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Upgrading Kenya's tilapia trade

23 Nov 2020

A desire to improve fish farming efficiency, strengthen employment opportunities in rural Kenya and reduce HIV infection levels around Lake Victoria all inspired Dave Okech to come up with a novel, yet simple, way to hel…

Unlikely champions of aquaculture: Mascha Davis

20 Nov 2020

Mascha Davis, a registered dietician, nutritionist, author, macro-influencer and the founder of Mini Fish, explains why sustainable aquaculture products, packaged in an environmentally friendly way, offer hope for the fu…

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Women in aquaculture: Sophie Ryan

19 Nov 2020

When talking to people about the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI), one of the most common questions I get asked is how did a young woman end up being CEO of a global organisation mainly dominated by men?

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Tales from a tribal trout farm

18 Nov 2020

How a RAS producing brook trout in a remote part of Maine is helping to regenerate a species and a community.

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News

Shrimp show taste for "spaghetti"

23 Nov 2020

Researchers in the Philippines are trialling the use of nutritious green “spaghetti algae” in fish and shrimp feeds, in a bid to reduce feed costs.

Turning ultrasound and infrared on sea lice

23 Nov 2020

A new technique that uses a combination of ultrasound and infrared light to remove sea lice from farmed salmon is due to be trialled shortly.

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Rogue fire leads to mass salmon escape

23 Nov 2020

Around 50,000 farmed Atlantic salmon have escaped following a fire at a salmon farm in Tasmania.

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Raising hopes for native oyster restoration

20 Nov 2020

Extensive knowledge on how to restore native European oyster habitats will be published in a landmark special issue of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. The ground-breaking compendium of articles d…

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InnovaFeed set to build "world's largest" fly farm

20 Nov 2020

InnovaFeed has announced plans to build “the world’s largest insect protein production site” with ADM in the US.

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Technological innovations

The oyster farmer who created a game-changing digital solution

9 Nov 2020

Ewan McAsh designed SmartOysters to solve his farming pain points and now both he and other oyster farmers are reaping t…

Why Covid should fast-track tech adoption in Indian aquaculture

4 Nov 2020 Sponsored

In the first instalment of a new series, Rajamanohar Somasundaram, founder and CEO of Aquaconnect*, reflects on year tha…

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Inspiring aquaculture startups in Ireland

2 Nov 2020

A selection of budding and experienced aquaculture entrepreneurs took part in a two-week online aquaculture innovation w…

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Can CRISPR edit sea lice out of salmon aquaculture?

23 Oct 2020

A new project will use the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to assess why Pacific salmon species are less susceptible to se…

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Coronavirus COVID-19 latest

Why Covid should fast-track tech adoption in Indian aquaculture

4 Nov 2020 Sponsored

In the first instalment of a new series, Rajamanohar Somasundaram, founder and CEO of Aquaconnect*, reflects on year tha…

Concerns over Sub-Saharan Africa's aquaculture slowdown

28 Oct 2020

Although the aquaculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa has been projected to grow faster than in any other region of the …

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Ireland to bale out struggling bivalve farmers

26 Oct 2020

Ireland’s mussel and oyster farmers have been promised compensation to make up for drastic declines in sales since the s…

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Five ways for fish farmers to survive Covid-19

23 Oct 2020

The Fish Site presents five tips to help aquaculture operators stay afloat in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic…

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Study shows significant increase in disease-causing DNA around fish farms

27 Oct 2020

A new study has found that areas surrounding active salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago and the Discovery Islands …

Can CRISPR edit sea lice out of salmon aquaculture?

23 Oct 2020

A new project will use the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to assess why Pacific salmon species are less susceptible to se…

Shrimp ablation researcher wins Global Aquaculture Innovation Award

20 Oct 2020

A researcher who has demonstatred that eyestalk ablation isn’t necessary in shrimp aquaculture has won this year’s Globa…

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Could DNA vaccines offer fresh hope for global aquaculture?

9 Oct 2020

Vaccines based on synthetic DNA rather than whole viruses could offer the aquaculture sector a novel and relatively econ…

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Aquaculture nutrition

Hope for culturing horseshoe crabs gains ground

30 Oct 2020

Plans to culture horseshoe crabs in aquaculture facilities are gaining traction, with two notable breakthroughs achieved…

Aquafeed-from-carbon firm secures €2.5 million

28 Oct 2020

A biotech company that aims to turn carbon dioxide into feeds for sectors including aquaculture, has secured sufficient …

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How easy is it to assimilate novel aquafeed ingredients into existing diets?

27 Oct 2020

The impact that novel ingredients have on the physical structure of feed pellets is currently the subject of a new resea…

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Further validation for Veramaris algal oil

26 Oct 2020

Omega-3-rich algal oil can successfully replace fish oil in the diet of farm-raised juvenile California yellowtail (Seri…

In focus

Upgrading Kenya's tilapia trade

Unlikely champions of aquaculture: Mascha Davis

Women in aquaculture: Sophie Ryan

Tales from a tribal trout farm

News

Shrimp show taste for "spaghetti"

Turning ultrasound and infrared on sea lice

Rogue fire leads to mass salmon escape

Raising hopes for native oyster restoration

InnovaFeed set to build "world's largest" fly farm

Technological innovations

The oyster farmer who created a game-changing digital solution

Why Covid should fast-track tech adoption in Indian aquaculture

Inspiring aquaculture startups in Ireland

Can CRISPR edit sea lice out of salmon aquaculture?

Coronavirus COVID-19 latest

Why Covid should fast-track tech adoption in Indian aquaculture

Concerns over Sub-Saharan Africa's aquaculture slowdown

Ireland to bale out struggling bivalve farmers

Five ways for fish farmers to survive Covid-19

Fish health

Study shows significant increase in disease-causing DNA around fish farms

Can CRISPR edit sea lice out of salmon aquaculture?

Shrimp ablation researcher wins Global Aquaculture Innovation Award

Could DNA vaccines offer fresh hope for global aquaculture?

Aquaculture nutrition

Hope for culturing horseshoe crabs gains ground

Aquafeed-from-carbon firm secures €2.5 million

How easy is it to assimilate novel aquafeed ingredients into existing diets?

Further validation for Veramaris algal oil