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Raising the bar for responsible shrimp aquaculture

23 Dec 2019

Christoph Mathiesen, part of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) team that established the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard for shrimp, explains how certification has improved the environmental and social impact …

Ghana’s farmers look to expand tilapia market

19 Dec 2019

Ghana’s leading aquaculture firms are looking at new ways of processing their products in order to increase demand for tilapia, both at home and abroad, in line with the growth in production.

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Data with destiny: sharing information in shrimp farms

17 Dec 2019

Ralf Onken, head of software development at FAI, explains how working with shrimp producers to manage key performance and sustainability metrics can improve transparency and accountability in the sector.

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From sceptical fisherman to aquaculture conservationist

13 Dec 2019

Robert Jones, global aquaculture lead at The Nature Conservancy, describes how he was converted to the benefits of sustainable mariculture, despite growing up in a keen fishing family who believed that aquaculture was a …

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News

How to reduce lice levels by 75 percent

26 Dec 2019

An innovative cage design that ensures salmon stay at least 10 metres below the surface of the sea has been shown to reduce lice levels by 75 percent.

A deep dive into Canada’s aquaculture future

25 Dec 2019

Following Canada’s general election in October, members of the aquaculture industry have called for an updated Aquaculture Act that will allow the sector to address climate change, rural economic development and prioritise stable growth nationwide.…

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Capturing carbon for the aquafeed sector

24 Dec 2019

A project with firm that is developing a novel way of converting CO2 into protein is one of the novel feed ingredient projects that Skretting has pledged to invest $2 million in over the course of 2020.

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A forensic means of tackling seafood fraud

24 Dec 2019

Loch Duart has announced plans to ensure the traceability of its salmon in North America.

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Fire leads to mass fish farm escapes

23 Dec 2019

A fire at one of Mowi’s farms in British Columbia has led to the escape of 21,000 farmed Atlantic salmon.

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More news

Aquaculture nutrition

Aquaculture leaders issue warning to Brazilian soy sector

3 Dec 2019

A number of major aquaculture companies have issued a warning to the Brazilian soy sector, following new data which show…

De Heus bolsters Myanmar's aquaculture industry with new feed mill

28 Nov 2019

De Heus opens a dedicated aqua feed production facility in Myanmar, giving aqua farmers access to affordable, high-quality feeds to improve their farms.…

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Seaweed supplementation shows delayed mortality in farmed seabass

30 Nov 2019

A recent study suggests that supplementing farmed European seabass diets with Gracilaria sp. aqueous extract (GRA) can protect the fish from disease challenges and delay mortality.…

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The grain gain: could barley protein revolutionise the aquafeed sector?

19 Sep 2019

Like many of the world’s great initiatives, Montana Microbial Products (MMP), one of the most promising of a clutch of r…

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Fish health

Mussels prove vulnerable to contagious cancers

6 Dec 2019

A new study has found that contagious cancers can rapidly, and widely, spread through shellfish species, including musse…

How to tackle major shrimp diseases

22 Nov 2019

Andy Shinn, director of Fish Vet Group Asia, and a world renowned expert on aquatic parasites, believes that the shrimp …

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AMR in aquaculture: a fish vet’s perspective

18 Nov 2019

To mark both European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and the start of WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness week, Dr Chris M…

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Dr Loc’s key steps to antibiotic-free shrimp production

13 Sep 2019

Producing shrimp without the use of antibiotics is a realistic goal for all shrimp producers, according to Loc Tran, fou…

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Technological innovations

Tackling white spot and IHHNV

5 Dec 2019

A new diagnostic test that could improve the revenue of shrimp farmers by $67,000 per hectare has been developed by CSIR…

Aquaculture beyond the atmosphere

3 Dec 2019

Cyrille Przybyla, the scientist leading the Lunar Hatch programme, tells The Fish Site how he plans to help astronauts breed fish in space from 2021.…