Climate change

Scottish Sea Farms is set to take delivery of the first eggs bred from salmon grown at its own marine farms – in a bid to future-proof fish welfare in the face of climate change.

A $3.4 million project that aims to use wave power to produce energy at offshore aquaculture installations has been launched today.

ThinkAqua, a new aquaculture non-profit, aims to promote innovation among small-scale fish and shrimp producers around the world, as Anton Immink, its CEO, explains.

Independent research has revealed that Hiddenfjord, a family-run Faroese salmon farming company, has nearly eliminated its transportation-related CO2 emissions.

Funding worth $1.4 million is set to be allocated to 40 marine startups in Canada, including at least seven that are relevant to the aquaculture sector, as part of this year’s Ocean Startup Challenge.

Projects that aim to produce an aquafeed ingredient from hemp and to investigate the use of microalgae in cattle feeds have each landed $10 million in funding from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Scottish Sea Farms has been shortlisted for a major environmental award, chosen from over 100 entries.

A project to develop an energy and cost-efficient power management system for the aquaculture sector has secured up to £129,428 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Only 6-7 percent of the protein currently consumed by humans originates from aquatic sources. Given global population growth and the potential to produce food more sustainably in the oceans than on land, this must change…

In order for the seaweed industry to thrive and grow sustainably, it needs to be self-sustaining and market-driven, not reliant on the possibility of blue carbon credits, according to Briana Warner, CEO of Atlantic Sea F…

India’s Central government is looking forward to developing a sustainable seaweed cultivation sector, as well as stepping up a shrimp ranching initiative, according to Jatindra Nath Swain, the country’s fisheries secreta…

After a summer of scorching temperatures, mussel farmers across the Aegean Sea are finding more empty shells, telling Reuters that the crop, “boiled in their own environment”.

Coral Vita, a startup that aims to regenerate coral reefs through aquaculture, has been selected as one of 15 finalists for the inaugural £5 million Earthshot Prize.

Atlantic Sea Farms, the largest seaweed producer in the US, has secured a new funding round, led by Desert Bloom Food Ventures, a fund investing in, and supporting, dynamic food companies.

Aquatic foods can address malnutrition, lower the environmental footprint of the food production system and provide livelihoods around the world, according to five newly-published papers.

A “new generation seaweed accelerator” has been launched this week, in a bid to increase organic seaweed aquaculture.

An aquaculture expert with the University of Stirling has been awarded £1.5 million for an innovative five-year data project that will help the marine aquaculture sector respond to the impacts of climate change.

A farming project that aims to produce 30,000 tonnes of seaweed a year has been launched in the Lakshadweep archipelago, off the southwest coast of India.

Plantible foods, which produces protein from duckweed, has secured the closing of a $21.5 million Series A funding round led by Astanor Ventures, a global leader in agrifood impact investing.

Unlike alt-meat, alt-seafood may struggle to reach more than a niche market, according to Rabobank seafood analyst Gorjan Nikolik, due to a range of issues.