Water quality

A new study suggests that Chinese crayfish producers would improve the performance of their farms and their finances if they relied more on natural food items and less on the provision of supplementar…

A Taiwanese company that has developed a system to help prevent the build-up of toxic chemicals in water used by the aquaculture industry has secured US $50 million in funding.

The true value of cultured bivalves such as mussels and oysters is chronically underestimated, according to a new report.

Umitron, a producer of AI-based feeding systems, has secured US $2 million in funding for a project that aims to improve the efficiency and sustainability of rainbow trout farmers in Peru.

Plankton and high sea temperatures combined to wipe out around half of the salmon at two sites run by Wester Ross this summer.

A new range of UV filters has been approved by the Norwegian authorities, following impressive results from extensive wellboat trials.

In the face of rising production costs and limited land and water availability, Egyptian fish farmers are looking for new ways to achieve higher productivity and profitability

Across West Africa, smart solutions are beginning to unlock the enormous potential for domestic, sustainable fish farming at a local level. One ingenious project is SkyFox – which integrates catfish f…

A million native oysters (Ostrea edulis) are due to be planted off the south coast of England next year, in a bid to boost the UK's dwindling population of the prized bivalves.

Charoen Pokphands Foods (CPF) has announced plans to stop farming shrimp in outdoor facilities within the next five years.

An outbreak of algae – possibly caused by agricultural run-off – is suspected as the cause of 750,000 mortalities at a salmon farm in the Faroe Islands last week.

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.

A project to test cutting-edge techniques that could help to protect the aquaculture industry from the impact of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and other water quality issues has kicked off in Scotland t…

A widely farmed antipodean oyster species is getting smaller due to coastal acidification, according to a new University of Stirling study.

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 creden…

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 he…

NOAA scientists are forecasting that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – will be approximately 5,780 squar…

Grieg Seafood has revealed that 250,000 of its salmon have died at two sites in BC following harmful algal blooms (HAB) in the area.

​For decades, growing shrimp has been a profitable but also risky business for farmers due to the risk of viral diseases that can sweep away complete crops. For the environment, the development of hig…

A project to develop a system that alerts operators of recirculation aquaculture systems (RASs) when dangerous bacteria are in the process of blooming has been launched by Norwegian researchers.