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Unlikely champions of aquaculture: Andrew Zimmern

14 Apr 2021

The four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and teacher, explains his love of seafood and how aquaculture can help to provide it.

Shrimp aquaculture is set for a solid year

13 Apr 2021

Following a year of decidedly mixed fortunes for shrimp markets and shrimp farmers, Gorjan Nikolik, senior seafood analyst at Rabobank, shares his thoughts on what the rest of 2021 might have in store.

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Assessing the habitat benefits of kelp aquaculture in New Zealand and Maine

12 Apr 2021

How kelp farms can provide habitat for fish and marine invertebrates, whether there are any negative impacts on fish and marine invertebrates during maintenance and harvesting cycles, and how the benefits of restorative …

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Why Southwest England is emerging as a hotbed of aquacultural innovation

9 Apr 2021

A clutch of new aquaculture initiatives – largely relating to seaweeds, bivalves and RAS finfish production – are putting Dorset on the aquaculture map, according to Martin Sutcliffe, aquaculture and fisheries developmen…

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News

Is Scotland set for more shrimp farms?

15 Apr 2021

Plans to streamline the application process for establishing new fish farms, and to support the establishment of more RAS facilities, including those producing tropical species, have been outlined by the SNP today.

Satellite startup secures fresh funding round

15 Apr 2021

Dynaspace, a Norwegian startup that uses satellite imagery to assess the performance of aquaculture operations, has recently secured a NOK 4.3 million seed funding round.

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Specialist lighting increases tilapia growth rates by 10 percent

15 Apr 2021

Trials of a specialist lighting system have led to a 10 percent increase in tilapia growth rates and a 10 percent reduction in their feed conversion ratio (FCR), according to the results of a new study.

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Novel offshore fish farm edges closer to commercial reality

15 Apr 2021

A novel offshore fish farming system has taken a step towards commercialisation, following the completion of a successful feasibility study.

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Has Seaspiracy done us all a favour?

14 Apr 2021 Opinion

Why the public interest in the controversial documentary offers the perfect opportunity to address many of the myths about aquaculture.

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Technological innovations

Novel design offers high hopes for mussel farming on the high seas

7 Apr 2021

An innovative aquaculture structure, called the shellfish tower, offers a promising means to farm shellfish and other sp…

How to become data-driven in aquaculture

1 Apr 2021

The effective use of data has the ability to transform fish health in the aquaculture industry, according to the founder…

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An innovative approach to investing in RAS

30 Mar 2021

LocalCoho, which farms Coho salmon in a recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) in upstate New York, has launched an inve…

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Severinsen re-emerges with a "disruptive" water sensor for aquaculture

24 Mar 2021

A new water sensor that has been designed to measure a range of water quality and fish welfare parameters in aquaculture…

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Cleanerfish may not be suitable for de-lousing offshore salmon farms

5 Apr 2021

New research suggests that using lumpfish or ballan wrasse to combat sea lice in offshore fish farms isn’t workable – th…

Why stress causes smaller tilapia to spawn

1 Apr 2021

Tilapia living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful environments…

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Faceless and voiceless: 'Seaspiracy' documentary dehumanises aquaculture sector

31 Mar 2021 Opinion

The damning reviews that a new documentary, Seaspiracy, was receiving in the aquaculture media didn’t encourage…

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Can probiotics improve Pacific oyster production?

26 Mar 2021

Trials to use probiotics to combat bacterial shellfish pathogens in commercial Pacific oyster hatcheries are due to laun…

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Are single-cell and novel proteins the next powerhouse feed ingredient? Join the F3 webinar

13 Apr 2021 Sponsored

The latest in a series of webinars organised by the team behind the F3 Challenge, which is focusing on single-cell and n…

New research suggests that human food waste could be a sustainable source of aquafeed

2 Apr 2021

A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia found that processing organic food waste with black soldi…

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Is wastewater-fed aquaculture a sustainability gamechanger?

23 Mar 2021

Wastewater-fed aquaculture has been suggested as a low-tech and sustainable way to provide animal protein while investin…

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CO2-to-protein producer targets Norway's salmon feed sector

19 Mar 2021

Deep Branch, which plans to produce microbes for aquafeeds using CO2, is looking to develop its first commercial-scale p…

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Women in aquaculture: Naua Lakai

7 Apr 2021

Naua Lakai lives on Vava’u, one of the 36 inhabited islands of Tonga. She dropped out of teachers’ college when she beca…

Indian fish farmers refute damning report

31 Mar 2021

A recent study has described Indian aquaculture practises as unhygienic and unhealthy. But farmers claim that the report…

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Finance flocks to aquaculture, despite the impact of Covid-19

23 Mar 2021

While the aquaculture sector may have suffered numerous setbacks following the outbreak of Covid-19 the finance sector h…

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Philippines reopens trade in juvenile mangrove crabs

18 Mar 2021

Crab farmers in the Philippines have been thrown a lifeline after the government suspended an order that previously prev…

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In focus

Unlikely champions of aquaculture: Andrew Zimmern

Shrimp aquaculture is set for a solid year

Assessing the habitat benefits of kelp aquaculture in New Zealand and Maine

Why Southwest England is emerging as a hotbed of aquacultural innovation

News

Is Scotland set for more shrimp farms?

Satellite startup secures fresh funding round

Specialist lighting increases tilapia growth rates by 10 percent

Novel offshore fish farm edges closer to commercial reality

Has Seaspiracy done us all a favour?

Technological innovations

Novel design offers high hopes for mussel farming on the high seas

How to become data-driven in aquaculture

An innovative approach to investing in RAS

Severinsen re-emerges with a "disruptive" water sensor for aquaculture

Health and welfare

Cleanerfish may not be suitable for de-lousing offshore salmon farms

Why stress causes smaller tilapia to spawn

Faceless and voiceless: 'Seaspiracy' documentary dehumanises aquaculture sector

Can probiotics improve Pacific oyster production?

Aquaculture nutrition

Are single-cell and novel proteins the next powerhouse feed ingredient? Join the F3 webinar

New research suggests that human food waste could be a sustainable source of aquafeed

Is wastewater-fed aquaculture a sustainability gamechanger?

CO2-to-protein producer targets Norway's salmon feed sector

Coronavirus COVID-19 latest

Women in aquaculture: Naua Lakai

Indian fish farmers refute damning report

Finance flocks to aquaculture, despite the impact of Covid-19

Philippines reopens trade in juvenile mangrove crabs