Tag Lauren Kramer

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  January 7, 2019

  Farms’ removal signals new paradigm for BC salmon industry

  A closure of ultimately 17 farms over the next five years will create a farm-free migration corridor for wild salmon on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  November 19, 2018

  Fish behavior-tracking tech aims to curb aquafeed wastage

  Overfeeding is a waste stream for aquaculture. Underwater cameras in pens help, but a company mixing hydroacoustics and machine learning has another idea. 

• Investment

  November 5, 2018

  Entrepreneurs need toughness, commitment to thrive in Hatch

  For entrepreneurs in the Hatch accelerator program, the process of attracting investors to herald a new growth curve is an intense and immersive one. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  October 15, 2018

  Estudio vincula las prácticas de bienestar animal con las compras del consumidor

  De acuerdo con un estudio realizado por Changing Tastes and Datassential, existe la oportunidad de expandir el mercado estadounidense de productos pesqueros cultivados si la industria acuícola adoptara más ampliamente las prácticas de producción humanitaria. 

• Animal Health & Welfare

  September 24, 2018

  Study ties animal welfare practices to consumer purchasing

  There’s an opportunity to expand the U.S. market for farmed seafood if the aquaculture industry were to more widely adopt humane production practices, according to a study by Changing Tastes and Datassential. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  September 24, 2018

  Finalista del Premio a la Innovación Global de Acuacultura: MNL Group

  La firma chilena de biotecnología dice que su aditivo para alimentos naturales, Futerpenol®, reduce o elimina la necesidad de antibióticos en el salmón y la trucha cultivados al estimular la respuesta inmune de los peces. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  September 10, 2018

  Global Aquaculture Innovation Award finalist: MNL Group

  Chilean biotech firm says its natural feed additive, Futerpenol®, reduces or eliminates the need for antibiotics in farmed salmon and trout by stimulating the immune responses of the fish. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  July 9, 2018

  App aims to bring clarity to seafood traceability, social compliance data

  For small-scale aquaculture farmers in far-flung regions, creating traceability data can present major challenges, both linguistic and technological. It’s those challenges that VerifiK8 is poised and ready to help solve. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  May 14, 2018

  Un pez, dos peces: la tecnología de conteo genera fondos para la firma de ingeniería canadiense

  XperCount, también conocido como el "cubo mágico," utiliza la óptica y la fotónica para proporcionar un recuento exacto del 95 por ciento de los microorganismos, como larvas de peces o camarones, en cuestión de segundos. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  April 30, 2018

  Climate change impacts unite U.S. shellfish farmers

  The Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition, an initiative of seven founding U.S. aquaculture farmers, last week launched a partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to spread public awareness about climate change and its impact on their businesses.