Scholarship winner impresses

Brook Lines is the inaugural winner of the Queen Charlotte College Aquaculture Academy New Zealand King Salmon Scholarship. The scholarship is worth $11,500 over two years and funds Brook’s tuition and course fees to complete a diploma in Aquaculture at [...]

“Are you looking at the stars?” Although written by Geoff Matthews in a song about lost love, these lyrics also sum up the author’s vision for the aquaculture sector. Better known within the sector as Mt Cook Alpine Salmon CEO, [...]

The trend, as they say, is your friend. And for New Zealand aquaculture products, the dining trends of 2011 are looking very chummy. The ‘What’s Hot in 2011’ chef survey by America’s National Restaurant Association serves up New Zealand’s King [...]

It’s something diners have long suspected about that warm glow they get after a finely cooked King Salmon meal washed down with a glass of pinot gris. And now there’s medical evidence to prove that a tipple at the table [...]

As Managing Director of Sanford, Eric Barratt oversees the single largest investment in New Zealand aquaculture. A well known and respected identity in the seafood industry for decades, Eric’s views provide insight few others can envision. Q)After a few tough [...]

For renowned Kiwi chef Shaun Clouston, a good meal needs a good story served with it. So when the Logan Brown executive chef was asked to prepare King Salmon for the New Zealand Aquaculture conference, he knew he’d need a [...]

New Zealand’s finfish farming industry is the world’s greenest according to the highly respected Global Aquaculture Performance Index. The Index, a tool created by the Seafood Ecology Research Group at the University of Victoria, Canada, ranks 22 Countries and 21 [...]

Sitting on the side of the highway, Duncan Bates, feared the worst for millions of fish at the Silverstream Hatchery.Canterbury had just been rocked by the massive earthquake.  Duncan, the Akaroa Salmon general manager, had tended to his family and [...]