Water quality

Restorative aquaculture is being promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of four key ways to protect the oceans.

As part of a new series for The Fish Site, the experts at leading aquaculture financial tech company Alune share their insights and knowledge on how to manage water quality in shrimp aquaculture.

Oysters from Saint-Simon Bay in northern New Brunswick have been shown to be impressive tolerance to ocean acidification, according to a new study in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Grieg Seafood has decided to discontinue its operations on the Isle of Skye following the jellyfish-related death of 627,000 thousand salmon.

Ensuring optimum water quality parameters is the biggest challenge for ensuring the smooth running of a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).

Scientists have determined that salmon post-smolts tolerate similar levels of ozone in brackish water – which is increasingly used in RAS facilities – as they do in freshwater.

Lagos State University in Nigeria has received $4,000 of equipment to train fish farmers and promote sustainable cage aquaculture in West Africa.

Catfish production in Nigeria is hugely popular – with a booming domestic market as well as strong export sales – and currently accounts for over 80 percent of the country’s aquaculture output.

Pulse, a web-based service for aquaculture operators to monitor oceanic environmental data, has been launched by Umitron today.

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.