Politics

The increase in shrimp farming around Chilika Lake in India’s Odisha state has not only been destroying the area’s ecology but also affecting the livelihoods of several thousand fishermen.

From May 2019 to May 2020 more than half a million farmed salmon in Scotland died as a result of seal attacks, according to the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO).

Mealworms, which are increasingly being farmed as aquafeed ingredients, have been deemed safe for human consumption this week by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

A new book details how Turkey has become a global aquaculture leader, and is now the world’s ninth largest marine finfish farmer. Other countries, particularly in Europe, could learn much from its example.

Cooke Aquaculture has been granted permission to start growing steelhead at four of its former salmon sites in Washington State.

Several mayors and members of the aquaculture industry in British Columbia have signed an open letter to Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, saying they were not consulted about the planned phase-out of open-net pen fa…

Animal health authorities in Tamil Nadu have issued warning about breeding banned African catfish, saying that the invasive species could threaten the local ecology.

The adoption of new technologies could help Jamaica realise the potential of its currently stagnant aquaculture sector, according to the government.

Three days before the UK leaves the EU, Scotland’s salmon farmers are demanding seafood consignments at the Channel crossings are given priority by the UK Government.

Scottish salmon farmers have said that trucks of fresh fish need to cross the Channel soon to have any chance of reaching European customers after Christmas.

Nineteen salmon farms off the west coast of Canada are due to be phased out within the next 18 months, following talks between the federal government and the local First Nations.

Plans to establish a 50 million fish capacity hatchery were unveiled at the Lagos Seafood Festival, which took place at Muri Okunola Park on 13 December.

Nigerian fish farmers are planning an initiative to cut out the intermediaries who, they say, severely undermine their profit margins.

Aquaculture operators can be largely optimistic about their prospects in 2021, although some farmers, particularly in Chile, may struggle to fulfil increasingly onerous regulations.

Early Charm Ventures, which specialises in turning scientific discoveries made at universities into companies focused on growth, has joined Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS).

Mandatory controls over the harvesting of wild wrasse for managing sea lice in Scotland's salmon farming industry are due to come into force next year.

More giant river prawns are now being cultivated in rice paddies in Ca Mau, a Vietnamese province in the Mekong Delta, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Nigerian government has announced plans to establish six new “fish farming estates” around Lagos as a means of increasing fish production and promoting employment.

Manual counting of sea lice – an activity that is stressful for fish, time-consuming for farmers and statistically questionable – is no longer mandatory on all salmon farms in Norway, following a landmark ruling.