Environment

The tiny bubbles braced to make a huge impact in aquaculture

Sea lice Welfare Atlantic Salmon

25 January 2024 Sponsored

Is a seaweed breakthrough at COP31 the sector’s last hope?

Climate change Sustainability Seaweed / Macroalgae

24 January 2024

Insights from Sweden’s number one seaweed farm

Sustainability Regenerative aquaculture Seaweed / Macroalgae

24 January 2024

Simon Johansson, CEO of Nordic Seafarm, believes that the company is on the cusp of commercial success – following breakthroughs in the production of three key seaweed species, as well as a business strategy that involves a range of cunning collaborations.

Seaweed startup Symbrosia lands $1 million grant

Feed ingredients Climate change Seaweed / Macroalgae

23 January 2024

Sintef Ocean and Aker BP set up joint kelp farm

Feed ingredients Climate change Seaweed / Macroalgae

22 January 2024

Protix spreads its wings with €37 million EIB loan

Feed ingredients Sustainability Salmonids

22 January 2024

Veramaris aims to reduce GHG emissions by nearly a quarter

Feed ingredients Sustainability Salmonids

22 January 2024

Green's algal blues The biggest obstacle to the success of the seaweed sector in the West

Husbandry Sustainability Mussels

22 January 2024 Opinion

It was disappointing to see the media storm that followed the publication of plans by Biome Algae to establish a 270-acre seaweed farm off Gerrans Bay, in southwest England.

Climate services could save Bangladeshi aquaculture $140 million

Fisheries Climate change Salmonids

19 January 2024

Mexico’s oyster revolutionary

Husbandry Water quality Clams

17 January 2024

Alan Espinoza, founder of Bendito Mar, is determined to transform Mexico’s shellfish farming sector in order to improve the environment and create new livelihoods for people in fragile former fishing communities.

Scottish Sea Farms puts ASC certification drive on ice

Fisheries Health Atlantic Salmon

16 January 2024

ASC expands into pike-perch

Welfare NGO Freshwater fish

15 January 2024

UV disinfection proves its worth in shrimp grow-out ponds

Bacterial diseases Pathogens Shrimp

15 January 2024

Shrimp farmers in Indonesia are increasingly turning to UV treatment as an alternative to chemical options for significantly reducing the presence of Vibrio in their ponds.

CSIRO collaborates with Indigenous-centred prawn farm on Tiwi Islands

Sustainability Open farming systems Tiger prawn

12 January 2024

Algapelago looks to expand and diversify into mussel farming

Feed ingredients Water quality Mussels

12 January 2024

Meet the farmer Southeast Nigeria’s catfish king

Husbandry Climate change Catfish / Pangasius

12 January 2024

Moses Njoku Uwa is the founder and managing director of St Mosco FeedNation, the largest fish farming company in southeast Nigeria, which produces 560 tonnes of African catfish from 100 earth ponds each year.

RuralWorks invests in US eel farming pioneer

Sustainability Startups Eels

11 January 2024

Enifer secures €12 million grant for mycoprotein factory

Feed ingredients Sustainability Salmonids

10 January 2024

The perils of overintensification in shrimp farming

Genetics Formulated feed Shrimp

10 January 2024 Opinion

While the slow intensification of shrimp farming appears to be working in Latin America, Ecuadorian producers should be wary of the Asian example, where even heavy investments in new technologies have failed to counter problems caused by historic overstocking.…

15 billion oyster initiative aims to restore Texan coast

Climate change Water quality Oysters

8 January 2024

Dynamic Kenyan duo secure game-changing investments

Feed ingredients Husbandry Tilapia / Cichlids

8 January 2024

Two of Kenya's most progressive women-led aquaculture companies – Rio Fish and Great Lakes Feeds – have each received KES 56,000,000 ($384,000) grants this year, in a bid to advance the economic empowerment of women in Kenya’s growing blue economy.

Entries open for 2024 aquaculture awards

Fisheries Biotechnology Salmonids

5 January 2024

Saudis to host the Middle East’s leading aquaculture exhibition

Sustainability Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

5 January 2024 Sponsored

Saudi Arabia is set to host its largest ever exhibition related to sustainable seafood production on 4-6 February, with over 12,000 visitors due to attend.

Bangladeshi blue-tech startup raises six-figure investment

Sustainability Technology & equipment

3 January 2024

Generation recirculation Dutch courage pays off for catfish farming dynasty

Husbandry Sustainability Catfish / Pangasius

3 January 2024

Frank Foolen, general manager of leading Dutch catfish producer Claresse, explains how his family’s self-taught approach and long-term commitment have helped to create a successful and profitable RAS operation.

December 2023

2023 in review Jennifer Bushman

NGO Sustainability Atlantic Salmon

29 December 2023

Jennifer Bushman senses encouraging trends in investment and innovation in – as well as acceptance of – aquaculture, but adds that challenges include the urgent need for the salmon farming industry to work together to address ongoing environmental issues.

Fish in the Fields wins JMK Innovation Prize

Climate change Food security

28 December 2023

2023 in review Carsten Krome

Feed ingredients Sustainability Shrimp

27 December 2023

While 2023 might have resulted in a number of impressive achievements for Hatch, its co-founder has been underwhelmed by the pace at which the aquaculture industry has been adopting innovation and believes it will be up to five years before many of the most ex…

The Nature of Aquaculture New study confirms seaweed and mussel farms improve biodiversity and abundance of marine life

Regenerative aquaculture Biodiversity Mussels

25 December 2023

New insights into the habitat benefits of seaweed and shellfish farms in temperate ecosystems are emerging from a unique study initiated by The Nature Conservancy on opposite sides of the globe: New Zealand and the Gulf of Maine.

2023 in review Rizky Darmawan

Husbandry Sustainability Shrimp

22 December 2023

The Asian shrimp market has had its fair share of negative news throughout 2023, but Rizky Darmawan, CEO at Delta Marine Group, in Indonesia, offers a glimmer of hope as he reflects on the year.

Norwegian government invests £3.5 million to save country's kelp forests

Regenerative aquaculture Technology & equipment Seaweed / Macroalgae

21 December 2023

Cooke deploys Shetland’s first hybrid feed barge

Feeding systems Climate change Atlantic Salmon

21 December 2023

2023 in review Steven Hermans

Husbandry Climate change Seaweed / Macroalgae

20 December 2023

Investment in seaweed production – not processing – urgently needs to be prioritised, according to leading industry analyst and Phyconomy founder Steven Hermans.

New product line aims to set a new standard for sustainable shrimp

Feed ingredients Feed formulation Shrimp

19 December 2023

Water sensor proves its worth for South Australia's aquaculture sector

Marine protection Water quality Salmonids

18 December 2023

2023 in review Lissy Smit

Feed ingredients Sustainability Shrimp

15 December 2023

After just over a year as CEO of Aqua-Spark, Lissy Smit reflects on the highs and lows of the fund’s portfolio companies and the wider trends affecting investment in aquaculture innovation.

Global Shrimp Council targets US market on launch

Sustainability Consumer Shrimp

13 December 2023

2023 in review Willem van der Pijl

Feed ingredients Welfare Shrimp

13 December 2023

Despite a challenging year for the majority of the world’s shrimp farmers, Willem van der Pijl notes that a number of positives to have emerged over the last 12 months, which could help to strengthen the sector’s long-term resilience.

Aqua Bridge launches Kuwaiti aquaculture subsidiary at COP28

Climate change Sustainability Salmonids

11 December 2023

Siemens and Nasekomo outline 2 million tonne insect farming ambition

Biotechnology Feed ingredients

11 December 2023