Seyitan Moritiwon

1 month ago | aquaculturenorthamerica.com | Seyitan Moritiwon

May 10, 2025  By Aquaculture North America staff The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), with BluGlacier and Inland Foods, promoted ASC-certified seafood during the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. The events included a media and influencer reception, participation in a French Quarter parade, and a pop-up booth at the French Quarter Festival.

1 month ago | hatcheryinternational.com | Seyitan Moritiwon

EVAH, a Canadian biotechnology company, has developed a low-dose in-feed product for sea lice treatment. Sea lice have become a global threat to the health of Atlantic salmon, causing a steadily declining public perception and reputation of the industry. The parasites are prevalent in Norway, Chile, Canada, and the U.K., where more than 90 per cent of the world’s farmed Atlantic salmon is produced. The estimated annual cost to the industry could exceed US$ 4 billion.

1 month ago | aquaculturenorthamerica.com | Seyitan Moritiwon

Joanne Thompson is staying on as the federal minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, announced the country’s 30th Canadian Ministry, commonly referred to as the Cabinet of Canada. Twenty-eight cabinet members and 10 secretaries of state were sworn in on May 13, including 24 new members. The new Cabinet, as appointed by the prime minister, is a body of ministerial advisors that sets the federal government’s policies and priorities for the country.

1 month ago | aquaculturenorthamerica.com | Seyitan Moritiwon

Southern California retailer, Erewhon, is now offering ASC-certified, American-raised rainbow trout fillets from Riverence Provisions, bringing responsibly farmed seafood to U.S. grocery shoppers. The new locally grown skin-on trout fillets will give shoppers access to quality seafood and are certified as responsibly farmed by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), a global nonprofit impact organization with a strict certification and labelling program for responsibly farmed seafood.

1 month ago | rastechmagazine.com | Seyitan Moritiwon

Gigante Salmon AS has initiated harvesting from the trial production at its land-based aquaculture facility in Rødøy, Norway. The company expects to produce approximately 550 tonnes of head-on-gutted (HOG) salmon from the initial harvest. In its first quarter report, it stated that the facility construction is in the final phase, with two out of three production basins completed. It says it’s on track for the planned ramp-up to full annual capacity of approximately 16,000 tonnes HOG by 2028.