Liris Maduningtyas, entrepreneur, shrimp farmer and CEO of Jala Tech, outlines how she plans to use data mining to improve shrimp health in Indonesia and beyond.
Relatively simple changes to fish farming technology and management practices could help the global transition to increasingly intensive forms of aquaculture become more sustainable, according to new research.
A new trial which is helping to finance small-scale fish farmers in Sierra Leone has enabled them to grow their businesses and boost household consumption of fish
Due to concerns over the pollution they generate and the impact they have on local forage fish stocks and the fishermen who traditionally rely on them, in the last few weeks, fisheries representatives and environmental activists in Mauritania, Senegal and Gamb…
Dr Juli-Anne Royes Russo of Aquaculture Innovations & Solutions Consulting Group believes aquaculture can help revive coastal communities that have been affected by overfishing, in particular in her native Jamaica.
Dr Anna Kintner, analytical services manager at Europharma UK, believes that the fish farming industry needs to pay more attention to the threat posed by gelatinous zooplankton – a belief given credence by her extensive knowledge of jellyfish, gained both in S…
The Bangla adage mache bhate Bengali – ‘fish and rice make a Bengali’ – sums up the importance of fish in the diet of Bangladeshis. But with capture fisheries in decline, Bangladesh is increasingly looking to aquaculture to fill the gap.
Natalie Clark, nursery manager at Hoopers Island Oyster Co in Maryland, explains how plans to reseed the Chesapeake Bay with 10 billion bivalves have not only given her a dream career, but can also help restore the health of one the USA's most famous waterways…
Joost Blom, BioMar’s resident eel feed expert, sheds some light on the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable increase in farming one of the planet’s most mysterious fish.
Traditional mussel production may take place in sheltered sea lochs and estuaries, but an ambitious new venture off the coast of Devon has found that offshore options offer a range of benefits – both environmental and commercial
