Cold water

Menai Strait mussel farmers fear for their livelihoods

Pathogens Husbandry Mussels

22 March 2023

Post-Brexit regulations are posing a threat to one of the UK’s oldest aquaculture sectors, in the Menai Strait – where mussel harvests have dropped from 7,500 tonnes in 2016 to around 400 tonnes in 2022.

by Samantha Andrews Marine biologist

The trouble with water treatment in aquaculture

7 March 2023

Water disinfection is a necessary step in preparing aquaculture facilities before stocking, but it also causes microbiome die-offs which result in the higher likelihood of disease further down the line, according to Rachelle Jensen, founder of Luminis Water Te…

by Rob Fletcher Senior editor, The Fish Site

Study shows insect and poultry by-product meals boost growth and welfare of rainbow trout

Feed ingredients

28 March 2023

A new study showed that processed animal proteins improved growth, performance, gut health and microbiota composition, while also easing intestinal inflammation of rainbow trout.

Meet the farmer How Karlanea Brown became a pioneering indoor shrimp producer in the US

Welfare

21 March 2023

Karlanea Brown is one of the USA’s true pioneers of indoor biofloc shrimp farming, establishing RDM Aquaculture in Indiana in 2010.

Are we moving closer to fish-free feed?

Feed ingredients

10 March 2023

Recent trials from the F3 Innovation Network found that it is feasible and economically viable for aquaculture nutritionists to significantly reduce – or even eliminate – fish meal and fish oil from the diets of carnivorous fish species like largemouth bass, a…

Norway plans to reduce aquaculture tax

Politics

28 March 2023

Freshwater Institute’s precision aquaculture offering gains recognition in NewTeachAqua Award Challenge

Welfare

28 March 2023

Ace Aquatec partnership begins developing ethical acoustic exclusion system

Marine protection

28 March 2023

Research on oyster stress may yield human health benefits

28 March 2023

Orkney seafood sector unites against Highly Protected Marine Area plan

27 March 2023

Sparos launches novel turbot feed

Formulated feed

25 March 2023

Salmon farmers wary of Highly Protected Marine Area proposals

24 March 2023

Production systems

Investing to jumpstart the blue revolution

Feed ingredients

24 March 2023

Two of Europe's top shrimp producers join forces

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

24 March 2023

Partners prepare for trio of aquaculture developments in Oman

Formulated feed

22 March 2023

MARI Oceans launches new seaweed farming site in Takalar, Indonesia

Husbandry

21 March 2023

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Technology & equipment

CSIRO launches “weather service for water quality”

22 March 2023

Aqua Farm 2023 set to welcome international researchers and aqua practitioners

Health

21 March 2023

Study suggests novel net cleaner is safe for salmon farms

Health

16 March 2023

Hatch and BIM Innovation Studio programme is on the lookout for European aquatech startups

15 March 2023

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Nutrition

Salmon dye claims has researcher seeing red

Feed ingredients

20 March 2023

Nordic Halibut signs feed deal with Skretting

Formulated feed

3 March 2023

Why trout farmers should update their feeding strategies

Feeding systems

27 February 2023

Krill shown to have functional effects in salmon feeds

Functional feeds

22 February 2023

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Salmonids

Troutlodge chief joins NWAA

Jobs

22 March 2023

Salmon Scotland announces final call for wild fisheries fund

NGO

20 March 2023

Atlantic Sapphire raises $55 million

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

17 March 2023

Franz faces fresh backlash from Washington fish farmers

17 March 2023

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Bivalves

Aquafuture Spain to include technical and culinary events

Events

23 March 2023

Valve movement – the best way to determine scallop health

20 March 2023

Cornwall debates Pacific oyster phase out

20 March 2023

Norway establishes a national network for low-trophic aquaculture

13 March 2023

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Aquatic plants

Celebrating women in Caribbean aquaculture How Ruth Gutierrez-Corley plans to bolster the Caribbean seaweed sector

NGO

3 March 2023

Celebrating women in Caribbean aquaculture Celebrating women in Caribbean aquaculture: Leanne Bennet

Husbandry

13 February 2023

Study shows value of mangroves for coastal defence

9 February 2023

How a NOAA partnership helped create a seaweed dream team

Husbandry

8 February 2023

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Our series

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Victoria Sokolayame Emmanuel

3 February 2023

Women in aquaculture: Angela Odero

20 January 2023

Women in aquaculture: Retno Nuraini

2 December 2022

Aquaculture in action Aquaculture in action: reducing the need for feed

24 January 2019

Aquaculture in action: in-pond innovation doubles tilapia production in Egyptian trials

6 November 2018

Aquaculture in action: seeding the future with seasonal loans

7 September 2018

Restorative aquaculture Reef encounters: can artificial structures improve biodiversity around aquaculture sites?

12 August 2022

Can aquaculture and engineering combine to protect our coastlines?

11 March 2022

A fresh approach to farming and funding for Indonesia's seaweed sector

19 January 2022

Meet the farmer How Karlanea Brown became a pioneering indoor shrimp producer in the US

21 March 2023

Nigeria's cage-based tilapia champion

8 March 2023

Abigail Barrows’ quest for plastic-free oysters

21 February 2023

Oceanpick celebrates a decade in Sri Lanka

Husbandry

26 September 2022

The farm that seeks to safeguard a nation’s food security

Husbandry

21 June 2022

Seaweed aquaculture – panacea or hype?

6 April 2022

Four tips to optimise the stability of your biofloc system

Nutrition

27 February 2023

All about MENA Dubai's aquaculture success story: Fish Farms LLC

Feeding systems

6 February 2023

Tunisia – aquaculture on the rise

Feed ingredients

6 July 2022

Can IMTA be commercially successful in the West?

11 October 2021

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

Production systems

11 December 2020

Tales from a tribal trout farm

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

18 November 2020

What the salmon sector should learn from COP27

12 December 2022

Salmon farmers use their voice to raise awareness on International Women's Day

Jobs

8 March 2022

Eyes on the horizon: an aquaculture leadership blog It's time blue foodies come together and speak up

NGO

19 May 2021

Startups

India’s first insect-for-aquafeed farmer

13 March 2023

Hatch to host webinar series for aspiring aquaculture enterprises in New Zealand

Events

27 March 2023

The need for novel insect feeds

Feed ingredients

27 March 2023

International Finance Corporation backs Vietnamese insect farming firm

Feed ingredients

23 March 2023

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Women in aquaculture

Women in aquaculture: Victoria Sokolayame Emmanuel

3 February 2023

Women in aquaculture: Angela Odero

20 January 2023

Women in aquaculture: Retno Nuraini

2 December 2022

The Nofima notebook

How are genetic technologies being applied to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture?

7 September 2022

Study validates the use of low peracetic acid doses in RAS

24 February 2022

Advancing selective breeding in sea bass and sea bream

25 November 2021

Oyster farming for a new generation

Oyster farming technology coming up from Down Under

27 April 2021

Positional sense: why farming SatNav is here to stay

25 February 2021

Why live tanks are the future of oyster storage

22 January 2021

Rattling the cage

Why the aquafeed sector must become more transparent

9 March 2021

What’s holding back high impact aquaculture development?

4 January 2021

Setting a new standard in Thailand’s farmed shrimp trade

18 September 2020

Restorative aquaculture

Reef encounters: can artificial structures improve biodiversity around aquaculture sites?

12 August 2022

Can aquaculture and engineering combine to protect our coastlines?

11 March 2022

A fresh approach to farming and funding for Indonesia's seaweed sector

19 January 2022

Pioneers of African aquaculture

Ade Alakija: the man who took Nigeria's catfish sector to a new level

15 March 2023

Pioneers of African aquaculture: Ismail Radwan

27 September 2021

Pioneers of African aquaculture: Fergus Flynn

24 February 2021

Generation recirculation

The case for modular, responsible RAS

10 June 2022

Land-based salmon farming: key investment considerations

16 July 2021

Bringing RAS to the people

8 July 2021

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

Life lessons and keeping a mussel farming business afloat

4 January 2023

Mussel farming: a source of sustainable protein that promotes biodiversity

24 November 2021

The mysterious world of mussel spat collection

3 June 2021