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USDA awards $10 million to address several remaining aquaculture challenges

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $10 million to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to carry out a set of projects to solve specific aquaculture challenges.


RAS Talk: RAS in public fish hatcheries – What’s taking so long?

There are a good number of water reuse systems and intensive RAS at public fish hatcheries today, but few public fish hatchery programs have adopted intensive RAS. During this episode of RAS Talk, Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Jeff Milton, Sport Fish Hatchery program supervisor, and Travis Hyer, Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery manager, give RAS Talk some insight on how their public hatcheries have successfully moved toward RAS.


AquaBioTech looks toward international expansion with Bluefront Equity investment

AquaBioTech Group and Bluefront Equity have announced they have jointly entered into a letter of intent, stating Bluefront Equity will acquire a significant stake in AquaBioTech Group through a combination of purchase of shares, and new capital to accelerate the company’s growth. This investment will further enable AquaBioTech Group to quickly develop its international plans for expansion, including opening major offices in Norway and Singapore.
 
 
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Oyster growers pin hopes on RAS

As climate change makes seafood farming trickier, studies on how to climate-proof oyster culture are underway in many parts of the United States. One of them, an exciting, private initiative in Maine, aims to break the dependence of oyster culture on unpredictable seawater quality by growing oysters from seed to market-size in inland facilities using recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). » Read more
 
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AKVA signs US $150-million RAS deal with AquaCon

Aquaculture technology company AKVA Group has bagged a $150 million contract for a full grow-out recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in the United States east coast. Norwegian holding company AquaCon AS plans to build a land based facility in Maryland. The company plans to target the U.S. salmon market. » Read more

Cargill, Freshwater Institute to work on new RAS salmon feed

International research body The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, is offering access to its research facilities, and a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and fish culturists to global feed producer Cargill, as part of a partnership aimed at creating a new feed product for Atlantic salmon grown in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) environments. » Read more
 
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Monitoring performance of a water treatment system: Fish tank

Blue Unit has introduced its Perform-o-Gram diagram, made to show how turbidity is shifting around a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farm. » Read more
 
Events  
 
RASTECH 2022

RAS Virtual Summit 2021

Nov. 3, 2021
Virtual Event
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World Aquaculture 2021

Nov. 8-12, 2021
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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Taiwan International Fisheries & Seafood Show

Dec. 2-4, 2021
Taipei, Taiwan & Virtual
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World Aquaculture 2020

Dec. 5-8, 2021
Singapore
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