AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoShrimp Costs: Ecuador’s shrimp industry warns that electricity tariffs—now as high as $0.35 per kWh for some large users—combined with rising fuel and feed costs threaten jobs and businesses. Drought Support: Small aquaculture businesses in northern Wisconsin can apply for SBA loans of up to $2 million to cover drought-related operating losses. Water & Resilience: Hungary is expanding efforts to reuse fish-farm water for irrigation amid a historic drought; the country’s fish ponds hold about 300 million cubic metres. Investment & Operations: DNV has taken a majority stake in Chilean aquaculture engineering and inspection company Aqualis. Chilean producer AquaChile says hybrid power systems have cut diesel use on two salmon-farm pontoons by 35%, with 12 more planned. Markets & Farm Impacts: New Zealand’s aquaculture sector sees India’s growing seafood market and an incoming trade pact as export opportunities. Meanwhile, an algal bloom has killed more than 640 tonnes of salmon at a Chilean farm, and B.C. First Nations report job and service pressures as salmon aquaculture scales back.
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