First Nations offer Canada’s fish minister options to maintain elver fishery
Some First Nations leaders in Nova Scotia have suggested increasing their quota might help to stymie illegal fishing
Canada’s fish minister riles eel industry with talk of shutdown to handle poaching crisis
With a potential CAD 45m season in jeopardy, the Canadian elver industry says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has rejected its offer to pay for solutions to stop poaching
US’ biggest shrimp breeder slams sale of genotyping tool to farmers as invitation to steal
Robin Pearl says American Penaeid will cease selling broodstock to individuals using Genics' ShrimpID product
Aquaculture genetics firm Benchmark put up for sale
Its board has decided to undertake a formal review of options, including a sale, to 'establish whether there is a bidder or bidders prepared to offer a value...the board considers attractive'
Surge in Indian black tiger broodstock imports suggest Q1 supply glut
Black tiger broodstock imports in Q4 were four times greater than the same quarter of 2022
NOAA to spend $60m on salmon, steelhead hatcheries in US Northwest
The money is part of the $3.3 billion provided to NOAA through the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation back by the president Joe Biden administration to help America prepare for climate change
Canadian government ponders future of lumpfish
Public asked to weigh in on whether the species is threatened and should be off-limits to commercial fishing
Hendrix Genetics opens ‘milestone’ shrimp broodstock center in India
The new broodstock multiplication center in Andhra Pradesh, a JV with Sapthagiri Hatcheries, has a capacity for 150,000 animals
Norwegian gov’t changes mind, grants Benchmark’s broodstock licenses
Benchmark Holdings has had an appeal upheld by Norway's fisheries ministry, finally granting the company a pair of broodstock permits
India’s vannamei broodstock distribution down again in Q3
Broodstock data, often used as a proxy for future production, shows that distribution has fallen by 22% y-o-y as of the end of September