Production systems

RAS workshop high on LACQUA2018 agenda

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Events

15 October 2018

Critical mass sought for mussel farming

5 October 2018

The future of fish farming in Myanmar

3 October 2018

Myanmar faces a choice of either continuing to sustainably increase its aquaculture production or to shift its focus towards more intensive methods which will allow it to cater for the ever-growing demand for seafood in China

September 2018

A seismic shift in shrimp farming

Health Water quality Shrimp

28 September 2018

A progressive approach to shrimp health management

Health

26 September 2018

How water quality management, low stocking densities and the use of specialised feeds can consign the use of antibiotics in shrimp farming to history.

Investor sought by Jurassic Salmon

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

26 September 2018

Broodstock adds to RAS investments

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

24 September 2018

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Shweta Vakil

Post-harvest People Shrimp

21 September 2018

Shweta Vakil, director of one of India's largest aquaculture companies, explains how her role involves working with hatcheries, farmers and the post-production sector to take shrimps “from farm to fork”.

A global perspective on agroecology in aquaculture

NGO Sustainability

18 September 2018

Rice-fish project lifts 10,000 out of poverty

Breeding & genetics

14 September 2018

A trial involving the introduction of loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) into terraced fields previously used solely for rice production has lifted more than 10,000 people out of poverty in two years.

Australis pulls out of land-based barramundi

Land-based production systems

12 September 2018

The (finless) future of fish production

Biotechnology

12 September 2018

Testing starts on 2 million capacity salmon farm

Technology & equipment

6 September 2018

Will disinfectant interfere with probiotics in my shrimp pond?

Husbandry

6 September 2018 Sponsored

August 2018

Women in aquaculture Women in Aquaculture: Joana Amaral

Feed ingredients Hatcheries Marine fish

27 August 2018

Joana Amaral would like to use her 20+ years of experience in marine hatcheries to help encourage the complete replacement of live feed for larval finfish, a goal that she’s currently working on with BioMar.

Sustainable changes in aquaculture “are happening as we speak”

Technology & equipment

26 August 2018

FAO leader calls for fundamental changes in aquaculture

26 August 2018

Agroecology session set for AQUA2018

24 August 2018

Land-based salmon farmer seals BAP certification

Certification Aquaponics Atlantic Salmon

23 August 2018

A sense of plaice

Live feed Hatcheries Marine fish

15 August 2018

During his 45 years at Ardtoe Marine Laboratory Jon Sherwood – one of the unsung heroes of Scottish aquaculture – has been quietly involved in all manner of pioneering fish-farming projects

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Atsuko Nozaki

Post-harvest People Oysters

13 August 2018

Atsuko Nozaki has been growing and selling oysters in Japan's Okayama Prefecture for 46 years and is now the face of the family aquaculture business.

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Dr Flower Msuya

People Politics Aquatic plants

6 August 2018

Dr Flower Msuya, chairperson and facilitator at the Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative (ZaSCI) works in villages in Zanzibar to study climate change, modify farming methods and add value to seaweed. As the Tanzanian island’s seaweed aquaculture takes off, Dr …

July 2018

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Dr Carly Daniels

Fish stocks Technology & equipment Lobsters

30 July 2018

Dr Carly Daniels, research and development manager at the National Lobster Hatchery in Cornwall, hopes that her pioneering lobster growing trial will not only kick-start a viable lobster aquaculture industry but also help to enhance the local lobster fishery t…

Shrimp farming’s next superpower?

NGO Certification Shrimp

17 July 2018

Myanmar could produce as much shrimp as Vietnam and Thailand according to one of aquaculture’s most eminent academics.

BioMar ramps up hatchery feed R&D

Live feed Hatcheries Marine fish

5 July 2018

Women in aquaculture Women in Aquaculture: Lynne Frame

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) People Atlantic Salmon

3 July 2018

Lynne Frame, freshwater specialist at Scottish Sea Farms, recounts an action-packed introduction to the aquaculture industry that has seen her grow mussels in New Zealand, produce smolt in the Arctic Circle and, most recently, be singled out as one of the most…

June 2018

Key factors in creating the largest tilapia RAS in the world

Nutrition Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Tilapia / Cichlids

22 June 2018

How vertical integration and live fish sales have enabled Blue Ridge Aquaculture in Virginia to thrive in a market otherwise dominated by large-scale Asian and Central American tilapia producers.

Women in aquaculture Women in Aquaculture: Natalie Clark

Water quality Hatcheries Oysters

13 June 2018

Natalie Clark, nursery manager at Hoopers Island Oyster Co in Maryland, explains how plans to reseed the Chesapeake Bay with 10 billion bivalves have not only given her a dream career, but can also help restore the health of one the USA's most famous waterways…

The flaws of land-based farming

Environment Land-based production systems Atlantic Salmon

13 June 2018

Far-out farming

Fish stocks Sustainability Mussels

5 June 2018

Traditional mussel production may take place in sheltered sea lochs and estuaries, but an ambitious new venture off the coast of Devon has found that offshore options offer a range of benefits – both environmental and commercial

May 2018

A beginners' guide to aquaponics

11 May 2018

With a rapidly increasing global population, there is growing need for food. But, as there is a tremendous decline in the area of fertile land, one possible solution is aquaponics – growing fish and vegetables in an integrated, soil-free system.

Smolt conference scheduled for October

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Education & academia Atlantic Salmon

7 May 2018

April 2018

Women in aquaculture Women in Aquaculture: Pavlina Pavlidou

Hatcheries People Sea bass

23 April 2018

Pavlina Pavlidou, technical consultant for Selonda Aquaculture in Greece, talks hatcheries, heroes and an eye-opening experience in Hainan

Hefty windfall for hatchery counting technology

Technology & equipment Hatcheries

17 April 2018

Groundbreaking cleaner fish book now available

Nutrition Health Cleaner fish

3 April 2018

February 2018

Second salmon RAS planned for Maine

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

23 February 2018

Renewables power South African abalone boom

Sustainability Land-based production systems Molluscs

21 February 2018

South Africa’s abalone farmers are turning to renewables to power the growth of their industry - which is set to double production levels in the next five years.