Sustainability

Researchers from Taiwan have shared their experiences of using artificial intelligence (AI) when farming finfish and crustaceans and highlighted its potential to provide solutions to the climate crisis.

Plans to ban the sale of wild-caught fish for the pet trade have caused divisions in the British Veterinary Association (BVA).

ASC’s Supervisory Board has recently welcomed five new members, including a new chair, Margret Thalwitz, who brings decades of experience in academia and organisations such as the World Bank to the role.

CO₂ feed ingredient entrepreneur Deep Branch is partnering with Landsvirkjun, Iceland’s national power company, to analyse the feasibility of constructing a commercial-scale plant in Iceland.

Kenya’s aquaculture sector must grow to improve the country’s food security. This article looks into the pros and cons of cage versus pond farming, with insights from fish farmers in western and central regions, and prov…

Scottish Sea Farms has gained its first Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its three Summer Isles sites.

Australian researchers have partnered with a local black soldier fly (BSF) producer to identify a more sustainable, high-quality protein source for marron and barramundi diets.

Bolivia and Peru have launched a lab to breed endangered fish native to the Lake Titicaca basin.

New data from the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) shows that total organic aquaculture production in the EU came in at 74.032 tonnes in 2020, with Ireland standing out as the l…

Biotech startup NewFish, which is fermenting New Zealand microalgae and underutilised seafood to create new sustainable food sources, has come out of stealth mode this month with an oversubscribed pre-seed round of $1.3 …

Green Plains has announced a partnership to produce trout and salmon feeds for the Riverence Group, utilising sustainable ingredients including the fermented plant protein product it has recently developed.

Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has published its ninth annual sustainability report, in which its 13 members explain that they are focused on continuing to raise ASC certification levels, while reducing fish mortality ra…

Data released from the IFFO from January to March 2022 shows lower year-on-year use of fishmeal and fish oil and reviews the start of China's aquaculture cycle.

Modifying different plant species to create immune-boosting antigens through “molecular pharmacy” can help researchers develop new oral vaccines for aquaculture, according to a new publication.

The Natural Shrimp Company, one of the key aquaculture projects commissioned by Fisheries Development Oman, has begun its first commercial harvest at its site in Qurun, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan, South Sharaqiya Governorate.

New research suggests that tapeworms often found in the gut microbiome of Atlantic salmon can host their own microbial communities – potentially rewriting the parasitic treatment methods currently used in the aquaculture…

Lightsource bp is partnering with Taiwan’s Green Rock Energy to develop and build a 150-megawatt solar farm that is co-located with an aquaculture site.

Researchers from Cambridge University have created a reliable and renewable photovoltaic cell that is powered by Synechocystis, a common blue-green algae species.

A shrimp farm operated by Saudi Arabia’s National Aquaculture Group (Naqua) is the first in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to receive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) shrimp certification.

A Scottish research collaboration has learned that green LEDs could be crucial in extracting a valuable ingredient for health and wellbeing supplements from microalgae.