Water quality

A salmon farmer is looking to secure a patent for part of a system he developed in his own living room that is now being rolled out across 90 cages in Scotland and has had a hugely positive impact on gill health.

A calibration-free pH measuring device, which is applicable for sectors including aquaculture, is set for commercialisation having secured significant seed funding.

Aquaculture start-up Umitron has announced plans to launch a satellite in 2022 with a mission to gather ocean observations for the sector.

BiOceanOr, which has developed AquaREAL, the first underwater weather station, has raised €1.5 million in funding.

Bayer Animal Health has increased its presence in shrimp aquaculture through securing supply and distribution agreements with water treatment technology suppliers, Cytozyme Laboratories and Chengdu Kehonda Technology, as…

A two-year study tracking the environmental effects of commercial kelp aquaculture indicates that seaweed farming activities can significantly enhance marine biodiversity.

The use of membrane filtration systems in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) can improve water quality, thereby reducing the probability for microbially-related fish mortalities.

How the addition of OptiPhos, a phytase enzyme, to extruded feed can significantly reduce emissions of phosphorous from the aquaculture sector.

Fish that are subjected to chronic exposure to microplastic fibres suffer from issues including aneurysms and gill damage, according to a new study.

How Hong Kong is working to maintain an 800-year-old oyster farming tradition and work with Shenzhen to restore Deep Bay.

A novel, solar-powered sensor that's designed to measure a suite of water quality parameters for the aquaculture sector has been developed by scientists in Saudi Arabia.

The value of using certain strains of probiotics in vannamei shrimp production has been confirmed by a new study in Iran.

Tilapia farmers on Lake Kariba are suffering as the lake’s levels continue to drop in the face of the worst drought to hit southern Africa in 40 years.

Urbanisation may be a source of stress for mussels according to a study of the bivalves off six beaches in southeast Brazil.

Many traditional farmers in West Bengal have diversified into shrimp aquaculture. But while it has made some farmers rich, others have found it has put their livelihoods – and perhaps even their lives – at risk.

A recent study has confirmed that mussel and oyster farming can play a key role in improving water quality by removing hundreds of tonnes of nitrogen from coastal bays and estuaries.

The strain of sea louse most closely linked to the spread of disease and mortalities in both farmed and wild Atlantic salmon is unlikely to be adversely affected by the increasing acidification of the oceans.

Ten of Mowi Canada’s farming licences have been suspended after 2.6 million salmon died due to low oxygen-related issues in Newfoundland.

The mass salmon mortalities that took place at a Northern Harvest salmon site in Newfoundland in September have been attributed to unusually high water temperatures.

A Scottish consortium is developing an early-warning detection system for potentially dangerous plankton and algae, which could help the aquaculture industry tackle one of the biggest challenges to fish health.