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Former salmon farmer Dr Carl Mazur aims to design an aquaponics system that could one day be used on Mars. In the meantime, he aims to use it to produce high value fish and flowers on Earth.

Poseidon Ocean Systems, ThisFish and Industrial Plankton receive honours at Aquaculture Innovation Awards in British Columbia.

Antarctic krill caught by Aker BioMarine are a green and sustainable alternative to soy and fishmeal in aquafeeds, according to the independent sustainability evaluator, Ciceo Shades of Green.

The lack of transparency and stakeholder inclusion in some of the largest aquaculture eco-certifications in the global seafood marketplace is a threat to their legitimacy.

Benchmark Genetics is one of the main suppliers of salmon ova for land-based production facilities – both RAS and flow-through – around the world. This has given them a unique insight into how the sector is developing, a…

A webinar looking at how the shrimp sector can become more sustainable through the use of novel feed ingredients is taking place on 11 May.

Cumbrae Oysters plans to double production after signing a new 15-year lease at Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) on the Clyde coast.

Tilapia farmers in Vietnam will soon have access to a new source of fingerlings, following the opening of a GenoMar Genetics subsidiary in the Southeast Asian country.

Scottish Sea Farms has achieved a major milestone last year, producing 24,000 tonnes of salmon without a single milligram of antibiotics being used in any of its farming operations.

Blue carbon solutions, including the production of seaweeds and bivalves, can have a greater impact on reducing carbon emissions than planting trees.

A consortium of research partners in Scotland has been awarded a £250,000 funding package to revolutionise the collection, interpretation, and use of data on fish farms, with the development of a new digital platform.

The shrimp sector is set to benefit from the inclusion of insect-based ingredients in its feed, according to Maye Walraven, head of business development at InnovaFeed, who will shortly be taking part in a webinar on impr…

Mowi Scotland has offered permanent roles to all three graduates who joined the salmon farming company's most recent graduate programme.

Plans to produce insect protein for the aquafeed sector from discarded airline food have been announced in Singapore today.

Solely focusing on fishmeal and fish oil replacement in aquafeeds may not yield long-term sustainability benefits, say researchers.

Several aquaculture initiatives aim to reverse the decline of the Totoaba, a fish species that is only found in Mexican waters and has nearly been fished to extinction.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) is currently seeking to recruit a fish health study director who is “experienced, capable and passionate about the aquaculture sector”.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) is currently seeking to recruit a fish nutrition researcher who is “experienced, capable and passionate about the aquaculture nutrition sector”.

After less than five years in the shrimp farming business, Naeem Banglawala of MVJ Group has overcome disease outbreaks and equipment failures and can now produce two crops every year – without a loss.

The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (Cafan) has started distributing its own brand of fish feed “to take farmers out of bondage” with existing feed producers.