Breeding & genetics

A new project that involves using artificial intelligence (AI) to help select salmon that are resistant to sea lice has been launched by the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) and Benchmark Genetics Norway.

Dagón – Israel’s pioneering hatchery and leading fish farmer – offers a tantalising glimpse of how aquaculture in the MENA region is evolving and of the emerging species that have the greatest commercial potential.

The Natural Shrimp Company, one of the key aquaculture projects commissioned by Fisheries Development Oman, has begun its first commercial harvest at its site in Qurun, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan, South Sharaqiya Governorate.

Shrimp that have been bred for their resistance to disease and ability to thrive despite environmental challenges should be valued as highly – if not more highly – than those bred for their growth rates in many parts of …

The University of Louisiana in Lafayette is taking the lead on a three-year, $14 million research initiative that will develop oyster broodstock that are more resilient in low-salinity environments.

A series of recent trials suggests that the European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas), may be well suited to aquaculture for restocking dwindling wild stocks and, potentially, for growing to market size.

27-year-old Shady Hamdy owns and operates the Ibn Al-Nafis tilapia hatchery – alongside Dr Tamer Bastweesy – in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.

Shrimp farming veteran Victoria Alday Sanz, who is also editor of the newly-published second volume of The shrimp book, explains why her original deserved a follow-up.

Nueva Pescanova’s plans for starting the world’s first commercial octopus farm may have caused an uproar in some quarters of the mainstream media, but aquaculture of the animals could be the best hope for sustaining wild…

Springtide Seaweed is due to receive $649,651 to develop innovative nori and dulse seaweed cultivation systems, enabling these high-value crops to be farmed in the US and globally.

Hendrix Genetics and Coraqua have signed a strategic partnership which should give Peruvian rainbow trout farmers access to domestically-grown Troutlodge eggs by the end of 2024.

The three Fernandez Muniz brothers are pioneering a new form of shellfish farming on Galicia’s Ria de Arousa – ongrowing clams in lantern nets in order to improve the fortunes of the thousands of artisanal shellfish prod…

The European Aquaculture Society’s annual event will take place in Rimini, Italy, from 27 to 30 September.

New food safety requirements, worker safety standards and water quality monitoring procedures have been included in the final draft of the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Hatchery Standard Issue 2.0.

India’s shrimp farmers can have improved access to SPF broodstock after Hendrix Genetics and Spathagiri Hatcheries form Kona Bay India PVT ltd and agree to establish a broodstock multiplication centre.

WorldFish has signed an agreement with Premium Aquaculture Limited to transfer genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) fry to Nigeria.

The content of aquafeed can influence the expression of genes in Atlantic salmon, according to recent research.

Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Fisheries Company recently hatched its first batch of native sobaity bream larvae – a breakthrough that could pave the way to diversifying the Middle East’s burgeoning aquaculture sector.

The government of New Zealand has announced plans to invest in a mussel spat hatchery in the Bay of Plenty.

A team of researchers have found that vaccinating tilapia broodstock may confer partial protection from tilapia lake virus (TiLV) to their eggs and larvae.