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Gloucestershire start-up proposes RAS-raised shrimp for UK market

A new aquaculture company based in South West England aims to produce shrimp in a land-based facility to in order to offer biosecure and sustainably grown seafood to the United Kingdom market. Land Ocean Farm of Gloucestershire said it is still looking for a suitable location for its planned receirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility for shrimp.


Benchmark Genetics announces new director of innovation

Benchmark Genetics (BG) has announced that effective on Mar. 1, 2022, professor Ross Houston will join the company as director of innovation, genetics. Currently, Houston holds the role of personal chair of aquaculture genetics at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, where he leads the aquaculture genetics team, and is also the Institute’s deputy director for translation and commercialization.


Taste of BC Aquafarms agrees to supply steelhead salmon fingerlings, valued at $1 million

Blue Star Foods’ recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) subsidiary, Taste of BC Aquafarms (TBC), has entered into a two-year agreement to supply steelhead salmon fingerlings to another company that produces steelhead salmon in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada for a value of up to approximately $1 million.
 
 
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The Scottish Salmon Company awarded GBP £5 million for post-smolt R&D project

A four-year aquaculture research and development (R&D) project to be carried out and led by The Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC’s) Applecross site in the northwest highlands, has been awarded up to GBP £5 million (about USD $6.6 million) in public sector funding. The R&D project, will focus on post-smolt innovation, with the central goal to increase smolt sizes from around 100g to 500g in an ecologically sustainable manner using recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology. » Read more
 
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Toronto firm plans RAS facility in Georgian Bay site

Toronto-based company Georgian Bay Innovation Group (GBIG) and its subsidiary, Georgian Bay Salmon, have unveiled plans to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility for growing Atlantic salmon in Colpoy’s Bay in Wiarton, Ontario. The proposed project is reported to involve the construction of a 500,000 s/f land-based fish farm by the bay, with the capacity to produce 15,000 tons of Atlantic salmon per year. » Read more

AquaGen launches search for CEO

Aquaculture genetics company AquaGen said it has started looking for a new chief executive officer shortly after the firms current CEO expressed her desire to resign. Nina Santi, who joined AquaGen back in 2007, said she has decided to step down to allow someone else to take the helm. » Read more
 
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