Robert Outram

1 week ago | fishfarmermagazine.com | Robert Outram

Brazilian Fish worker with tilapia Brazilian Fish has set out its plans to use the latest genetic technology to improve its farmed tilapia, with the help of US specialist the Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT). Genome editing – also known as gene editing – precisely targets and accelerates genetic changes that would naturally occur. Brazilian Fish is the third largest tilapia producer in the country, and exports to Japan, Taiwan and the USA.

1 week ago | fishfarmermagazine.com | Robert Outram

IFFO, the worldwide marine ingredients organisation, also reports that the supply of fishmeal and fish oil produced during February 2025 is already significantly up on the same month last year. The first fishing season for anchovies in the North-centre of Peru – probably the single most significant fishery internationally as far as fishmeal is concerned – will start on 22 April 2025, with a total quota of 3 million metric tonnes, the Peruvian authorities announced yesterday.

1 week ago | fishfarmermagazine.com | Robert Outram

Salmon farming giant Mowi, which acquired Dawnfresh Farming two years ago, has agreed the sale of the Dawnfresh trout operations to Gael Force, an Inverness-based supplier to the aquaculture and fishing sectors. Gael Force currently does not farm fish itself, but the company has been developing a semi-closed containment system, SeaQure Farm.

1 week ago | fishfarmermagazine.com | Robert Outram

The proposed Kingfish site in Maine Opponents of the project had appealed against a decision of the Maine Superior Court affirming state permits for the new plant under Maine’s Site Location of Development Act (SLODA) and Natural Resources Protection Act (NRPA). This appeal has also now been turned down, by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

2 weeks ago | fishfarmermagazine.com | Robert Outram

The island nation is a self-governing part of the kingdom of Denmark, and while it may not be the biggest producer in the fish farming world, the aquaculture industry in the Faroes has developed a reputation for innovation and success. Fishing and fish farming are key industries, both in terms of the operators based on the islands and also the industries that support those sectors, from net makers and boatbuilders to research. Fish farming in the islands is overwhelmingly about Atlantic salmon.