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.

Steel fish farm startup lands $5 million in funding

Technology & equipment Startups Atlantic Salmon

14 January 2021

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Emily Selinger

Consumer People Oysters

13 January 2021

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 farm, Emily’s Oysters.

Pearl earnings: why mussel farming is booming amid lockdown in India

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

11 January 2021

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.

Lessons from the Young Turks: how Turkey became an aquaculture powerhouse

Post-harvest Regulations Trout

8 January 2021

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.

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Kana Banno

Welfare Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Salmonids

6 January 2021

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 salmon farming.

Snails and algae offer hope for novel tiger prawn production method

Feed ingredients

5 January 2021

BC salmon producers and local mayors share concerns over fish farm phase-out plan

Open farming systems Regulations Pacific Salmon

4 January 2021

Measuring the true environmental footprint of RAS production

Sustainability Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Catfish / Pangasius

1 January 2021

December 2020

Environmental impact of illegal tilapia farm in Ghana revealed

Biosecurity Environment Tilapia / Cichlids

29 December 2020

Restorative aquaculture Restorative aquaculture: Selva Shrimp

Environment

28 December 2020

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

New study shows GIFT tilapia thriving in integrated biofloc and aquaponics set-up

Welfare Water quality Tilapia / Cichlids

25 December 2020

How China is applying ecological engineering techniques in pond aquaculture

Sustainability Open farming systems Crustaceans

24 December 2020

Top tips for setting up a recirculating aquaculture system: part 2

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

23 December 2020

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.

Chinese start construction of 200,000-tonne mobile fish farm

Technology & equipment

21 December 2020

Fish-waste-to-fertiliser initiative scoops environmental award

Environment Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

19 December 2020

The Nofima notebook Kelp farming: a great opportunity for northern Norway and the world

Environment

18 December 2020

The potential to cultivate kelp in areas blessed with cool seawater and long hours of daylight during the summer - such as northern Norway - is huge.

Rabobank / Gorjan Nikolik reports Prospects for the shrimp, salmon and fishmeal sectors

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Economics Atlantic Salmon

16 December 2020

A tale of two oyster farms: social acceptance in the US aquaculture sector

People

11 December 2020

Oyster farmers Karen Rivara and Danielle Buttermore highlight the different social, scientific, environmental and market factors that they contend with in two different locations in northeast USA.

Quality Salmon lines up feed agreement for 100,000-tonne RAS

Formulated feed Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

8 December 2020

The pros and cons of biofloc

Environment Biofloc Shrimp

4 December 2020

Promising start for Scotland’s newest RAS

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

2 December 2020

November 2020

Vietnam to step up giant river prawn production

Politics

30 November 2020

Closer to shrimp aquaculture Everything you need to know about EMS in shrimp farming

Disease Non-medicinal treatments Shrimp

30 November 2020

Advice on how to avoid major shrimp losses from early mortality syndrome (EMS) – one of the most devastating diseases to hit shrimp aquaculture in the last decade.

Closer to shrimp aquaculture Yang perlu Anda ketahui tentang EMS/AHPND dalam budidaya udang

Disease Non-medicinal treatments Shrimp

30 November 2020

Saran untuk menghindari kerugian besar akibat early mortality syndrome (EMS) – salah satu penyakit paling parah yang melanda budidaya udang dalam dekade terakhir.

Mowi bids to install novel closed-containment salmon farms

19 November 2020

Tales from a tribal trout farm

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Post-harvest Trout

18 November 2020

How a RAS producing brook trout in a remote part of Maine is helping to regenerate a species and a community.

Investors and policymakers urged not to overlook freshwater fish farms

18 November 2020

Ferry good news for US oyster sector

Hatcheries Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Oysters

18 November 2020

The Lutz Report Economic survival strategies for aquaculture: know where you stand

Husbandry

17 November 2020

Over the past few months, aquaculturists in many parts of the world have begun to focus their attention on formulating strategies to survive difficult economic conditions. As national economies trend (or plummet) downward, developing economic survival strategi…

Towards circular aquaculture

16 November 2020

Michael Laterveer, owner of Blue Linked – one of the few marine hatcheries in the Netherlands – believes that a fundamentally different approach is needed to ensure a sustainable future for aquaculture.

Why invest in offshore aquaculture production?

Technology & equipment

13 November 2020

Net pen salmon farms to be phased out in BC

Regulations

13 November 2020

Top tips for setting up a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS)

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

13 November 2020

Recirc systems are one of the boom areas in aquaculture at the moment, with new facilities being designed and built all over the world. It’s still a very young part of the sector, however, and it sometimes feels like there are more RAS facilities out there tha…

Boosting Kenya's blue economy

11 November 2020

African Blue, a Kenyan tilapia producer, could offer a model for the development of freshwater cage aquaculture across Africa.

India set to step up brackish water aquaculture production

Breeding & genetics Hatcheries Marine fish

10 November 2020

Study suggests lobsters could be on-grown off salmon farms

Fish stocks Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) Atlantic Salmon

9 November 2020

Ruling puts pressure on genetically modified salmon sector

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Regulations Salmonids

9 November 2020

Oyster farming for a new generation The oyster farmer who created a game-changing digital solution

Technology & equipment Startups Oysters

9 November 2020

Ewan McAsh designed SmartOysters to solve his farming pain points and now both he and other oyster farmers are reaping the benefits – leading to improvements in everything from financial performance to mental health.

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