Climate change

Oysters from Saint-Simon Bay in northern New Brunswick have been shown to be impressive tolerance to ocean acidification, according to a new study in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

A coalition of 110 aquatic scientific societies, representing over 80,000 scientists, has signed the American Fisheries Society’s “Statement of World Aquatic Scientific Societies on the Need to Take Urgent Action Against…

GPS Group has been an integral force in reducing the Ecuadorian shrimp farming sector’s reliance on diesel-fired generators, and are on the cusp of launching the world’s first carbon zero certification for farm-raised sh…

The global aquaculture sector contributed 0.49 percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2017, which is similar in magnitude to the emissions from sheep production.

The Ocean Conservation Trust has completed construction of a seagrass cultivation laboratory as part of a new £2.5 million habitat restoration project led by Natural England.

Recent work on the impact of climate change on Norway's salmon sector, led by researchers at Nofima, may help both the Norwegian sector, and the wider aquaculture industry, prepare for the numerous climate change-related…

The race to culture meaningful quantities of Asparagopsis seaweed has intensified, after new research shows that adding tiny quantities to cattle feeds can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A marine scientist at the UK’s Marine Biological Association (MBA) has been awarded a prestigious grant to fund cutting-edge research that addresses climate change impacts on threatened ocean predators.

Rapid declines in mollusc production are predicted to occur within the next decade for some nations, due to climate change and ocean acidification (CC-OA).

Tilapia farmers on Lake Kariba are suffering as the lake’s levels continue to drop in the face of the worst drought to hit southern Africa in 40 years.

Maintaining broad genetic diversity among farmed mussel populations will allow them to adapt to the acidification of the oceans, according to new research.

A project with firm that is developing a novel way of converting CO2 into protein is one of the novel feed ingredient projects that Skretting has pledged to invest $2 million in over the course of 2020.

Researchers have evaluated how climate change could affect Norwegian salmon farming over the next 50 years.

An international group of marine scientists has compiled the most comprehensive assessment of how ocean warming is affecting the mix of species in our oceans – and explained how some marine species manage to keep their cool.…

Mowi has pledged to make a number of significant changes to its operations in Newfoundland and Labrador after reviewing the causes behind the death of 2.6 million salmon at its sites in Fortune Bay during September.

UN panel states that increasing food production in the ocean is a key strategy in reaching the climate goal set in the Paris Agreement.

BioMar has joined an ocean-based initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth.

Given the potential impact that climate change could have on the aquaculture sector, it’s encouraging to note that several on-farm developments are currently helping to reduce the carbon footprint of the industry.

The importance aquaculture will play in helping to provide protein for the growing global population was emphasised at the 10th session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, which started in Trondheim, Norway, today.…

Extreme weather events and changing ocean conditions are creating unpredictable outcomes for aquaculture. One area where research is offering some insight into what to expect, though, is the increasing incidences of dise…