Women in Aquaculture: Dr Victoria Alday-Sanz12 Dec 2018Victoria Alday-Sanz, director of biosecurity and breeding programmes at Saudi Arabia's National Aqua Group (NAQUA), talks about the challenges of looking after 80,000 tonnes of fish and shrimp each ye…
A time of change for both Muck and Scotland10 Dec 2018In the third installment of the series, farm technician Clara McGhee explains how both her own farm site, and the Scottish salmon industry in general, are embracing change.
A clean break for Chilean aquaculture30 Nov 2018Although lagging behind Norway, research into the use of Pacific cleaner fish species to combat lice issues is showing some promise.
Women in aquaculture: Shweta Vakil21 Sep 2018Shweta 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 for…
Fresh insights into tilapia welfare13 Dec 2018Stocking farmed tilapia at high densities could be beneficial to their welfare and help safeguard against negative ecological consequences should they escape, according to new research.
Russia set for 2,500 tonne salmon facility11 Dec 2018AquaMaof has signed a deal to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) capable of producing 2,500 tonnes of market-size Atlantic salmon a year.
South Africa’s first salmon farm?7 Dec 2018Plans for a land-based farm in South Africa that’s capable of producing 4,800 tonnes of salmon a year have been unveiled by West Coast Salmon (WCS).
Brackish farmers reap greater financial rewards5 Dec 2018Small-scale fish farmers in Malaysia operating in brackish water earn 2.5 times more than their freshwater equivalents, according to a new study.
Stress linked to slow healing in salmon3 Dec 2018Stress slows wound healing in salmon, according to new research undertaken by Nofima scientist Lene Sveen at Nofima.
Fresh insights into tilapia welfare13 Dec 2018Stocking farmed tilapia at high densities could be beneficial to their welfare and help safeguard against negative ecological consequences should they escape, according to new research.
Stress linked to slow healing in salmon3 Dec 2018Stress slows wound healing in salmon, according to new research undertaken by Nofima scientist Lene Sveen at Nofima.
Compassion in World Farming calls for Scots salmon sector moratorium27 Nov 2018A moratorium on further expansion of the Scottish fish farming industry has been called for today, as part of a new campaign which aims to improve the welfare of the trillions of fish – both farmed an…
A new era for the welfare state27 Nov 2018A manual that explains how best to assess farmed salmon welfare has been published in English for the first time today.
Closing the ballan wrasse breeding cycle9 Aug 2018Two of Scotland’s leading fish farming companies have helped to close the cycle of ballan wrasse – successfully breeding from farm-raised broodstock.
A Treasury of cleaner fish facts 1 Jun 2018Jim Treasurer, editor of the first ever comprehensive review of the use of wrasse, lumpsuckers and other cleanerfish species on salmon farms, explains the significance of the new book
The real eel: a guide to eel farming 7 Jun 2018Joost Blom, BioMar’s resident eel feed expert, sheds some light on the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable increase in farming one of the planet’s most mysterious fish
A beginners' guide to aquaponics 11 May 2018With 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 v…
The time is ripe for rice-fish culture14 Dec 2018The area of China devoted to rice-fish culture systems grew by 11 percent in 2016-2017 and now covers about 2 million hectares of the country, according to a new report.
Russia set for 2,500 tonne salmon facility11 Dec 2018AquaMaof has signed a deal to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) capable of producing 2,500 tonnes of market-size Atlantic salmon a year.
South Africa’s first salmon farm?7 Dec 2018Plans for a land-based farm in South Africa that’s capable of producing 4,800 tonnes of salmon a year have been unveiled by West Coast Salmon (WCS).
Brackish farmers reap greater financial rewards5 Dec 2018Small-scale fish farmers in Malaysia operating in brackish water earn 2.5 times more than their freshwater equivalents, according to a new study.
Key factors in creating the largest tilapia RAS in the world22 Jun 2018How 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.
BioMar to ramp up RAS feed production14 May 2018BioMar has decided to increase its output of feed for a range of juvenile fish and those grown in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), by adding a new line to its aquafeed factory in Denmark.
Second salmon RAS planned for Maine23 Feb 2018A land-based aquaculture facility that could be capable of producing 50,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon a year is due to begin construction in Maine this year.
Award for Middle Eastern RAS project18 Apr 2017The AquaBioTech Group, has been awarded the Aquaculture Farm Innovation Award for their role in the development of recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs) in the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Centre for M…
