Global Demand for Aquatic Foods to Double
The Blue Food Assessment predicts that the global demand for blue foods will roughly double by 2050.
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Plankton Monitoring Software Supports Two Canadian Salmon Farms
Innovasea’s plankton monitoring software is now being used by two major salmon producers in Canada to deliver unprecedented insight into harmful algae levels in the water. Innovasea’s new cloud-based software module streamlines and enhances plankton monitoring efforts so fish farm operators can predict when concentrations will be too high and take steps to protect their stocks. The plankton module is part of
Read moreShellfish Aquaculture Funding Opportunity
The U.S. National Sea Grant Office and the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program are funding a joint competition to finance proposals that seek to establish, continue and/or expand collaborations between researchers and the shellfish aquaculture industry. Specifically, applications to this competition should utilize new or existing research/industry partnerships to study how ocean and coastal acidification in combination with other stressors impacts
Read moreShortlist for Ocean Startup Challenge
After 158 applications flooded in for the Ocean Startup Challenge, the industry reviewers have shortlisted 31 companies to vie for 10 prizes of $25,000 and in-kind support from partners. The shortlisted solutions involve environmental monitoring, reducing marine mammal entanglement in fishing gear, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, technologies to reduce corrosion and biofouling, networks of sensors and analysis tools, sustainable bait
Read moreCopernicus SAR Data Show Salmon Oil Slick from Collapsed Farm in Patagonia
By Cristina Rodriguez • Christian Haag In the south of Chile, several species of salmon fish are produced. The country is the second largest salmon producer in the world (around 953 tons produced in 2019). Authorities have increased environmental protection regulations since the start of aquaculture. At the end of June this year, there was a complete collapse of a
Read moreOne Health Framework for Aquaculture Industry
As the population grows, and the global standard of living improves, humanity’s appetite for seafood is increasing. In 2020, seafood consumption reached an all-time high, with an average of 20 kg consumed annually by every person on the planet. Up to now most of this was caught in the world’s freshwaters and oceans. But things are changing, and today half
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