Production systems

Mowi Scotland has earned certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for four seawater salmon farms in January, brining the total number of ASC certified farms in its portfolio to eight.

The aquaculture industry could soon be producing Pacific bonito, a small tuna species, after wild-caught specimens were able to successfully spawn in an RAS.

Tugon Kabuhayan, an advocacy group based in the Philippines, is calling for the government to ease permitting restrictions for aquaculture sites to spur development.

With pandemic-related lockdowns and ageing farmers putting pressure on the Philippines’ food system, researchers at BFAR are embracing urban aquaponics to shore up the islands’ food security.

Grieg Seafood has become the first mainstream salmon producer to invest in an RAS site that will grow salmon to market size on land.

The survival rate of juvenile marine finfish in aquaculture hatcheries could be on the cusp of improvement following a new research breakthrough.

A fish farming system which produces tilapia, algae and plants that can be used as both fish feeds and agricultural fertilisers has been established by two West African entrepreneurs.

Poseidon Ocean Systems, a Canadian company specialising in the development of salmon farming infrastructure, has raised $5 million in Series A funding.

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 …

Freshwater pearl culture is providing a new livelihood for several thousand migrants who have returned to India’s Odisha State during the pandemic-induced lockdown.

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.

Kana Banno, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) talks about her transition from aquaculture in Japan, to that of Norway and why fish behaviour and welfare are so important in salm…

The addition of certain species of benthic algae and snails to aquaculture systems can help to improve the growth and survival rates of giant tiger prawns, as well as boost the profitability of their production.

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…

The high energy demands of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facilities are not necessarily as economically and environmentally onerous as some critics claim, according to a new study.

Up to 10 percent of the cichlid fish in Ghana’s Lake Bosomtwe can be traced to escapees from a short-lived illegal Nile tilapia farm, according to new research.

Mangrove restoration can go hand-in-hand with shrimp aquaculture, contrary to popular belief, according to Jonas Walker of Blueyou.

Genetically modified tilapia showed enhanced growth and reduced biological stress when raised in an integrated biofloc and aquaponics system.

As China’s aquaculture output increases, fish farmers are embracing ecological engineering techniques to ensure that the industry remains environmentally sustainable.

In a follow-up to his initial piece on the subject of RAS, Andrew Leingang covers key elements including species selection, staffing and fish health.