Environment

Tidal power lagoons proposed along the British coast should have aquaculture development built into the planning process, in order to harness the massive benefits of co-location, according to a leading shellfish expert, writes Justyn Jones.

Popular and adaptable, Nile tilapia are leading cichlid production worldwide. So why is the species banned in three of South Africa’s nine provinces? As Conchita Milburn reports, managing South Africa’s tilapia stocks is a balancing act that pits the sector’s …

3D mapping of brackish-water aquaculture resources is to be undertaken in India, backed by satellite images and extensive ground surveys, in a move that could boost the country's shrimp production.

Gaining Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) accreditation for its rope-grown mussels last week will act as an added incentive for Loch Fyne Oysters (LFO) to achieve its ambitious growth targets, according to its managing director.

Following recent claims that culturing salmon in open net pens could become the most sustainable form of healthy protein production on the planet, Dr Bill McGraw assesses the relative merits of different aquaculture species and systems. As a specialist in the …

Farmed salmon has the scope to become the most sustainable source of healthy protein in the world, according to a representative of the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI).

How a Shetland community company has upcycled many miles of salmon feed piping to make ‘the Arnold Schwarzenegger of polytunnels’.

As the search for the best way to produce sterile farmed fish stocks continues, novel methods such as germ-cell migration disruption could offer good alternatives to inducing triploidy, according to one US researcher.

Fisheries and aquaculture businesses may be increasingly aware of the need to maintain the health of fish stocks and aquaculture practices, but the wellbeing of the world’s oceans – and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the various industries that they …