Regulations

Three advocates of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) are using research in a bid to back up their beliefs in the values of the concept.

Mowi Scotland is seeking a permanent injunction against Don Staniford to protect the health and safety of employees and fish at the company's salmon farming sites.

A new report by Compassion for World Farming argues “the many reasons why plans to develop octopus farming should be stopped and why companies with octopus in their supply chains must avoid sourcing from these intensive …

In order for the seaweed industry to thrive and grow sustainably, it needs to be self-sustaining and market-driven, not reliant on the possibility of blue carbon credits, according to Briana Warner, CEO of Atlantic Sea F…

The fate of Mexico’s nascent Totoaba aquaculture industry is hanging in the balance, as farmers await a decision by CITES on whether it will be possible to export this once-threatened species.

Nomad Foods and BlueNalu have agreed to explore the introduction of cell-cultured seafood in Europe, where demand for sustainably produced, healthy seafood products continues to grow.

Up to 10 percent of the global salmon supply could be produced in offshore systems by the end of the decade, according to a new report published by Rabobank today.

An independent review of how Scottish fish farms are regulated is underway, in a move to make the country's aquaculture legislation one of the most effective and transparent in the world.

Two new sites in Queensland have been earmarked for the development of land-based marine aquaculture, as Australian ministers seek to grow the state’s seafood sector.

A new law that would allow fish farmers to cull predatory double-crested cormorants has been introduced in the US.

Jon Parker, development lead for Aquaculture Industry Wales (AIW), explains how the organisation - which is backed by a growing number of startups - aims to improve the industry’s reputation among the public and politici…

Kate Dempsey began her career as a law graduate but quickly found her calling in Ireland's aquaculture sector as founder of the Irish Mussel Seed Company, the Wicklow Seaweed Company and the CEO of Aqualicense.

The rejection of Cermaq Canada’s bid to transfer one last batch of smolts to marine sites that are due to be mothballed was made to please “urban Liberal” voters and went against scientific recommendations.

The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) has authorised Benchmark PLC’s Ectosan Vet (BMK08) sea lice treatment.

Prospective plans to start salmon farming in the southern Argentinian province of Tierra del Fuego have been mothballed, after the local legislature passed a law banning commercial salmon aquaculture in the archipelago t…

The Kingfish Company has secured the final critical waterside permit required for its recirculating aquaculture system in Jonesport, Maine.

Calls to ban the aquaculture of Pacific oysters in the UK are not supported by science, according to the authors of a newly published report.

Atlantic Canada’s aquaculture sector has received a boost to morale in the same week that farmers on the Pacific coast have been dealt another blow by regulators.

Jen Lamy, who manages Good Food Institute's cross-programmatic sustainable seafood initiative, believes that both plant-based and cellular seafood have a bright future - both in terms of providing consumers with an ethic…

Plans to establish a fishmeal factory in rainforest near a picturesque beach in Seirra Leone have met with strong local opposition.