Farm management of aquatic livestock

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Ensuring the right light for RAS production

21 Oct 2020

Surprisingly little research into establishing the optimal lighting conditions for salmon in RAS facilities has been published. As a result, and given that light plays a key role in the development of Atlantic salmon, re…

Meet Germany's pioneering shrimp producer

19 Oct 2020

India, Ecuador… or Bavaria? The third location might not seem like the obvious place to source vannamei shrimp from but Crusta Nova, a German agtech and seafood company, is producing 30 tonnes of them a year, from an RAS…

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Maintaining water quality in RAS: the essentials

4 Sep 2020

Ensuring optimum water quality parameters is the biggest challenge for ensuring the smooth running of a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).

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What can aquaculture learn from terrestrial livestock production?

2 Sep 2020

Combining the use of innovative technologies and lessons learned from the terrestrial livestock sector will enable huge improvements in the aquaculture indsutry, according to Laurent Genet, chief strategy officer at Nutr…

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News

Why diversification is vital for North America’s ocean farmers

28 Oct 2020

Seaweed producers and ocean farmers must diversify their operations to make them more economically and ecologically resilient.

A global alternative to net pen aquaculture

22 Oct 2020

FishGlobe, a novel fish farm design that is also “the largest construction ever made in polyethylene”, is showing early signs of promise.

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Results from Norway’s first land-based salmon farm

21 Oct 2020

Results from the first 18 months of production at Norway’s first land-based salmon farm have been revealed today.

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Why floating closed containment aquaculture could be dead in the water

21 Oct 2020

The dream of operating floating closed containment aquaculture systems at sea is at risk of becoming “a dead case” in Norway, due to regulatory constraints.

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An aquaculture deal with geopolitical significance

20 Oct 2020

Aqua Bridge has announced plans to build an aquaculture equipment factory in UAE as a joint venture with Aqua Green Israel.

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More news

Husbandry

Shrimp ablation researcher wins Global Aquaculture Innovation Award

20 Oct 2020

A researcher who has demonstatred that eyestalk ablation isn’t necessary in shrimp aquaculture has won this year’s Globa…

Appointment aims to improve welfare in Chilean aquaculture

19 Oct 2020

The University Austral de Chile has appointed fish behaviour and welfare specialist Dr Sunil Kadri as an honorary adjunc…

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How to handle ammonia spikes when farming shrimp

7 Oct 2020

As part of a new series for The Fish Site, the experts at leading aquaculture financial tech company Alune share their insights and knowledge on how to manage water quality in shrimp aquaculture.…

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First fish stocked in iFarm

23 Sep 2020

A new aquaculture system that is designed to allow the farmer to identify up to 150,000 fish in a pen individually has b…

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Cybersecurity: a growing concern

1 May 2019 Sponsored

The increasingly automated nature of the aquaculture sector makes it vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to Sunderlan…

Collaboration pays off for international RAS project

6 Apr 2019

During the four years since CtrlAQUA began, Dr Chris Good has seen US land-based salmon farming begin to flourish, with …

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Notes from “the world's largest" aquaponics system

20 Mar 2019

Superior Fresh’s aquaponics facilty in Wisconsin is both the world’s largest aquaponics system and “the ultimate IMTA”, …

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Overcoming challenges in steelhead RAS production

18 Mar 2019

America’s largest land-based steelhead producer outlines how it has ironed out a number of early production issues as it…

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Production systems

Why diversification is vital for North America’s ocean farmers

28 Oct 2020

Seaweed producers and ocean farmers must diversify their operations to make them more economically and ecologically resilient.…

The species and geographies set to spearhead the growth of global aquaculture

28 Oct 2020

Fresh insights into which species of finfish – and in which regions – are poised for the greatest growth rates in the co…

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The Singaporean firm that aims to transform Asia's crayfish sector

26 Oct 2020

Desmond Chow, the founder of Singapore Crawfish, is so convinced that crayfish aquaculture is ripe for investment that h…

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A global alternative to net pen aquaculture

22 Oct 2020

FishGlobe, a novel fish farm design that is also “the largest construction ever made in polyethylene”, is showing early …