Regulations

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The salmon sites currently operated by Grieg Seafood Shetland are likely to have new owners relatively soon, according to Tavish Scott, the new chief executive of the SSPO.

The Canadian government has reiterated its commitment to "transition" British Columbia’s salmon farming sector from open net pens to alternative production systems.

A Californian court has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has violated core environmental laws in approving genetically engineered salmon.

Though Latin American aquaculture hosts major aquaculture exporters, like Ecuador and Chile, industry leaders fear that the lack of regional governance and fit-for-purpose regulations could hinder the sector’s sustainabl…

The dream of operating floating closed containment aquaculture systems at sea is at risk of becoming “a dead case” in Norway, due to regulatory constraints.

Seaweed aquaculture is on the cusp of a breakthrough in the UK, according to Peter Elbourne, managing director of supply and operations at the seaweed producing startup Shore.

Over 80 US organisations, including a wide range of leading seafood firms, have written to Washington in support of expanding the country’s seafood production through sustainable offshore aquaculture.

Aquaculture operations will move into offshore waters in the coming decades, but the move depends on public buy-in, smart policy and contending with harsh economic realities, according to some of the leaders in the field…

The fledgling oyster farming industry along the Texas Gulf Coast has a promising outlook for 2021 and beyond.