Post-harvest

Marco Cerqueira, author of Fish Welfare Initiative’s new report on global aquaculture, explains why carp welfare in India is a key focus area for the startup and how this can be improved.

Keeping oysters in live tanks rather than in the water where they’re grown helps reduce double-handling, ensures quality and opens up potential new markets.

Europe’s largest flatfish farmer, Stolt Sea Farm, has announced that it is evaluating an initial public offering (IPO) of its land-based aquaculture business.

Born in Freeport, Maine, Emily Selinger quickly fell in love with working on the water. After getting a captain’s licence and working on schooners along the East Coast, she returned to Freeport and set up her own oyster …

Norcod, the Norwegian cod farming startup, has recently attracted attention from a range of investors, including the head of one of the country’s best known salmon producers.

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.

Thai Union has pledged to keep its seafood processing units in Samut Sakhon open after 69 workers at its plants southwest of Bangkok tested positive for Covid-19.

The ambitions, and profits, of Indian aquaculture operators are constantly undermined by poor access to reasonable loans. However, the adoption of new technologies can help to de-risk investments in the sector by mainstr…

A case study from Louisiana suggests that most shrimp products that are imported into the US contain antibiotic residues and sulphites, violating the country’s labelling and regulatory standards.

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.

Farmed shrimp sold under the Charoen Pokphand Foods brand pose no risk of spreading Coronavirus to consumers, according to a statement issued in the wake of the new Covid-19 surge in Samut Sakhon, Thailand.

After decades of frustration, one of the least well-known elements of the aquaculture industry, frog farming, could be poised for growth.

Norway’s newest cod farming company, Norcod, has just carried out its first harvest and sent out samples to selected retailers, food service suppliers and producers in 16 countries.

As 2020 draws to a close, Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik offers some valuable insights into the prospects of the shrimp, salmon and fishmeal sectors in the year ahead.

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

FreshToHome is raising support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) for activities including the development of its “nano farm aquaculture technology”.

Anyone wanting to understand the fluctuation fortunes of Vietnam’s pangasius aquaculture industry would be wise to tune into a refreshingly balanced recent documentary.

Armed with a homemade submersible cage and a determination to start farming a species that was in decline in the wild, veteran trout farmer Jeff Tuerk decided to establish the North America’s only lake whitefish farm.