Production systems

Israel Yusuf, who is also known as "Dr Fish", is a 41-year-old fish farmer, farm reform advocate, agribusiness development consultant and aquaculture service provider in Nigeria.

A new fish farming method that uses converted shipping containers has been developed by Finland’s Natural Resources Institute (LUKE).

A novel way of monitoring structural stress using fibre optic technology is going to be trialled on one of the world's most exposed fish farms, Salmar's Ocean Farm 1.

Wanyama Pascal is manager of Bayrise Fish Farm on Lake Victoria, Kenya – a tilapia farm with the capacity to produce nearly 400 tonnes a year.

A five-year project to develop New Zealand’s offshore seaweed and shellfish aquaculture industries has received government funding.

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.

Ecotechnolgies, including constructed and reciprocating wetland systems, might offer economical alternatives to RAS, employing some of the same principles as recirc systems, but at the fraction of the cost.

A guide to farming shrimp in temperate climates has been published by researchers in the US.

An aquaculture expert with the University of Stirling has been awarded £1.5 million for an innovative five-year data project that will help the marine aquaculture sector respond to the impacts of climate change.

With more than a decade of experience in shrimp aquaculture, Iwan Sumantri is spearheading the development of the Millennial Shrimp Farming project in Jepara, Indonesia while simultaneously training the next generation o…

Stolt Sea Farm (SSF) has reached another milestone with its first harvest of sole at its Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) farm in Tocha, Portugal, four months ahead of schedule.

Aqua-Spark’s new Aqua Insights Report finds that expanding tilapia aquaculture across sub-Saharan Africa will feed the region’s growing population in an affordable, scalable and sustainable way.

On the day of the publication of Aqua-Spark’s new report on tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa, Willem van Pijl and Amy Novogratz reflect on what they’ve learned and what they’re hoping to achieve through the process,…

Building a shrimp farm in Florida has been rewarding and frustrating in equal measure for Robins McIntosh of Charoen Pokphand Foods, but the experience has taught him a great deal.

A farming project that aims to produce 30,000 tonnes of seaweed a year has been launched in the Lakshadweep archipelago, off the southwest coast of India.

Ocean Grown Abalone has recorded a $1.68 million loss for the 2020-21 financial year, despite record annual sales.

A project that aims to compare the commercial production of market-sized yellow perch fish in flow-through and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), is due to launch in Minnesota in September.

Noray Seafood, which has developed a unique, proprietary shrimp farming system, believes that land-based shrimp farming is only a few years short of reaching a significant scale in the West.

After graduating with a degree in natural resource management, Emmanuel Dery started the first fish farm in Ghana’s Northern and Upper Regions, with the support of the Canada International Development Agency (CIDA).

Atlantic Sapphire, the world’s flagship land-based salmon farming company, is considering diversifying into rainbow trout production, after reporting losses of $55 million in the first six months of the year.