Naua Lakai lives on Vava’u, one of the 36 inhabited islands of Tonga. She dropped out of teachers’ college when she became a mother and is now one of the most successful pearl farmers on her island.

Cleanerfish may not be suitable for de-lousing offshore salmon farms

Sea lice Welfare Atlantic Salmon

5 April 2021

Meet the farmer Royd Mukonda

Husbandry Water quality Catfish / Pangasius

5 April 2021

The Fish Site has been in touch with aquaculture operators from around the world, hoping to gain insights into their jobs, farms and the fish they produce for our new Meet the farmer series. Our first interview is with Royd Mukonda, the manag…

The forgotten fifth - freshwater aquaculture in Europe

Post-harvest

2 April 2021

Europe’s freshwater fish farming sector accounts for a fifth of the area's aquaculture production and plays a crucial role in food and job provision, yet is all too rarely recognised.

March 2021

Indian fish farmers refute damning report

Water quality Post-harvest Shrimp

31 March 2021

A recent study has described Indian aquaculture practises as unhygienic and unhealthy. But farmers claim that the report is biased and risks causing economic damage to an industry that is trying to recover after the pandemic-induced lockdown.

An innovative approach to investing in RAS

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Economics Pacific Salmon

30 March 2021

EU backs growth of organic aquaculture

Sustainability Politics

26 March 2021

Major mortality incident at flagship salmon RAS

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

24 March 2021

Is wastewater-fed aquaculture a sustainability gamechanger?

Sustainability Open farming systems Catfish / Pangasius

23 March 2021

Restorative aquaculture Restorative aquaculture: Ocean Rainforest

Climate change Water quality Aquatic plants

19 March 2021

Ocean Rainforest, the pioneering seaweed producer, which currently operates in the Faroe Islands and California, has developed the techniques and the market for large-scale kelp cultivation, and has a vision of “a local ocean rainforest around the world”, prod…

Closer to shrimp aquaculture Getting the most out of Artemia in shrimp aquaculture

Live feed Husbandry Shrimp

17 March 2021

Artemia are valuable as live feeds for the early life stages of shrimp. While they might be expensive, if used correctly – as explained below – they should fully justify the investment

Scope to step up RAS disinfection protocols?

Biosecurity Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

16 March 2021

Women in aquaculture Women in Aquaculture: Victoria Parks

Hatcheries People Clams

15 March 2021

Through her own shellfish hatchery, Victoria Parks has been taking steps to support local clam growers in Florida and maintain healthy, sustainable farming practices.

Holy grail or poisoned chalice? Fugu farming in Japan

Consumer

12 March 2021

In Japan, eating poisonous puffer fish (fugu) has been likened to thrill-seeking – so will a non-toxic, farmed version catch on?

Closer to shrimp aquaculture Six tips for water quality management in shrimp farming

Husbandry Water quality Shrimp

10 March 2021

Achieving and maintaining good water quality throughout shrimp production is crucial for long-term success.

First broodstock arrive for Oman's mega shrimp farm

Biosecurity Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Shrimp

5 March 2021

Are land-based salmon farms a threat to fish welfare?

Welfare Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

5 March 2021

A technique that can quadruple kelp aquaculture output

Climate change Technology & equipment Aquatic plants

3 March 2021

Texan shrimp RAS rises from the ashes

Technology & equipment Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Shrimp

3 March 2021

Closer to shrimp aquaculture Exploring the use of probiotics in shrimp farms

Feed ingredients Non-medicinal treatments Shrimp

3 March 2021

The increasingly sophisticated administration of probiotics is having a major impact on the sustainability of shrimp aquaculture, and there are further advances expected, through the use of synbiotics, biofloc and semi-floc systems.

February 2021

How does biofloc production impact the shrimp microbiome?

Biofloc

25 February 2021

100,000 tonne underground salmon farm seals genetics deal

Breeding & genetics Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

25 February 2021

Pioneers of African aquaculture Pioneers of African aquaculture: Fergus Flynn

People

24 February 2021

Fergus Flynn established Kafue Fisheries, a tilapia farm in Zambia in 1981, and ran it for the next 31 years. In this article he shares some hard-won insights into the development of one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most forward-thinking, long-lived, and commercial…

Eight-storey RAS set for Singapore

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

22 February 2021

Filipino pig producers urged to switch to aquaculture

Politics

19 February 2021

Can bivalve aquaculture prevent the “widespread institutional failure” of our attempts to tackle climate change?

Climate change

13 February 2021

Are we close to replacing Artemia as a live feed?

Live feed Feed ingredients Artemia

12 February 2021

Learning the ropes: a beginner's guide to mussel farming Learning the ropes: a beginner's guide to mussel farming

Startups

8 February 2021

Even before the first ropes are in the water setting your own mussel farming company can be quite an adventure, as Judith Brown, has discovered.

The godfather of aquaponics

Aquaponics

3 February 2021

Dr James Rakocy, who has been involved in designing systems that produce both plants and fish since the 1970s, reveals his hard-won experience in a sector that is only set to grow.