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Born in Freeport, Maine, Emily Selinger quickly fell in love with working on the water. After getting a captain’s licence and working on schooners along the East Coast, she returned to Freeport and set up her own oyster …

The first six companies to registration for the latest F3 Challenge – which is offering three $100,000 prizes for the makers of fish feed containing no fish – have been revealed.

Applications are being sought for a new role that aims to cultivate, develop, connect and promote aquaculture innovation in Ireland.

Norcod, the Norwegian cod farming startup, has recently attracted attention from a range of investors, including the head of one of the country’s best known salmon producers.

Oceanium, which has ambitions to become the world's largest seaweed processor, is currently inviting applications for a role as its senior process engineer.

A new feeding system based on passive acoustics and artificial intelligence may improve the sustainability of the aquaculture industry.

Freshwater pearl culture is providing a new livelihood for several thousand migrants who have returned to India’s Odisha State during the pandemic-induced lockdown.

A new book details how Turkey has become a global aquaculture leader, and is now the world’s ninth largest marine finfish farmer. Other countries, particularly in Europe, could learn much from its example.

Scottish Sea Farms has reported high fish survival and strong biological performance in 2020, despite pressures related to the ongoing pandemic and mortalities connected to harmful algal blooms.

A number of fully-funded places on masters degree courses at Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture are being offered to women from Southeast Asia.

The welfare of farmed fish in the Philippines will be the subject of a webinar run by Fish Welfare Initiative on 14 January.

A $1 million project that aims reduces losses in the shellfish aquaculture industry through the use of unmanned vehicles is underway at North Carolina State University.

Cooke Aquaculture has been granted permission to start growing steelhead at four of its former salmon sites in Washington State.

FirstWave Group, Africa’s largest tilapia producer, recently signed a partnership agreement with Xelect to develop local high-performance tilapia breeds.

The FAO’s Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20 (GCA +20), which can be attended either virtually or in person, is now open for registration.

Membership of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) consortium has grown by around 25 percent in the last 12 months as the sector has looked to increase connections, deliver greater adoption of technology, an…

Thai Union has pledged to keep its seafood processing units in Samut Sakhon open after 69 workers at its plants southwest of Bangkok tested positive for Covid-19.

Kana Banno, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) talks about her transition from aquaculture in Japan, to that of Norway and why fish behaviour and welfare are so important in salm…

The addition of certain species of benthic algae and snails to aquaculture systems can help to improve the growth and survival rates of giant tiger prawns, as well as boost the profitability of their production.

A project that aims to identify emerging technologies and innovative practices in aquaculture value chains and pilot digital extension approaches that accelerate their adoption is currently being undertaken by the Feed t…