Regulations

The UK’s shellfish aquaculture sector is suffering from legislation that “ignores the realities of nature, technology and markets that actually govern the way we work”.

The first seaweed farm in US tropical waters has been installed in Puerto Rico, in a bid to support large-scale production of algal biomass for biofuels and other valuable bioproducts.

A renaissance in Bali’s seaweed farming sector is being widely touted as a sustainable alternative to tourism, following the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, but the reality is much more complicated.

New recommendations to improve the process of exporting seafood from the UK to the EU have been welcomed by Scotland’s salmon farmers.

Plans to streamline the application process for establishing new fish farms, and to support the establishment of more RAS facilities, including those producing tropical species, have been outlined by the SNP today.

Five ways to ensure the US offshore aquaculture industry is able to grow sustainably in the wake of last year’s Executive Order by President Trump are suggested in a new study.

The key piece of paperwork at the heart of export delays to the EU should be completely redrawn and simplified, according to representatives of the Scottish salmon sector.

A new guide is encouraging coastal communities to consider the the potential impacts - both positive and negative - of seaweed aquaculture sites in their local areas.

Crab farmers in the Philippines have been thrown a lifeline after the government suspended an order that previously prevented them from catching and selling wild mangrove crabs for ongrowing.

Acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) that are considered to cause disturbance to European protected species, such as seals, will no longer be used by salmon farmers in Scotland.

Scotland’s salmon farmers have incurred losses of at least £11 million as a direct result of the changes brought about by Brexit, the trade body for the sector announced today.

A decision by Canada’s federal government to close down a quarter of BC’s salmon farms could cost more than 1,500 people their livelihoods and kill more than 10 million juvenile salmon and eggs, while having long-term im…

Nicki and John Holmyard, founders of the UK's largest mussel farming company, Offshore Shellfish, explain why post-Brexit regulations are posing a grave risk to their business.

Following the ban on seal shooting, which came into effect on 31 January, Scotland’s salmon farmers are seeking compensation for fish lost to seal attacks.

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…