Production systems

China has delivered the world’s first 100,000 tonne smart aquaculture vessel on 20 May in Qingdao City.

Yit Tung – who farms mud crabs, shrimp and tilapia in Malaysia – has no regrets about swapping a steady job as an engineer in the oil and gas sector for starting up his own aquaculture venture, RAS Aquaculture.

Researchers have developed a low-cost sensor suite that can help aquaculture producers make the digital transition without needing complex technical expertise.

Bolivia and Peru have launched a lab to breed endangered fish native to the Lake Titicaca basin.

New data from the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) shows that total organic aquaculture production in the EU came in at 74.032 tonnes in 2020, with Ireland standing out as the l…

Plans to develop a $45 million mussel hatchery in New Zealand are gaining momentum, thanks to a collaborative training project that's taking place between Cawthron Institute researchers and Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui.

An innovative container design has shown promising results for use in international air freight of live fish.

Nueva Pescanova Group has announced that it has fully digitalised its shrimp hatcheries in Ecuador and Nicaragua with aquaManager's IoT infrastructure.

Dagón – Israel’s pioneering hatchery and leading fish farmer – offers a tantalising glimpse of how aquaculture in the MENA region is evolving and of the emerging species that have the greatest commercial potential.

The Natural Shrimp Company, one of the key aquaculture projects commissioned by Fisheries Development Oman, has begun its first commercial harvest at its site in Qurun, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan, South Sharaqiya Governorate.

Lightsource bp is partnering with Taiwan’s Green Rock Energy to develop and build a 150-megawatt solar farm that is co-located with an aquaculture site.

Stephen Woods, who has been with Scottish Sea Farms for 27 years, and farm manager of Charlotte’s Bay near Oban for the past 12 of those, was named Finfish Farmer of the Year at the recent Aquaculture Awards in Aviemore.…

A continuous partnership between Kenya’s Lattice Aqua and IDH, the sustainable trade initiative, will focus on improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of Kenya’s fish farms.

Shrimp that have been bred for their resistance to disease and ability to thrive despite environmental challenges should be valued as highly – if not more highly – than those bred for their growth rates in many parts of …

The aquaculture arm of Iceland's Samherji has unveiled a $26 million capital increase and appointed former Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog to its board.

In a market announcement, land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire said that it plans to put its insurance pay-out from a fire at its Danish facility towards its new RAS in Florida.

A range of emerging technologies offers aquaculture practitioners vital help to improve both their productivity and profitability, as well as ramp up the overall sustainability of the industry.

More than 2,600 visitors came to the Aquaculture UK conference and trade show in Aviemore this year, a nine percent increase on the last show in 2018.

A new report from Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that approximately 1,200 hectares of aquaculture area has been affected by diseases since the start of 2022, a 14 percent increase on the same period in 2021.

Researchers at the University of Stirling have determined how Nigeria can meet its target of producing 2.5 million tonnes of farmed fish each year, and say that their method could provide similar insights for other count…