Human health

A new initiative has been launched in Scotland to encourage school pupils to eat farmed salmon.

Plant-based seafood maker Good Catch has announced a partnership with Ladle & Leaf restaurants to launch fish-free soups.

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

In Norway, about one third of fish produced is used for animal feed – but according to new research, this fish could be a vital source of vitamin B12 and selenium in human nutrition – and be incorporated into everyday fo…

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

EU research efforts have helped scale up production of a new type of microalgae that has a higher protein content and improved organoleptic properties.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families, has announced a collaboration with Atlantic Sea Farms, a women-run regenerative kelp aquaculture company, to produce Cranberry…

Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS), whose patented process produces affordable, sustainable natural astaxanthin from algae for the salmon, shrimp and human nutraceutical sectors, has closed a series A funding round with Aqua-Spar…

A rice and catfish integrated aquaculture project in Northeastern Nigeria has given local livelihoods and food security a boost, according to researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Ibadan.

FISH4ACP has published its comprehensive value chain analysis for Nigeria's catfish sector and has identified strategies to make the industry more inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

Scotland's salmon sector is helping to fund and install dozens of life-saving defibrillators in local communities where the companies operate.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, BioMar Group has stopped all trade activities with and within Russia.

A new survey that aims to help the seafood sector develop novel products that encourage more people to eat species such as clams and mussels, as part of a healthy and sustainable diet, is currently open for responses.

Purchases of Scottish salmon in UK shops rose to £1.1 billion in 2021 as shoppers increased their consumption levels.

The United Nations is formally recognising the crucial role artisanal aquaculture and fisheries play in global food security by launching an international year.

A recently published study has found that foam from túngara frogs can reduce infection risk and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans.

A recent technical meeting of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has highlighted the aquaculture sector’s ability to feed the world and the need to promote sustainable business practices to ensure “decent work” …

In collaboration with local villagers and scientists, an international team of researchers are breeding and releasing freshwater prawns into the Senegal River in an attempt to combat a spiralling outbreak of schistosomia…

Researchers from Israel have found that ulvan, a natural substance extracted from marine algae, prevents infection of cells with the coronavirus.

Aqua-Spark, the pioneer investment fund for sustainable aquaculture has bought a €10 million stake in the Norwegian biotech company Hofseth Biocare ASA.