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The echinoderm cowboys who can help Norway's kelp

1 Apr 2020

Urchinomics is opening its first land-based sea urchin ranch in Norway, in a project that could both improve marine habitats and help diversify the country's aquaculture sector.

Fully-funded aquaculture scholarships up for grabs

30 Mar 2020

Five fully funded places on an MSc in sustainable aquaculture are currently being offered by The Fish Site and University of St Andrews.

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Six tips to make your fish farm more environmentally sustainable

25 Mar 2020

The following tips are designed to help small-scale aquaculture operators, particularly in Asia and Africa, reduce their environmental impacts and embrace operational sustainability.

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Chinese aquaculture begins to bounce back as coronavirus restrictions are lifted

23 Mar 2020

Following the end of 50 days of coronavirus-inspired lockdown, The Fish Site’s China correspondent Ronnie Jin reports cause for optimism among many of the country’s aquaculture producers, although others still face an up…

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News

Soy shown as suitable replacement for fishmeal in largemouth bass diets

4 Apr 2020

Fermented soybean meal (FSM) could be used to replace up to 30 percent of fishmeal used in diets for farmed largemouth bass diets.

Exercise and oxygen shown to optimise trout growth

3 Apr 2020

Providing rainbow trout with enhanced oxygen and exercise levels leads to improved growth performance and cardiac health.

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Boston seafood expo reset for September

3 Apr 2020

Seafood Expo North America, which was due to take place in March, has been rescheduled for 23-24 September.

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Tuna stock levels hold firm

3 Apr 2020

Eighty-four percent of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide came from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the latest report from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

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Cottonseed meal proves its worth in vannamei shrimp feeds

2 Apr 2020

Nearly 90 percent of the soybean meal (SBM) used in shrimp diets could be replaced by the comparatively cheap cottonseed meal (CSM) without adversely impacting shrimp performance.

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More news

Coronavirus COVID-19 latest

Boston seafood expo reset for September

3 Apr 2020

Seafood Expo North America, which was due to take place in March, has been rescheduled for 23-24 September.

Benchmark expects feed sales to be hit hardest by coronavirus

2 Apr 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Benchmark expects a “significant” reduction in sales of its advanced nutrition products bu…

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Irish aquaculture producers urged to make a strong case for economic assistance

1 Apr 2020

Irish aquaculture producers have been asked to fill in a form to strengthen the sector's case for financial aid from the…

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China encourages stockpiling for aquaculture sector

28 Mar 2020

The Chinese government has encouraged local authorities to temporarily stockpile aquaculture and poultry products in a b…

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Study backs prawn-plant co-culture

10 Mar 2020

Giant river prawn production is substantially more efficient if waterthyme is added to the system, according to new rese…

Record year for aquafeed giant

6 Mar 2020

Aquafeed producer BioMar has reported its best ever annual results, thanks to an increase in volumes sold and its increa…

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Sylpro tops environmental assessment study

27 Feb 2020

A form of protein that is produced from microorganisms that live off waste wood has been shown to be a more sustainable …

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Adisseo and Calysta establish FeedKind JV

21 Feb 2020

Bluestar Adisseo and Calysta have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) named Calysseo to develop a faci…

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Fish health

Paper questions cleaner fish efficacy

12 Mar 2020

Detailed analysis of big data has revealed that cleaner fish have highly variable - but generally poor - efficacy in ter…

Solving the riddle of “healthy” salmon mortality

29 Feb 2020

A new study suggests that environmental and dietary changes are the key factors explaining why numerous seemingly health…

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Manolin launches practical fish health forecasting tool

20 Feb 2020

A new tool that is designed to give salmon farmers advanced warning about outbreaks of sea lice and pancreas disease (PD…

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Tilapia lake virus resistance breakthrough announced

25 Feb 2020

Certain tilapia families have been shown to be completely resistant to tilapia lake virus (TiLV), offering hope that bre…

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Technological innovations

Blue genes: how genome research can boost global aquaculture

12 Mar 2020

Despite a number of challenges that still need to be overcome, genome sequencing has a growing range of practical applic…

Scotland set for first open ocean salmon farm?

3 Mar 2020

Scottish Sea Farms is looking to trial Scotland’s first open ocean salmon farm as it seeks new locations in which to exp…

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Uncommon sense: Mowi tests potent AI platform

3 Mar 2020

An advanced underwater sensing and software analysis platform that gathers intelligence on real-time growth, weight dist…

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A solar-powered solution to maintaining water quality

28 Feb 2020

A novel, solar-powered sensor that's designed to measure a suite of water quality parameters for the aquaculture sector …

In focus

The echinoderm cowboys who can help Norway's kelp

Fully-funded aquaculture scholarships up for grabs

Six tips to make your fish farm more environmentally sustainable

Chinese aquaculture begins to bounce back as coronavirus restrictions are lifted

News

Soy shown as suitable replacement for fishmeal in largemouth bass diets

Exercise and oxygen shown to optimise trout growth

Boston seafood expo reset for September

Tuna stock levels hold firm

Cottonseed meal proves its worth in vannamei shrimp feeds

Coronavirus COVID-19 latest

Boston seafood expo reset for September

Benchmark expects feed sales to be hit hardest by coronavirus

Irish aquaculture producers urged to make a strong case for economic assistance

China encourages stockpiling for aquaculture sector

Aquaculture nutrition

Study backs prawn-plant co-culture

Record year for aquafeed giant

Sylpro tops environmental assessment study

Adisseo and Calysta establish FeedKind JV

Fish health

Paper questions cleaner fish efficacy

Solving the riddle of “healthy” salmon mortality

Manolin launches practical fish health forecasting tool

Tilapia lake virus resistance breakthrough announced

Technological innovations

Blue genes: how genome research can boost global aquaculture

Scotland set for first open ocean salmon farm?

Uncommon sense: Mowi tests potent AI platform

A solar-powered solution to maintaining water quality