20/01/14: Event: Algae in Andalucia - European Algae Biomass Conference

Clockwise from top: Seville Cathedral and Giralda,

Plaza de España in the Maria Luisa Park,

 Metropol Parasol, the Isabel II ("Triana")

 bridge and the Torre del Oro. Seville, Spain.

(Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

Active Communication International's (ACI) 3rd annual European Algae Biomass Conference will once again bring together senior executives from industry and academia to discuss the latest commercial and technical developments, challenges and research breakthroughs throughout the entire algae value chain.

 

What will the conference involve?

The conference will have a heavy focus on case study examples of latest technologies in operation in the global algae industry and low-cost production of microalgae. 

Discussion will focus on technical challenges faced when optimising the cultivation of algae, the current and future commercial markets for algae products and the challenges faced during the commercialisation process including the views from three different end markets.

Who is the conference for?

The conference attracts a range of industry professionals including:

 - algae cultivation plant owners and operators

 - leading algae/biomass research institutes

 - technology providers for cultivation, harvesting, drying, oil extraction and processing

 - plant engineers and constructors, algae end market users

 - biofuel producers

 - green energy & biotech investors

When/where is the conference?

The European Algae Biomass conference will take place in Seville, Spain  from 6-7 May 2014.

For more information and registration details, visit the conference website here.

 

20/01/14: Salmon plant expansion in Tasmania; new jobs boost Scottish aquaculture industry; Finnish fish feed invention

Australian owned salmon company Huon Aquaculture recently announced plans to start a $10 million expansion of its salmon processing plant at Parramatta Creek in Northern Tasmania. A move which will see more production of value added seafood products.

 

Spaeking to the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC), Frances Bender, director of Huon Aquaculture said the extension is a result of the relocation of its processing plant in South Australia.

Full news available here.

 

In a major economy boost, Scottish aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine has created four new full-time positions.

Three jobs have been created in administration and sales, whilst a new factory operative has also been recruited, taking total employment in the company to 16 full-time personnel.

Full news available here.

 

Benemilk Ltd, a joint venture of Raisio and Intellectual Ventures (IV), Finland recently announced it has filed a US patent application for a fish feed invention and is starting the commercialisation of the invention in the USA.

 

Developed by the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute , the patent application centres around the way in which fish oil is used in feed. Fish oil has traditionally been used in fish feed, but this new invention utilises rapeseed oil - a more economical alternative.  

Full news available here.

 

 

 

Field of rapeseeds (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

20/01/14: International Aquafeed reaches new readers

Just in case you missed it, International Aquafeed's November/December 2013 edition is now available in Spanish.

The quickest way to read it is to view it online here!

Mrs Tuti Tan says Perendale is very proud to be publishing in Spanish and is even more excited that IAF magazine will for the second time be published in Chinese this month.

"We recognise that not all aquaculturists we want to reach read English, and Spanish and Chinese are two key languages that we cannot overlook in the aquaculture sector.

"The September-October edition of IAF was published in Chinese and distributed in China in November. We are now following up with our second edition and will hopefully publish each subsequent edition in Chinese, as we have done with Spanish, from now on," she adds.

"We are very pleased to report that Dr Mai Kangsen, widely known worldwide throughout the aquaculture industry, has joined IAF as its Associate Editor - China. He will be sharing his wide experience with our Chinese readers in our November-December 2013 edition of the magazine.

Finally, the English version of IAF is getting a boost in Africa with the appointment of Nathan Nwosu as the magazine's business development manager for Nigeria. Nathan can be contacted at nathann@perendale.co.uk.