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Chilean Seabass: a sustainable alternative to salmon farming in South America.

From the FISH SITE by Jonah van Beijnen 7 January 2020. Now that SEABASS CHILE has successfully closed the breeding cycle of the Patagonian toothfish for the first time, the company is looking forward to the commercial production of this high value species. And it could, they argue, represent a long-term sustainable alternative to the [...]

By |January 7th, 2020|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Juvenile Bluefin Tuna in the Bay of Cadiz

While trawling off a sport fishing boat in mid October we hooked and released five small bluefin tuna, of 500g-1kg weight. This was 10-15 miles due West of Cadiz and the boat master told me that from his experience, catching juvenile Bluefin is quite common at this time of year. However, according to the scientific [...]

By |November 2nd, 2017|Tuna|0 Comments

Sablefish Farming-The undersupplied market.

Sablefish Harvest at Omega Pacific, British Columbia. Sablefish farming is an opportunity in the waiting, I intend to throw out the kind of information and know how to demonstrate just how significant this opportunity is. My hope is to wake up the appetite of fish farming entrepreneurs to choose this fish for their [...]

By |September 24th, 2016|sablefish|2 Comments

Tuna Hatchery 2015

Here is a short video showing some of the tuna produced in 2015 while working for Royalthon SA. Leros, Greece  

By |July 26th, 2016|Tuna|5 Comments

Sablefish-the unexploited opportunity

For cold water fish farming Sablefish is a golden opportunity waiting to be exploited.  Sablefish have a very strong and undersupplied market, command a very high price and all the major husbandry processes essential for farming this fish have been tried and tested on an industrial scale. For 10 years I was intimately involved in [...]

By |July 23rd, 2016|sablefish|0 Comments