Harbor Branch Researcher Partner with USDA to Favor the Growth of Aquaculture Industry in the U.S

Publisher: The Insight Partners

The Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has received approximately $2.4 million from the USDA to work in partnership with the USDA scientist that will support the growth of aquaculture in the US. US has been the largest importer of seafood products in the world that results in approximately 14 billion trade deficit. According to the Harbor Branch researchers, more than 50 percent of the consumed seafood comes from agriculture and as a matter of fact, less than 1 percent of it is produced in the US. The researchers in this project would be focused on developing a foundation for the most efficient ways to produce Red Drum and Pompano and would work on developing novel technologies that would ensure a steady supply of warm water marine fish seed stocks that would be useful for commercial production.

Australia sets aside AUD 5Mn for the development of onshore lobster aquaculture industry

The developing countries like Australia have also been taking up steps to flourish the aquaculture industry. Australia has set aside AUD 5Mn to develop the onshore lobster aquaculture industry. The Australian government of minister Scott Morrison has provided an aid of AUD 5 Mn ($3,387,100) that will help in developing the world’s first sustainable onshore lobster Aquaculture Market in the state of Tasmania. The project focuses on sustainable, commercial and socially responsible lobster production from hatchery to the market. This project will be initiated with an idea of transforming aquaculture for lobsters that would benefit the other species and cope with the growing demand for premium seafood. With the initiation of this project, the government targets to reach AUD 100 billion agriculture, fisheries and forest industry by 2030.

Aquaculture technology provider UMITRON launches Fish Appetite Index (FAI), the world's first real-time ocean-based fish appetite detection system

The aquaculture technology provider Umitron the Fish Appetite Index (FAI) which is the world’s first real-time ocean-based fish appetite detection system. The Umitron FAI makes use of efficient machine learning and image analysis techniques that extracts relevant data from video streams that can be used to effectively quantify fish appetite.