuadorian shrimp farm, Agrimingold S.A., is the first from Latin America to join the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)’s Aquaculture Improvement Project Improver Programme. The programme supports farms that are not ready for ASC certification but are committed to improving their farming practices. » Read More...

New Hampshire IMTA study shows oysters reduce nitrogen in shrimp farming

A scientist at the University of New Hampshire (UNH)’s College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) studying integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) has found oysters help control the production of nitrogen produced from farming shrimp. » Read More

 
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BioMar doubles Vitamin D levels in salmon diets

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Plans for Mexico's first aquaculture centre announced at 2025 UN Ocean Conference

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Aqua Nor    

Aug. 19-21, 2025
Trondheim, Norway
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Global Shrimp Forum 2025

Sept. 2-4, 2025
Utrecht, the Netherlands
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