Water quality

The University of Louisiana in Lafayette is taking the lead on a three-year, $14 million research initiative that will develop oyster broodstock that are more resilient in low-salinity environments.

A new study has discovered exactly how shrimp respond to heat stress - a breakthrough that could help to reduce farmed shrimp mortalities during periods of high water temperatures.

Researchers at the University of Stirling have determined how Nigeria can meet its target of producing 2.5 million tonnes of farmed fish each year, and say that their method could provide similar insights for other count…

The RAS Vanguard Standard has been released for public comment, with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) announcing a 60-day comment period that ends on 4 July.

Though fewer sea lice counts are a key benefit of semi-closed fish farms, researchers say that using clean smolt and designing deeper water intakes could address additional fish health challenges during production.

The inaugural Blue Food Innovation Summit in London on 14 to 15 June presents 23 innovators from across the globe who are pioneering breakthrough technologies in aquaculture and blue food, and seeking opportunities to sc…

The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) has granted Ectosan Vet a marketing authorisation that allows producers to re-use treatment water as they tackle sea lice.

Farming in flow-through concrete ponds known as jhora, which is practised in the hills of West Bengal, is not only helping locals to get healthy diet of food but has been also supplementing their families’ incomes.

R3-IoT has launched its new Connected Seafarm system at this week's Aquaculture UK exhibition.

27-year-old Shady Hamdy owns and operates the Ibn Al-Nafis tilapia hatchery – alongside Dr Tamer Bastweesy – in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.

Shrimp farming veteran Victoria Alday Sanz, who is also editor of the newly-published second volume of The shrimp book, explains why her original deserved a follow-up.

Umitron has announced the launch of its latest product, Umitron Remora – a “plug-and-play software [that] brings the company's highly specialised feed optimisation algorithms, pellet detection and mortality estimation to…

Mercedes Wanguemert, one of Europe’s foremost sea cucumber experts, explains her role in the formation of the continent’s fledgling sea cucumber aquaculture sector and why she believes that the echinoderms have huge unta…

Scientists from the University of Missouri are focusing their efforts on diatoms, hoping to learn how to maximise the full environmental benefits of the green algae.

Aquasend has announced its participation in the Xylem Innovation Incubator Program, which aims to develop innovative ways to solve the world’s greatest water challenges – including those related to aquaculture.

Husqvarna Group's venture capital arm has invested $7.5 million into Moleaer, a global leader in nanobubble technology, for sectors including aquaculture.

Researchers from Flinders University in Australia are warning that microplastics are making their way into the human food chain after observing increasing concentrations of microplastics in farmed and wild blue mussel po…

For the first time in Scotland an innovative water purification system will be trialled alongside a medicine used to treat sea lice on salmon, in what could be a major boost for fish health and wellbeing.

A recent study from the US found that yellow perch can remove microplastics from their digestive systems, but expelling the materials has consequences on their microbiomes and finishing quality.

An initial 16-day trial suggests that critical threshold of dissolved oxygen (DO) for mussels raised in hypoxic conditions was between 0.7 to 0.8 mg per litre – with mussels suffering heavy mortality rates if DO concentr…