Stokkeneset, Stadlandet, Norway-based cod-farming company Statt Torsk, after launching a strategic review, has decided to modify its production plans at its Rekvika facility and postpone planned new production.
The new plan is a direct result of it identifying a potential industrial partner, the company said. On 16 August, the company announced via a posting to the Oslo Børs that it received a letter of intent from Vesterålen
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Huonville, Tasmania-based Huon Valley Seafoods has collapsed and has entered liquidation, according to media reports and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
The company was put into liquidation, with Louisa Sijabat from Merchants Advisory appointed as liquidator, according to an ASIC notice.
According to a report by News Corp Australia, the company collapsed amid a falling out between Huon Valley Seafoods’
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Digital seafood software companies Naviaq and Seacloud – both owned by private equity firm Bluefront Equity – are merging.
Bluefront Equity acquired a majority stake in Seacloud – a provider of cloud-based software and sensor technology for aquaculture operators – in December 2022. The firm’s investment in Seacloud came shortly after Bluefront Equity invested in aquaculture software firm Naviaq in October
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The collapse of a dam in Russia has washed away the tracks of the Baikal-Amur railway, one of the transport links that carries cargo from Russia’s Far East to its more populated western regions.
On the night of 19 August, a dam burst in the Severo-Baikalsky district of Buryatia, Russia, and washed away the rail tracks of the Baikal-Amur Mainline, according to Latvia-based news outlet Meduza, which reported 200 meters of railway track were
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The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries has adopted new regulations on the sampling of industrial catches upon landing.
The new regulations will come into force on 1 January, 2024, and are intended to provide more control over raw material harvested and landed for producing fishmeal and fish oil, the ministry said. Enforcement of the new rules during the run-in period will be “adjusted as necessary” via dialogue
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Imenco Aqua, a supplier of services and products for the aquaculture industry, has launched “Imenco Welfare,” a new product range with solutions for fish welfare.
The new product range, the company said, includes fish health cameras, biomass frames, and a “well-known” software for lice counting, biomass measurement, and welfare from software company Createview.
As part of the new product line, Imenco Aqua Vice President
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Proximar Seafood, the company that has constructed a salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, announced in its Q2 results that it has finalized construction activity on the facility.
The company has been operational at its location since October 2022 and is currently producing 5 separate batches of Atlantic salmon in its RAS. According to the company’s latest announcement, the company has
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Officials with the U.S. states of Connecticut and New York have issued warnings cautioning residents to take precautions when eating raw shellfish or swimming in brackish waters after multiple cases of Vibrio vulnificus.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued a warning to residents on 16 August after a resident in Suffolk County, New York who had recently died was discovered to be infected with the bacteria. The case came after three people in
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Innovasea – a company developing tech solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking – has added AI-based biomass estimation for Atlantic salmon to its suite of aquaculture solutions.
The company announced that its biomass cameras can now use BiomassPro, an AI-driven solution that enables users to estimate the size and weight of fish stocks inside net pens in real-time. The data, Innovasea said,
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Nordic Aqua Partners, the company planning a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farm in Ningbo, China, announced that its project is on schedule and in line with budget.
The company, in its Q2 2023 results report, said that stage one of the company’s planned RAS facility, which will have an annual production capacity of 4,000 metric tons (MT), is on track to be completed by Q1 2024. The company added that the biological
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