FL Commissioner Nikki Fried Visits Panhandle to Highlight Florida Aquaculture

Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) officials visited Bay County to highlight the community’s aquaculture industry. Commissioner Fried toured the shellfish processing facility at Webb’s Seafood Inc. in Youngstown, and spoke about the Panhandle’s growing aquaculture industry.

Aquaculture Braintrust Farms Clams in Florida’s Tampa Bay

Located on land that resembles a southern plantation, Two Docks Shellfish sits adjacent to a DuPont agricultural test farm where Aaron Welch, Jr., who has a PhD in Plant Pathology from North Carolina State University, served as manager until his retirement. The closely-knit operation primarily farm clams, but is also starting to work with oysters.

US Aquaculture Production to Rise 2.1% Annually in Volume Terms to 2022

April 22, 2019 Freedonia

US aquaculture production is forecast to increase 2.1% annually in volume terms through 2022, according to Aquaculture: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. The rising promotion of fish as part of a healthy diet will continue to increase demand for fish products.

BioFishency Raises $ 2.4M for its Water Treatment Systems for Aquaculture

April 1, 2019 BioFishency

BioFishency Ltd. (“BioFishency” or “the Company”), a portfolio company of The Trendlines Group Ltd. (“Trendlines”) (SGX: 42T) (OTCQX: TRNLY), announced that it has completed an investment round of $2.4 million. The primary investors in the round were a private investor from China, Aqua-Spark, a global investment fund based in the Netherlands, and The Trendlines Group.

Utah Couple on Track to Open State’s First Tilapia Farm

January 17, 2019 Associated Press

A Utah couple is on track to open the state’s first tilapia farm after they got an exemption from a law that prohibits commercial farming of the species because it can pose a threat to native fish.