Head of consultancy and design firm Steven Rafferty believes both current aquaculture nations and new ones will adopt the technology and head out to sea in the near future Continue reading
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Good Q1 profits set SalMar up for $44.5m investments in 2018
A decent selling price to production cost ratio and a turnaround in fair value adjustments mean SalMar can look to invest in its offshore R&D Continue reading
What does the salmon net pen of the future look like?
Undercurrent News explores how some of the latest technological developments in aquaculture could impact the 'traditional' salmon net pen in the near future Continue reading
Chilean firm seeks investors to back aquaculture-on-a-vessel project
Founder says there are producers waiting to utilize the vessels, which are designed to produce 4,000t of fish each; he hopes to have the first one backed and built by 2020 Continue reading
German project plans salmon farming on world’s largest sailboats
Next Generation Cargo intends to produce up to 12,500t of salmon across five vessels, which will sail international waters, by 2020; also plans hatchery to be built by 2022 Continue reading
Norway grants Nordlaks additional licenses to develop offshore salmon project
The firm had wanted extra licenses, to develop 'Havfarm' two and three as well as one; licenses have now been granted to develop versions one and three Continue reading
SalMar sees big potential for offshore expansion as ‘Ocean Farm 1’ arrives in Norway from China
The salmon industry is on the verge of moving offshore as a way to overcome production constraints caused by limits on coastal fishing licenses, SalMar says Continue reading
NSK, Salaks apply for salmon development licenses with ‘FjordMAX’
NSK Ship Design -- which created the Havfarm concept with Nordlaks -- has now revealed another salmon farming concept which will take investment of $67.4m Continue reading
First US offshore mussel farm harvests inaugural batch
California-based offshore mussel farmer Catalina Sea Ranch harvested its first batch of mussels Monday Continue reading
Chile to test new offshore salmon cages in pilot project
A Chilean government development agency and three salmon farmers will finance a pilot project to farm salmon in 360-square-meter cages Continue reading
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