Climate change

Research from the University of Queensland has found that expanding global seaweed farming could help advance the planet’s food security, ameliorate biodiversity loss and make us more resilient when faced with challenges…

BioMar has signed a collaboration agreement with Benson Hill Ingredients to shore up BioMar’s responsible feed ingredient sourcing programme and to make further advancements on sustainable aquafeed.

After deciding to become a fish farmer at the age of 13, Soibam Surchandra Singh is now one of the most successful aquaculture operators in Manipur, northeast India.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), believe algae could be a new kind of superfood thanks to its high protein and nutrition content.

A project assessing the best methods for growing seaweed as a feed for egg-laying hens is among four innovative aquaculture projects being supported by the UK’s Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL).

Dutch shrimp importer Klaas Puul is teaming up with Skretting, the largest shrimp feed manufacturer in Ecuador, and the feed ingredient suppliers Protix and Veramaris to supply supermarkets across Europe with more sustai…

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is using funding from NOAA to build the first modern clam garden in the US, reviving a 3,500-year-old indigenous aquaculture tradition in Washington state.

Scallop aquaculture in Maine has been developing for the past 20 years – giving former and existing commercial fishermen new job prospects in the blue economy.

New research has found that shrimp farming, once a driver of mangrove loss, can protect and restore this critical ecosystem.

Ocean warming and ocean acidification driven by climate change decrease the nutritional quality of some marine organisms, causing disruptions to the ocean food web.

Brown seaweeds, such as bladderwrack, could remove up to 550 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, according to researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.

Engineers and artists in Denmark are working together to create an artificial reef from newly developed concrete that can host more life in the sea.

Indonesia needs a sustainable source of funding to conserve and restore its blue carbon ecosystems and combat climate change – and carbon credits may be the solution that helps them flourish.

This year has been particularly notable for the emergence of the seaweed sector, according to Harrison Karisa, senior aquaculture specialist at the World Bank, which has over $9 billion relating to the ocean portfolio.

Forever Oceans kanpachi has been listed as a low-carbon aquaculture offering in a recent environmental assessment from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as the company commits to be Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon neutral by 2027.…

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…

A new industry report finds that consumers in the US and Japan are willing to pay 30 percent more for fresh salmon instead of frozen and thawed offerings.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has published a report and methodology that explores how responsible aquaculture can contribute to the United Nation's 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Notpla – a firm that hopes to replace plastic packaging with edible seaweed-derived alternatives – is among the five winners of the 2022 Earthshot Prize.