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This article is the second in a two-part series about Japan's Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory. The first article looked at the history of the facility and how tuna is being farmed. This article focuses on the challenges the Laboratory faces, and some fut…

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of hake, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

The Fisheries Laboratory of Kinki University in Japan has found a possible way to address the problem of declining tuna stocks by cultivating completely farm-raised Pacific bluefin tuna. In the first of two articles, Bonnie Waycott explains how it's done.

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of plaice, black sole and lemon sole, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

Increased aquaculture production will be needed in future to improve food security, but what role can genetically improved farmed fish species play in increasing productivity? This study from Ingrid Olesen and colleagues investigates.

Both climate change and ocean acidification are going to present challenges for the mariculture industry. Even if we were to immediately cease CO2 production, the time lag between alteration of CO2 concentrations and climatic response is not expected to be see…

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of cod, haddock and whiting, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

Maintaining good water quality and strict biosecurity measures can help pangasius farms remain productive and profitable.

July 2015 saw atmospheric CO2 reach average monthly level of 401.30 parts per million, a huge increase on levels recorded in 1959 the first year with full high precision instrument data measurements of 315.97 ppm, and a vast increase on pre-industrial levels o…

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of horse mackerel, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

Though pangasius can thrive in a variety of culture conditions, its nutrition is critical to successful farming.

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of monkfish, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of brill, turbot and halibut at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

Maintaining fish health and preventing disease are critical when farming pangasius.

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of mackerel, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of Dublin bay prawn, at all stages, from capture to the first point of sale.

In Part One of this four-part series, The Fish Site explores the ins and outs of pangasius farming.