Production systems

Subterranean homsesick rainbows: notes from “the world’s only underground fish farm”

28 August 2020

Arctic Salmon, which claims to be the world’s only underground trout producer, has announced plans to become one of northwest Russia’s leading aquaculture players within the next few years.

Researchers in the Philippines find an efficient way to scale up sea cucumber production

Nets

26 August 2020

Embracing hapa nets in lieu of tank culture methods can help sea cucumber producers reduce labour costs and give them an economic edge – allowing them to sustainably produce early-juvenile sea cucumbers for grow-out.

India introduces new policy to boost biofloc technology

Biofloc Policy Freshwater fish

24 August 2020

Novel ways to help Ghana’s aquaculture sector to succeed

Feed ingredients

24 August 2020

How a newcomer to aquaculture is upgrading the technology and adopting novel local feed ingredients to bring out the best in his family's tilapia and catfish farm.

The recircular economy: RAS trial centre opens for business

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

13 August 2020

A new cutting-edge facility designed for recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) trials on coldwater species is now operational in Bergen.

Leaders of land-based aquaculture promised at virtual event

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Events

7 August 2020

Mowi harvests first Scottish organic farm-raised salmon

3 August 2020

Top tips for improving African catfish farming

Feed formulation Husbandry Catfish / Pangasius

3 August 2020

Catfish production in Nigeria is hugely popular – with a booming domestic market as well as strong export sales – and currently accounts for over 80 percent of the country’s aquaculture output.

July 2020

A novel way to co-culture shrimp and tilapia

People

31 July 2020

Shrimp industry veteran Dr Bill McGraw has overcome numerous challenges to establish a unique organic shrimp and tilapia production facility in Panama.

Major setback for world's most ambitious salmon RAS

Welfare Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

29 July 2020

Flaws exposed in the Moyna aquaculture model

Politics

29 July 2020

Fish farmers practising the Moyna aquaculture model, which was developed by the local authorities in West Bengal, claim that the government is ignoring their plight.

The Lutz Report US catfish industry enters a new era

28 July 2020

Despite severe economic challenges over the years, the US catfish farming industry is now advancing again thanks to new technologies and production strategies - including the use of split ponds.

Five potential game-changers for EU aquaculture

Policy

27 July 2020

The EU’s attempts to diversity its aquaculture production have met decidedly mixed results to date, but aquaculture producers have a number of overlooked, yet impressive, native candidates to contend with.

Funding the future – why one investor is betting their farms on RAS

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

20 July 2020

Devonian Capital focuses on investing in – and advising on – the establishment and operation of land-based aquaculture projects with a strong technology component. The five-strong team contains an international mixture of people with hands-on aquaculture, inve…

CPF plans shrimp "5.0" farm in the US

Technology & equipment Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Shrimp

20 July 2020

A magnetic solution to top quality Artemia

Feed ingredients Technology & equipment Artemia

17 July 2020

How RAS can create a leaner, greener salmon farming sector

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

8 July 2020

British-farmed vannamei ready for market

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Post-harvest Shrimp

7 July 2020

Kingfish moves across the pond

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Post-harvest Marine fish

7 July 2020

Despite the turbulent economic climate, Netherlands-based The Kingfish Company is expanding - and charting new waters in the USA.

Aller Aqua offers new RAS-optimised feed

Formulated feed Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Atlantic Salmon

6 July 2020

Vietnam to ramp up organic aquaculture production before 2025

Environment Policy

6 July 2020

Why sea lice prevention is better than cure

Sea lice

1 July 2020

June 2020

£12 million invested in RAS feed production

Formulated feed Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

29 June 2020

Dubai sets sites on 10,000 tonne salmon farm

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

27 June 2020

The Lutz Report Crawfish aquaculture: a season in review

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

24 June 2020

In the first installment of a new monthly column for The Fish Site, Professor Greg Lutz looks at how Louisiana’s crawfish farmers are faring in an extraordinary year for the sector.

How saline conditioning in post-smolts can help prevent winter ulcers

Bacterial diseases Hatcheries Atlantic Salmon

23 June 2020

Key insights into Thailand’s shrimp farming sector

22 June 2020

All about the burbot

Hatcheries Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Freshwater fish

18 June 2020

Joachim Claeyé decided to establish a burbot (Lota lota) hatchery in Belgium at the age of 18. Five years later Claeyé – who juggles running Aqualota with a job as an junior aquaculture researcher – is collaborating with his father, Guido. Together, they produ…

Fake plants have real benefits for farmed tilapia

Welfare

18 June 2020

Milestone for Saudi bass and bream producer

Hatcheries

17 June 2020

RAStech to be postponed by 12 months

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Events

17 June 2020

Offshore wealth

15 June 2020

A flurry of acquisitions and new product lines suggest that Innovasea is serious about supplying offshore aquaculture operators around the world.

Indonesia urged to step up spiny lobster production

Regulations

12 June 2020

AKVA wins Maryland salmon RAS contract

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

12 June 2020

NOAA to set out path for US offshore aquaculture expansion

Regulations

10 June 2020

COVID helps to fast-track kingfish aquaculture development

Hatcheries Politics Marine fish

10 June 2020

Feed and seed: addressing challenges in Zambian aquaculture

Nutrition Breeding & genetics Tilapia / Cichlids

5 June 2020

Barramundi trial suggests profit potential in India

3 June 2020

May 2020

Non-profit seeks to inspire backyard aquaculture

Aquaponics

29 May 2020

An executive decision that's a catalyst for US aquaculture

Regulations Coronavirus (COVID-19)

29 May 2020 Opinion

President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth constitutes a major step forward for the US seafood industry, which has the capacity to generate thousands of new jobs and help ensure that Americans con…