Lousy Fraser River sockeye returns make commercial fishery unlikely
Fraser sockeye tend to experience strong years every four years, of which 2022 is a high-cycle year, but that hasn't occurred this year
Cooke Canada hatchery project to cost $53m
Cooke Aquaculture has pump tests ongoing as part of preparations to build a 100,000-square-foot aquaculture hatchery
Filipino fish farms struggle with feed shortages, lack of fry
Fish farmers are calling on the government for help as they experience an all-time high feed conversion ratio, prompting a shortage of fish fry usually exported to other countries
UK’s Ocean 14 Capital merges European clam breeders for second seafood deal
The private equity said it plans to invest a further €5m in clam breeder MITO, created through the merger of a Dutch hatchery and a pair of Italian nurseries
Benchmark alters CleanTreat model, opens Iceland incubation center
The company continues to work at a deficit, with year-to-date operating losses amounting to £6.1m after depreciation and amortization of its salmon treatment vessels
Timor-Leste gov’t project aims to scale up tilapia output with WorldFish’s GIFT
Malaysian nonprofit WorldFish is supplying genetically improved tilapia broodstock to the Southeast Asian nation as part of a new government initiative
Chinese tilapia genetics company with Norwegian links in sale talks
Chinese crop seed specialist plans to acquire a majority stake in Hainan Progift Aqua-Tech, which was founded by Norwegian-Chinese brothers Simon Yuen and Ka Kod Yuen
WorldFish mulls going commercial with GIFT tilapia as it plots African expansion
The nonprofit organization plans to create many more collaborations with private sector farmers on the African continent as it looks to further disseminate the GIFT strain
GenoMar achieves world’s first certified SPF tilapia
Norwegian and Latin American tilapia breeder GenoMar Genetics has been granted specific pathogen-free certification for a breeding facility in the Philippines
GenoMar study makes profit case for Streptococcosis-resistant tilapia
Streptococcosis is one of the most important infectious diseases affecting tilapia aquaculture around the globe, causing significant mortality