Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA)

Pacific Ocean Culture, which specialises in giant freshwater prawns and tilapia farming, is already the biggest aquaculture player in the South Pacific and now aims to triple production to support Fijian government goals…

An emerging study from Stony Brook University in the United States has found that growing kelp can reduce ocean acidification and protect wild and farmed bivalve populations.

Fisheries Ministers from countries that comprise the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) have announced plans to use multi-trophic aquaculture as a way to help reduce the region’s food import bill by 25 percent…

Mercedes Wanguemert, one of Europe’s foremost sea cucumber experts, explains her role in the formation of the continent’s fledgling sea cucumber aquaculture sector and why she believes that the echinoderms have huge unta…

GreenWave’s pilot seaweed subsidies programme can “prime the pump” for meaningful volumes of kelp to be grown in the US, according to Bren Smith, helping to provide livelihoods and ecosystem services in equal measure.

A recent trial demonstrated that growing blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) alongside sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) can significantly increase seaweed yields and enhance pigment content in the blades – b…

Barely a day goes by without one media outlet or another waxing lyrical over the numerous benefits of seaweeds, and how they are going to save the planet. Some of it may be hype, but there is also much to be said for thi…

Farming a variety of Indian major carp species in the wetlands of Bihar State is proving to be a profitable alternative to agriculture for many former terrestrial farmers.

A rice and catfish integrated aquaculture project in Northeastern Nigeria has given local livelihoods and food security a boost, according to researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Ibadan.

A Dutch startup is planning to integrate aquaculture of seaweed and bivalve shellfish into floating breakwaters – simultaneously protecting fragile coastlines, providing ecosystem services and potentially producing seafo…

Results from an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) project with sea cucumbers and marine finfish show that the system is feasible, but practitioners need to refine their designs to ensure the sea cucumbers thriv…

As part of its efforts to drive the blue revolution, Sweden’s Nordic Seafarm has raised $2 million (SEK 20 million) in new capital to meet emerging demand for sustainable seaweed.

Singapore-based Umitron has launched a capital and business alliance with Japan’s ENEOS Holdings to begin joint research on blue carbon, with aims to achieve a carbon-neutral and circular economy.

A new global study shows that shellfish and seaweed aquaculture yield powerful and profitable benefits to people and ocean ecosystems.

Despite only representing about 1 percent of global seaweed cultivation volumes, green macroalgae (Chlorophyta) could play a decisive role in the commercial seaweed sector as it expands and diversifies.

With over 150 oil rigs being decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico each year, Ivan Puckett and Kent Satterlee, two of the three founders of Blue Silo Aquaculture LLC, explain why they aim to convert as many rigs as possib…

A new study from Northeastern University has found that the economic losses stemming from Covid-19 pale in comparison to costs related to climate change.

Farming barramundi alongside tiger prawns can increase profits without reducing productivity, according to a growing number of Indonesian aquaculture operators.

Grant funding of up to 50 percent is being offered for projects that focus on key priorities for Scotland’s aquaculture sector – with multi-trophic aquaculture being given particular attention.

An EU-funded DeSIRA Integrated Rice-Fish Farming System (IRFFS) project in Liberia recently marked its first successful harvest, with farmers saying the co-culture approach will, “take farmers out of poverty”.