Friday, October 11, 2013

11/10/13: Novus gong, Walmart rumblings and the world's biggest feed plant

An Israeli professor has been awarded the inaugural Novus Golobal Aquaculture Innovation Award at a ceremony at the GOAL 2013 conference in Paris. Dr Amir Sagi of Ben Gurion University received the gong for his research into sorting giant river prawns by gender. 
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Aquaculture giant Skretting has opened ‘the world’s largest fish feed plant’, really an expansion of an existing factory in Norway to increase its capacity by 50%. The plant, which remained operational throughout its renovation, will now produce up to 12,000 tonnes of fish food per week.

The Alaska Journal reports that a Walmart-linked think tank has begun working on criteria to evaluate seafood sustainability programmes in America. Although the project is highly secretive, it is expected to officially launch in 2014, amid rumours the supermarket giant will drop its support for MSC-labelling of its fish products.
Giant river prawn
Giant river prawn (Photo credit: Courtarro)
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