Breeding & genetics

Victory Farms might have achieved a great deal in their first seven years, but – as company CEO, Joseph Rehmann, explains in the second part of the article – fresh challenges and opportunities await.

Twenty-three leading seaweed experts have been confirmed as speakers at the inaugural online edition of “Seagriculture Asia-Pacific 2023”, which will take place on 8 and 9 February.

Pat Reynolds, one of the world’s preeminent lumpfish researchers, believes that – despite a number of welfare issues and a slight dip in their popularity – the species merits a prominent place in the list of ways to cont…

Emerging research from AquaGen has used a life cycle assessment analysis (LCA analysis) to calculate the carbon footprint for eggs from farmed salmon and rainbow trout for the first time.

Though indoor shrimp farming has been tapped as a potential disruptor in the aquaculture space, investors have been hesitant to sign on the dotted line. But according to Aurore Gil of ADM Capital Europe, this reflects an…

Lisa Milke, a shellfish research expert, has been appointed as the new head of NOAA’s ecosystems and aquaculture division.

Brazilian researchers have developed new software that allows breeders of pacus (Piaractus mesopotamicus) to more easily select individuals that are likely to produce offspring with desirable traits - such as hi…

All seven of the United States’ abalone species that live on the West Coast are now listed as “critically endangered” or “endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Spe…

Researchers are exploring fish and shellfish responses to health and environmental pressures with an eye to create stronger breeding programmes and sustainable animal protein.

New research advancements have moved cod genetics away from family selection to individual selection – allowing the aquaculture industry to increase its genetic gains.

The environmental impacts of aquaculture are often in the spotlight. The need for sustainable practices is now firmly embedded in the minds of the public, governments and industry – but this sometimes presents trade-offs…

Limited access to seawater has been a pressing challenge for producers of Florida pompano – but a recent trial has found that pompano larvae can thrive in varying salinities, giving commercial farms a way to reduce produ…

BluGen, an established genomics and precision-breeding aquaculture company, aims to start production of olive flounder (aka hirame) next year, and is in the process of building South Korea’s first RAS facility.

Following a challenging seven years, Nigeria’s first commercial-scale black tiger prawn producer is now up, running and ready to supply high end markets with ASC certified shrimp – from Lagos, to Rotterdam and beyond.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is putting AquaBounty’s AquAdvantage salmon through an additional environmental assessment (EA) following a lawsuit from multiple organisations that resulted in a court order cal…

The 50th anniversary of Cloan Hatcheries is an astonishing milestone in the trout farming sector that Dick Haldane is rightly proud of. However – unlike one of his other achievements – it hasn’t yet earned him a telegram…

Asia’s shrimp farmers need to reboot their attitude to biosecurity and stocking densities, argues Robins McIntosh, in a follow-on to Monday’s article on the dangers of disinfection*.

Over 300 tiger shrimp broodstock, locally called lukon or sugpo, have been stocked in the new shrimp broodstock rearing facility of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Departmen…

Genetic researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have mapped the genome of pearl oyster and found that preserving genetic diversity could boost immunity in broodstocks while improving yield…

A consortium of researchers have reviewed and outlined the emerging and increasing disease threat facing Macrobrachium rosenbergii aquaculture and notes the sector's current reliance on antibiotic therapies.