Environment

An unprecedented global strategy on aquatic animal health - including substantial coverage of the aquaculture sector - has been published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) with the support of its 182 memb…

Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) – which is associated with kidney and liver damage in Chinook salmon – is transmitted between Atlantic salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon in British Columbia waters.

A webinar on the application of sensors in precision aquaculture was attended by 157 participants from 33 countries this week.

Reliable figures on the carbon footprints of different aquaculture species are hard to find – not least due to the variety of production systems they come from – but all suggest that aquaculture holds its own against oth…

An energy-efficient system for cultivating marine microalgae that can improve water quality in aquaculture systems has been developed by researchers in Sweden.

After a decades-long struggle, US aquaculture producers still don’t have a federally approved organic certification to apply for.

A database to help people in Commonwealth countries be aware of, and access, more than £126 million of international funding for ocean-related projects - including many relevant to the aquaculture sector - has been launc…

Some of the biggest names in the US aquaculture sector - backed by environmentalists and marine scientists - have written to President Biden to request that his administration prioritises aquaculture to help mitigate cli…

The USA's reliance on imported farmed seafood means that the country is essentially "exporting its environmental footprints", failing its coastal economies and neglecting an opportunity to promote best aquaculture practi…

Seaweed processing startup Oceanium has successfully raised £2 million in order to scale up its biorefinery technology.

The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) published its annual sustainability report today, providing eight years of data across 10 environmental and four social indicators.

The build-up to the UN’s inaugural Food Systems Summit is the perfect time for aquaculture producers to promote the role that blue foods can play in supporting the SDGs.

The first seaweed farm in US tropical waters has been installed in Puerto Rico, in a bid to support large-scale production of algal biomass for biofuels and other valuable bioproducts.

The global seaweed aquaculture sector should aim to grow by 12 percent a year – helped by a marked production increase in northern oceans – according to Bailey Moritz, program officer for seaweed and shellfish projects f…

A panel of leading policymakers and researchers has emphasised the value of diverse aquatic foods as key components of sustainable healthy diets and as drivers of food security in the Global South.

A rapid diagnostic method to reduce the incidence of biofouling on farmed mussels is currently being developed.

A project that aims to reduce the need for antibiotics in Egypt’s tilapia farming sector is gaining momentum.

An initiative to stabilise Nigeria’s aquaculture sector, following disruptions caused by Covid-19, has been launched by the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative.

A system that gives fish farmers advanced warning of harmful algal blooms (HABs) is due to be commercially available within 18 months.

Production of catfish and tilapia in Tanzania is set to increase substantially, following the launch of a $77.4 million project.