Washington state to implement safeguards following steelhead escapes
The cause: a 1.5-inch gap between a pond outlet, screen system and rubber gasket that allowed smolts to escape
Global black tiger volumes pass 500,000t in 2021 as new broodstock makes impact felt
Production of black tiger shrimp is growing rapidly in China, India and Bangladesh as broodstock improvement gives farmers species dilemma
Vancouver Island-area wild salmon continue to decline
Vancouver Island is at the center of a dispute involving the desire to protect wild Pacific salmon stocks, which has prompted the phase-out of net-pen Atlantic salmon farms
Is West Africa missing a trick on genetically-improved tilapia?
While Ghana and Nigeria currently ban the use of GIFT, Tropo Farms are among many farmers pushing for its introduction as a means to improve both growth rates and resistance
Taste of BC makes fingerlings supply deal with other Canadian RAS farm
Taste of BC owner Blue Star Foods reported a net income loss of $161,788 on sales of $3.7 million during the third quarter of 2021, which ended Sept. 30
High Indian shrimp prices unlikely to drop before year end
The return of some Chinese interest means that demand for smaller sizes has also partially recovered in the country, and is likely to ramp up ahead of Chinese New Year
China feed giant Tongwei inks $200m deal for smaller rival
Chinese feed giant Tongwei has acquired Ningbo-based feed company Tech-Bank Food for CNY 1.27 billion as part of its expansion plans
Firm is growing larval saltwater shrimp in Minnesota
They hope to sell 21-day-old juvenile shrimp to farmers who will raise them to market weight
Global warming, rising sea levels burying Mississippi’s seafood nurseries
Mississippi is using millions in settlement money from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to shore up marshes
India imports record number of shrimp broodstock, SIS increases share
The bulk of broodstock went for this year's 'exceptionally good' summer crop, according to industry consultant Willem van der Pijl