Protecting and restoring the world’s kelp forests, one sea urchin at a time.
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A Memorial researcher is investigating a new opportunity he hopes will help diversify the range of seafood produced in Newfoundland and Labrador for worldwide distribution.
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An experiment in Nanaimo’s Departure Bay is testing whether sea urchin farming could be the next big industry on our coast.
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What do First Nation villages in Quebec, barren kelp beds in Western Australia, Japanese seafood giant Mitsubishi, and a Norwegian investment firm all have in common?
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Across the worlds oceans, sea urchins are on the march and thats not a good thing. Reports on how a new system of population management can stem a damaging swell in numbers while meeting a growing demand for their you-know-whats.
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Did you know that we won the prestigious Minister of Fisheries Award in Japan?!
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Scientists hope a new pilot project will show that a sustainable, spiny seafood could be British Columbia’s next big export.
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Federal scientists and others are exploring the possibility of sea urchin farming in Canada, with at least six pilot studies using Norwegian technology that proponents hope will turn "zombie" urchins which can denude kelp beds into profitable seafood.
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Along the coastlines of southeastern Australia, and far beyond, a silent, unstoppable menace is wreaking havoc, turning lifegiving undersea kelp forests into barren wastes.
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Infestations of long-spined sea urchins in Australia's east coast are being dealt with by a firm aiming to turn them into a lucrative industry.
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Urchinomics, a Norwegian sea urchin farming firm, has signed an agreement with the Ekuanitshit Nation in Quebec for the initiation of a pilot project.
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A new sea urchin ranching concept — 'Urchinomics' — could be about to change the way several species' value chains operate, according to the company behind it.
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Representanter fra fôrselskapet Nosan Corporation, som er 100 prosent eid av industrigiganten Mitsubishi, er på opplæring i Norge. I Nofimas produksjonshall i Kjerreidviken i Bergen lærer de den hemmelige prosessen, melderNofoma.
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I 22 år har Nofima forsket på fôr til kråkeboller. I forrige uke signerte investeringsselskapet Kaston fra Sunnmøre en lisensavtale med japanske Nosan om produksjon av fôret i Japan. Uten lokal kunnskap fra Kaston og støtte fra Innovasjon Norge hadde ikke dette vært mulig.
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En norsk-japansk samarbeidsavtale gjør det mulig å kombinere miljøvern med stor økonomisk fortjenest. Avtalen kan bli banebrytende for kråkebolleproduksjon.
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Nyutviklet fór fra Vestlandet skal gi japanerne bedre potens og redde økosystemet langs kysten deres.
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En nylig signert lisensavtale gjør at japanske Nosan får lære Nofimas hemmeligheter om kråkebollefôr. Hemmeligheter som Nofima har forsket på i 22 år, melder NTB.
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Kråkeboller skal feites opp for det japanske markedet som er villige til å betale over 1000 kroner kiloen for godbitene.
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