Health & Welfare
Can shrimp diseases be beaten by bacterial interference?
Biotech company Pebble Labs is harnessing bacteria to block the transmission of virulent shrimp diseases in a process known as RNA interference, or RNAi.
Aquafeeds
NovoNutrients partners up on its pathway to commercialization
NovoNutrients will join FEED-X, an initiative to transform the “sustainability performance” of value chains linked to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Aquafeeds
Single-cell protein aquafeed ingredient first to gain GRAS designation
Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm KnipBio is the first single-cell protein manufacturer serving the aquafeed industry to earn Generally Regarded as Safe designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Innovation & Investment
At GOAL, a peek at potential aquaculture futures
At the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s annual GOAL conference in Guyaquil, Ecuador, unfamiliar topics gave aquaculture industry leaders something to chew on.
Aquafeeds
A new nutrient for aquaculture, from microbes that consume carbon waste
Biotechnology firm NovoNutrients aims to produce a line of nutraceutical aquafeed additives as well as a bulk feed ingredient that can supplement fishmeal. Its process includes feeding carbon dioxide from industrial gas to a “microbial consortium” starring hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria.
Innovation & Investment
Microalgae into medicine: Biotech startup targets shrimp, salmon diseases
MicroSynbiotiX is employing the power of transgenic microalgae to make it cheaper and easier for aquaculture producers to administer vaccines to fish.
Innovation & Investment
Scottish firm honing bacteriophages into aquaculture-disease assassins
Scottish biotech firm Fixed Phage aims to bottle the powers of bacteriophages to deploy these “bacteria killers” on some of the world’s most destructive aquaculture diseases.
Innovation & Investment
Genetic tool aims to stem the tide of oyster virus
Initially, a new chip loaded with oyster DNA pieces will identify oysters resistant to the herpes virus, but in the future it may be able to identify oysters with other desirable characteristics, such as faster growth rates.
Aquafeeds
The pink powder that could revolutionize aquaculture
KnipBio, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology startup founded in 2013, is refining the manufacturing process for a promising aquaculture feed ingredient that may one day form the foundation of the food that farmed fish eat.
Aquafeeds
Biotechnology could combine positive traits in seed-based fish feed
Biotechnology offers a potential avenue to overcoming the negative traits of seeds and enhancing feed performance to improve fish health.