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.
A Treasury of cleaner fish facts 01 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
Women in aquaculture: Dr Yvonne Roessner30 May 2018As a post-grad Dr Yvonne Roessner set up the only mussel farm in the German Baltic, an operation that is now thriving, and now has ambitions to take over – and revitalise – the country’s only saltwate…
An organic approach to dodging salmon health challenges10 May 2018Organic Sea Harvest (OSH), which has just been granted permission to establish two new salmon farms off north-east Skye, believe that a less intensive approach to production should help them avoid a n…
Halamid enables mobile automated fish vaccination12 Jul 2018SponsoredThe use of Halamid during vaccine administration effectively controls the risk of biosecurity breaches despite personnel and equipment moving from site to site.
BioMar ramps up hatchery feed R&D05 Jul 2018BioMar has opened a state-of-the-art marine fish larval trial unit for both larval rearing and the production of live feed.
Fish vet to head animal welfare charity 25 Jun 2018The Scottish SPCA has elected Ronnie Soutar, Head of Veterinary Services at Scottish Sea Farms, as its new chairperson.
The flaws of land-based farming13 Jun 2018The arguments for moving all salmon production onto land are laced with "misinformation" according to Susan Farquharson, Executive Director of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association.
Bracken scoops welfare award17 May 2018Steve Bracken, who will soon be retiring from Marine Harvest, has been presented with a special award by the RSPCA for his contribution to the welfare of farmed salmon.
Fish vet to head animal welfare charity 25 Jun 2018The Scottish SPCA has elected Ronnie Soutar, Head of Veterinary Services at Scottish Sea Farms, as its new chairperson.
A Treasury of cleaner fish facts 01 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
Bracken scoops welfare award17 May 2018Steve Bracken, who will soon be retiring from Marine Harvest, has been presented with a special award by the RSPCA for his contribution to the welfare of farmed salmon.
An organic approach to dodging salmon health challenges10 May 2018Organic Sea Harvest (OSH), which has just been granted permission to establish two new salmon farms off north-east Skye, believe that a less intensive approach to production should help them avoid a n…
How can we save the global shrimp industry from devastating diseases? 30 Jun 2017OpinionStable, biosecure, zero water-exchange aquaculture is the only remedy for repeated catastrophic loss from disease in the shrimp industry, according to Panama-based shrimp RAS expert Dr Bill McGraw.
Explaining the production and consumption of fishmeal20 Jan 2012Many in the aquaculture industry are dependent on fishmeal, according to the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
Production Methods for Atlantic Salmon04 Jan 2009Rapid increases in production have led to falling prices, which in turn have put increasing pressures on producers to limit costs. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains …
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…
MSD Animal Health hosts fish health workshops14 Mar 2016SponsoredUK - The team from MSD Animal Health, the market leader in aquaculture welfare, hosted three events across Scotland, to share results of its latest fish health monitoring programmes.
Gael Force group strengthens aquaculture commitment21 Apr 2016UK - The Gael Force name is already synonymous with mooring systems and the company has a strong track record in the aquaculture market having worked closely with the industry to build up a relationsh…
The challenge of sustainability: how Evonik can help05 Aug 2013GERMANY - The world needs to produce more food, be it cereal or protein, with less land and less water and we must ease the burden on our oceans. Evonik feed additives may not have all the answers, bu…
Controlling bacteria and parasites in tropical fish farming13 Jul 2016SponsoredGLOBAL - The use of Halamid in cold water fish farming is well known for decades with many publications showing excellent results on the control of amongst other bacterial gill diseases.
Women in aquaculture: Atsuko Nozaki13 Aug 2018Atsuko 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: Dr Flower Msuya 06 Aug 2018Dr 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. …
Women in aquaculture: Dr Carly Daniels30 Jul 2018Dr 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 …
Shrimp farming’s next superpower?17 Jul 2018Myanmar could produce as much shrimp as Vietnam and Thailand according to one of aquaculture’s most eminent academics.
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…
Scottish Sea Farms to Invest 35m in Argyll RAS Hatchery25 Jul 2016SCOTLAND, UK - Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms is to invest 35 million in a major freshwater site near Oban. This investment is part of a total 70 million spend anticipated over the next few years …
The Challenges of Producing Large S1 Smolt in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS)13 Jun 2016Salmon farming companies have been switching their focus to the production of much larger smolt as a strategy for reducing netpen grow-out time and for reducing problems with sealice. Since recirculat…
A Simple and Effective Recirculating Hatchery for Salmonids15 Dec 2014Research into the use of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) addresses the question of how to achieve profitable production while consistently recycling water and nutrients with minimal fresh wate…
