Biotechnology

A new technique that allows the 3D printing of fish such as salmon and tuna is currently being developed by a consortium of students.

A facility capable of producing 100,000 tonnes of FeedKind protein a year is going to be established in a joint-venture between Adisseo and Calysta in China.

The cell-based seafood pioneer BlueNalu has announced a major expansion of the company's operations and the hiring of key new personnel.

Researchers in Japan have succeeded in producing the first-ever mass proliferation of rainbow trout germline stem cells (GSCs) in vitro, a technique that could pave the way for the mass production and preservation of end…

Growth hormone transgenic Coho salmon exhibit significantly greater growth rates than selectively bred Coho salmon, in a variety of production conditions and experimental designs, according to emerging research from the Pacific Science Enterprise Centre. …

A breeding programme based on genomic selection has more than doubled the survival rates of rainbow trout that are exposed to bacterial cold water disease (BCWD).

Urgent action to ensure long-term viability of Brazil’s most important domestic source of Artemia has been called for – both to sustain a valuable ingredient for the local aquaculture sector and to ensure a continued liv…

Seafood that has been produced in laboratories directly from fish cells could be worth more than the lab-grown or plant-based meat in time, with a $1 trillion market ready to be exploited.

iCell Sustainable Nutrition, which uses a patented process to convert nutrient-rich wastewater into an alternative to fishmeal, is looking to raise $50 million.

A new venture that aims to create companies of scale in the fields of animal health, agri-tech and/or aquaculture (AAA) has been launched today.

Alexia Akbay, founder and CEO of seaweed farming start-up Symbrosia, explains to The Fish Site how the company aims to both reduce the carbon footprint and improve the productivity of ruminant livestock agricult…

The development of a biochemical monitoring tool that can be used to proactively manage fish health has been hailed as potentially transformational for the global aquaculture sector.

The potential of fish and shellfish production to feed a growing global population could be significantly enhanced through advances in genetics and biotechnology.

Anecdotal evidence that triploid Atlantic salmon can outperform their diploid counterparts in low water temperatures has been questioned by new research conducted in Norway.

Five start-ups looking to break into the aquaculture sector have made the final 15 of the Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge (NFTC), after being whittled down from a field of 112 applications.

A unique strain of omega-3-rich canola, which is designed for uses including replacing fish oil in aquafeeds, is due to be available in the US in the second quarter of the year.

Despite a number of challenges that still need to be overcome, genome sequencing has a growing range of practical applications in aquaculture and, as costs come down, it is going to be increasingly widely used.

AquaBounty CEO Sylvia Wulf is looking forward to the company's first harvest of US-growth transgenic salmon after a “transformative year”, despite net losses increasing from $10.4 to $13.2 million.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has finalised a deal to acquire a 46,000 square foot aquatic animal research facility in Victoria, Prince Edward Island, from Elanco Animal Health.

Bluestar Adisseo and Calysta have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) named Calysseo to develop a facility capable of producing 100,000 tonnes of FeedKind, for the Asian aquafeed market.