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The University Austral de Chile has appointed fish behaviour and welfare specialist Dr Sunil Kadri as an honorary adjunct professor, as part of its ambition to develop closer links with the aquaculture industry.

Ahead of the Global Conference on Aquaculture (GCA) Millennium +20, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization is convening a series of webinars, commencing with the presentation of six Regional Reviews of Aquaculture, c…

Funke Olatunde Kechicha is a catfish producer at Imoran Farms and PhD student at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She recently won the Rising Star category at the 2020 Aquaculture Awards and is looking forward to bot…

Vin Hoan, the Vietnam-based company that is the world's largest pangasius producer, has been singled out for praise in a new report on female executives in the seafood sector.

The USDA has earmarked an additional $14 billion for aquaculture producers who continue to face market disruptions and increased costs due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The project that is investigating the use of tilapia skin in human medicine has won a €500,000 prize.

How the seaweed industry is helping people in developing nations escape poverty is the subject of a presentation that’s being delivered to a meeting of UN representatives and global organisations today.

Tavish Scott, the former Scottish Government minister and Shetland MSP, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO).

The Seafood Task Force has been instrumental in improving supply chain collaboration and new norms – in terms of human rights, labour conditions and the sourcing of sustainable feed ingredients – in the Thai shrimp farmi…

Offshore Shellfish, creators of the UK’s first fully offshore mussel farm, have won Best Aquaculture Company at the 2020 Aquaculture Awards.

Nofima's 6th "Smolt Production in the Future" conference will now take place digitally on 21 October.

Calysta, which aims to produce 1000,000 tonnes of microbial protein for the aquaculture feed sector within the next five years, has appointment of food and feed innovation veteran Dr Geoff Bryant as its chief technology …

Aqua-Spark, the first investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture, has appointed aquaculture industry expert Flavio Corsin as its director of partnerships.

Bluegrove and its subsidiary CageEye AS acquired SEALAB in a bid to enhance their sensor technology capabilities and create an open platform to integrate with other suppliers.

Damage from Storm Ellen has led to a major fish escape on a Mowi site near Campbeltown in Scotland, with almost 50,000 salmon escaping the torn nets.

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

This year’s Seafood Expo Asia has been cancelled due to ongoing health and safety issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The world’s leaders in land-based aquaculture” are due to feature at the 2020 RAS Virtual Summit.

Merk’s head of aquaculture, Dr Chris Beattie, will take up a position as Akva’s regional business director North America and Australasia on 1 September.

Shrimp industry veteran Dr Bill McGraw has overcome numerous challenges to establish a unique organic shrimp and tilapia production facility in Panama.