Tag biotechnology

• Feed Sustainability

  February 18, 2019

  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. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  October 8, 2018

  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. 

• Feed Sustainability

  February 12, 2018

  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. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  November 27, 2017

  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. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  November 6, 2017

  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. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  July 31, 2017

  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. 

• Feed Sustainability

  May 1, 2017

  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. 

• Feed Sustainability

  September 1, 2009

  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.