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Wave of the future? Investment in RAS salmon farming takes off

Not even COVID-19 slowed accelerating investment in commercial RAS salmon –but 2030 output forecasts vary by a factor of more than ten.

Norwegian salmon farms endure a difficult year better than their Chilean rivals

Weak Q4 demand, surplus of large-size fish narrows price spreads but exports, prices and revenues less disrupted by COVID-19 than those of Chile.

A brighter 2021? Salmon resists COVID-19 deflation but succumbs to Q4 lockdowns

Q4 lockdowns, bloated inventories abort traditional Q4 rally. Upcoming near convergence of Chilean, Norwegian price to create market bottom. Low output growth to induce a 2021 price rebound.
Wave of the future? Investment in RAS salmon farming takes off
Norwegian salmon farms endure a difficult year better than their Chilean rivals
A brighter 2021? Salmon resists COVID-19 deflation but succumbs to Q4 lockdowns
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Saturday, February 15, 2020
It's not infinitely elastic: Aquaculture optimism vs. aqua feed reality
Market research firms paint expansive forecasts of flourishing aqua feed production and booming aquaculture growth. –But aqua feed growth trends clearly contradict official aquaculture statistics –implying that mainstream industry expectations need to be thoroughly revised.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Tomorrow's seafood giant forever?
Brazil has long been touted as a future aquaculture exporting powerhouse but production growth is has been disappointing, especially for value-added species. Can this resource rich nation leverage abundant resources for a 2020s farmed seafood boom?
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
"Officially" an Exporter? Flat output, rapid import growth and China's changing role in the world seafood trade
Behind inaccurate official statistics, China's faces production capacity constraints with a rapidly growing appetite. 2018's flat seafood export volumes and a 3.5% increase in revenues were checkmated by an 18% jump in imports volumes and 44% increase in expenditures. The resulting loss of seafood self-sufficiency is t ...
Friday, May 10, 2019
Nature's limits re-emerging: A snapshot of world aquaculture in 2019
Price inflation, input constraints, dwindling frontier areas decelerate expansion of high-value seafood lines. As inter-regional and inter-species growth rates diverge, re-emergent Nature challenges the premise of unlimited sustainable expansion.
Monday, October 29, 2018
Myanmar feed, livestock and aquaculture: Primitive, with great potential
Poultry leads booming feed and meat production, complimented by pork and aquaculture. Compared to its Southeast Asian neighbors, Myanmar is underdeveloped and and brimming with longterm growth potential.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Myanmar's interrupted aquaculture boom: Abundant resources in need of physical, legal and financial infrastructure
New laws, roads, ports and support industries must be established before the cultivation of feed dependent, value-added species can expand.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Aquaculture's high wire act: Rising production, stable costs defy tight input supplies
Output keeps rising amid flat aqua feed production, shrinking fishmeal supplies, and feed industry innovation.
Friday, April 13, 2018
A brief survey of Chinese aquaculture
It accounts for two-thirds of world aquaculture and remains a top seafood exporter but a constellation of factors are making imports grow faster than exports.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Vietnam: A rising aquaculture star at cross roads
A large coastline, untapped resources and successful exporter confronted by disease, trade barriers and food safety issues. The early 2000s hyper-boom is over but growth can be sustained in the 3% to 5% range -if an intelligent approach is taken.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
China transitions from export-driven seafood producer to leading importer
Dwindling water resources, urbanization, cheap imports constrain supply growth, but demand keeps rising. This is transforming China from a top seafood exporter to its largest importer.
Monday, October 9, 2017
State of Aquaculture 2017: Deceleration, uncertainty and new frontiers
Mature Asian regions are leveling out and frontier regions are expanding up amid uncertainty: Annual long-term growth forecasts ranging from 3% to 5%+ are currently being put forward.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Real aquaculture statistics, real disease problems and the specter of capacity limitations
Crustaceans and finfish are in trouble and a new virus that afflicts tilapia could make things worse. The industry needs to stop intensifying Asian production and open new frontier regions in Africa, Latin America, Australia
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Aqua feed statistics turn fish farming assumptions upside down: Why Europe is becoming vitally important to world aquaculture
Asian producers languish under the weight of stocking densities but a mature region known for its farm management techniques leads the industry's growth.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The state of world aquaculture going into 2017
• When wild caught fish used in aqua feed is subtracted from the available supply, more farmed fish than wild catch are being consumed for the first time Crustaceans remain most profitable overall seafood class, salmon overtook shrimp as the single largest seafood line by value • Asia will maintain its overwhelming d ...
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Chinese aquaculture outgrows its resource base
• China's farmed fish production peaked at nearly 70% of global output, it now produces 60% • With demand growing faster than supply, it is changing from an export-driven supplier to the world’s top seafood importer • This process is most evident in formerly export driven lines such as shrimp and tilapia • Exhaustio ...
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Microbiome of Pacific Whiteleg shrimp reveals differential bacterial community composition between Wild, Aquacultured and AHPND/EMS outbreak conditions
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Crustaceans form the second largest subphylum on Earth, which includes Litopeneaus vannamei (Pacific whiteleg shrimp), one of the most cultured shrimp worldwide. Despite efforts to ...
The role of the gut microbiome in sustainable teleost aquaculture
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
As the most diverse vertebrate group and a major component of a growing global aquaculture industry, teleosts continue to attract significant scientific attention. The growth in gl ...
PANCOSMA's Bioactive product shows consistent efficacy in new Enterocytozoon Hepatopenae trial in shrimp
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Shrimp farming tends to be more and more industrialized and intensive in order to reach higher levels of production. However high stocking densities, high food inputs and low water ...
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