US champions of offshore aquaculture get behind yet another bill
The bi-partisan legislation follows the White House's "Ocean Climate Action Plan," which was issued in March and called for expansion of sustainable US aquaculture production
NZ King Salmon settles appeals in boost for offshore plan
New Zealand King Salmon has settled appeals against its plans to move salmon farming into deeper and cooler waters in Cook Strait, which could add up to 10,000t to its production
SalMar Aker Ocean: Norway tax clouds outlook for offshore aquaculture
The offshore salmon farming venture wanted its operations included under the umbrella of the new ground rent tax from day one; as it is, it does not know if it will be taxed later or not
AKVA appoints new COO for sea-based division
Norway's AKVA Group has appointed Stig Forre as chief operating officer of its international sea-based division
Offshore kanpachi farming startup on track for 2,500t in year one
Forever Oceans, now raising kanpachi -- a yellowtail species -- off the Pacific coast of Panama, has grown tenfold since it started operating in August 2022
Innovasea aids in Aruba approval for country’s first open ocean red snapper farm
US-based aquaculture and fish tracking tech firm Innovasea helped new aquaculture company Petros secure government approval for Aruba's first open ocean fish farm
Pareto: Profits, demand to boost salmon tech investments in spite of looming tax
'Even with high capex, profit margins for salmon farmers today are sufficient to drive investments in new technologies and with salmon prices remaining high, we are optimistic this will come to pass' -- Carl-Emil Johannessen, Pareto Securities
Fabrication begins for new wind farm off US Atlantic coast
Onshore fabrication work has begun for a new wind farm off the coast of the US state of Rhode Island
Chinese offshore farm Deep Blue 1 harvests 3,000 salmon
An offshore pen in China's Yellow Sea harvested 3,000 Atlantic salmon, which achieved an average weight of five kilos, local media reports
US lawmaker’s tweet points to politics around whale deaths
'Republicans are using offshore wind as a scapegoat for marine animal deaths. But the real culprit is climate change -- which, by the way, is driven by fossil fuels' -- US representative Jared Huffman