Food security

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…

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

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 …

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.

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.

Blue foods – aquatic organisms captured or cultured in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies and …

A continuous partnership between Kenya’s Lattice Aqua and IDH, the sustainable trade initiative, will focus on improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of Kenya’s fish farms.

A range of emerging technologies offers aquaculture practitioners vital help to improve both their productivity and profitability, as well as ramp up the overall sustainability of the industry.

Pauline Nakyewa runs her family’s farm in rural Uganda while working as an aquaculture professional to help rural fish farmers and poor communities.

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…

Aquaculture’s technology spotlight tends to focus on offshore cages, satellites, AI sensors and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for major finfish species – but this narrative overlooks aquatech’s ability to revol…

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.

Choosing the right species and locations to farm will allow farming of marine finfish to thrive, even in an period of changing ocean temperatures, oxygen levels and salinities.

A new project led by the University of Cambridge aims to help make mussels into a seafood staple for UK consumers.

Efua Konyim Okai, correspondent for The Fish Site, reflects on a recent visit to the first-ever AFRAQ event, which took place in Egypt at the end of March.

The ocean has enormous – and largely untapped – potential to cycle and sequester excess atmospheric carbon through processes like seaweed cultivation. So how can stakeholders tap into this potential to scale CO₂ removal …

The European Aquaculture Society’s annual event will take place in Rimini, Italy, from 27 to 30 September.

A report which raises awareness of the environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable blue food production in Hawaii has just been launched by Hatch Innovation Services.

WorldFish has signed an agreement with Premium Aquaculture Limited to transfer genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) fry to Nigeria.

Farming a variety of Indian major carp species in the wetlands of Bihar State is proving to be a profitable alternative to agriculture for many former terrestrial farmers.