Farm management of aquatic livestock

In focus

Improving profitability and production efficiency in seabass and sea bream

9 Jan 2020

The need to halt the decline of yield per fry was the central theme of a presentation on Mediterranean finfish hatcheries which was given by Isabel Represas at INVE’s customer seminar in Crete.

Countering threats to shellfish production

3 Jan 2020

How Maine’s leading oyster producers are pioneering new methods to overcome the latest biological, climactic and social challenges to face the sector.

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Data with destiny: sharing information in shrimp farms

17 Dec 2019

Ralf Onken, head of software development at FAI, explains how working with shrimp producers to manage key performance and sustainability metrics can improve transparency and accountability in the sector.

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AMR in aquaculture: a fish vet’s perspective

18 Nov 2019

To mark both European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and the start of WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness week, Dr Chris Matthews, operations director at Fish Vet Group, talks to The Fish Site about antimicrobial resistanc…

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News

Tank colour shown to impact performance of Asian seabass

21 Jan 2020

The colour of a fish tank’s walls has been shown to have a marked impact on the performance of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer).

Escape calls high energy salmon sites into question

20 Jan 2020

Mowi Scotland has confirmed that 73,600 salmon averaging 1.9 kilograms escaped from their site off the island of Colonsay after a pen was damaged by storm Brendan.

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France to host Europe's largest salmon farm

20 Jan 2020

Pure Salmon, the land-based salmon farming specialist, has announced plans for a new 10,000 tonne recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility to be built in Boulogne-Sur-Mer.

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AquaBounty unveils 50,000 tonne target

17 Jan 2020

AquaBounty has announced plans to produce 50,000 tonnes of transgenic salmon annually by 2027 as it bids to raise $9.2 million from investors.

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Ground broken on billion dollar tiger prawn project

13 Jan 2020

Construction of Project Sea Dragon’s $1.45 billion tiger prawn farming venture has started in earnest in Australia’s Northern Territory.

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More news

Husbandry

Scales could offer key insights into chronic stress

3 Jan 2020

Researchers have shown for the first time that a key stress hormone, cortisol, accumulates in fish scales slowly and rem…

Can farmed kelp conquer American markets?

14 Dec 2019

A number of key steps must be taken to ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of the burgeoning US kelp culture sector, according to a new review.…

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How to tackle major shrimp diseases

22 Nov 2019

Andy Shinn, director of Fish Vet Group Asia, and a world renowned expert on aquatic parasites, believes that the shrimp …

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AMR in aquaculture: a fish vet’s perspective

18 Nov 2019

To mark both European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and the start of WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness week, Dr Chris M…

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

Tank colour shown to impact performance of Asian seabass

21 Jan 2020

The colour of a fish tank’s walls has been shown to have a marked impact on the performance of Asian seabass (Lates calc…

Escape calls high energy salmon sites into question

20 Jan 2020

Mowi Scotland has confirmed that 73,600 salmon averaging 1.9 kilograms escaped from their site off the island of Colonsa…

France to host Europe's largest salmon farm

20 Jan 2020

Pure Salmon, the land-based salmon farming specialist, has announced plans for a new 10,000 tonne recirculating aquacult…

AquaBounty unveils 50,000 tonne target

17 Jan 2020

AquaBounty has announced plans to produce 50,000 tonnes of transgenic salmon annually by 2027 as it bids to raise $9.2 m…