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A look at Darjeeling's cold water carp farming system

Farming in flow-through concrete ponds known as jhora, which is practised in the hills of West Bengal, is not only helping locals to get healthy diet of food but has been also supplementing their families’ incomes.

Meet the farmer: Shady Hamdy

27-year-old Shady Hamdy owns and operates the Ibn Al-Nafis tilapia hatchery – alongside Dr Tamer Bastweesy – in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.

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How tiger prawn and barramundi polyculture helps boost farmers’ productivity

Farming barramundi alongside tiger prawns can increase profits without reducing productivity, according to a growing number of Indonesian aquaculture operators.

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How heat shock therapy can create a paradigm shift in aquaculture

13 Jan 2022 Opinion

My objective in this article is to challenge pathologists, immunologists and farmers by asking for a critical analysis on the application of a simple temperature manipulation, hyperthermia, to boost the innate immune sys…

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News

ASC shakes up its board with new chair and five new members

ASC’s Supervisory Board has recently welcomed five new members, including a new chair, Margret Thalwitz, who brings decades of experience in academia and organisations such as the World Bank to the role.

Researchers raise ecological concerns over cleaner fish escapes

Using cleaner fish like wrasse or lumpfish as a sustainable delousing strategy for salmon farming may come with unforeseen ecosystem impacts.

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Scottish Sea Farms earns its first ASC accreditation

Scottish Sea Farms has gained its first Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its three Summer Isles sites.

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BSF meal shows promising results in new trial with barramundi and marron

Australian researchers have partnered with a local black soldier fly (BSF) producer to identify a more sustainable, high-quality protein source for marron and barramundi diets.

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100,000 tonne mobile fish farm docks in China

China has delivered the world’s first 100,000 tonne smart aquaculture vessel on 20 May in Qingdao City.

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Husbandry

Should aquaculture replace the wild-caught pet fish trade?

Plans to ban the sale of wild-caught fish for the pet trade have caused divisions in the British Veterinary Association …

ASC shakes up its board with new chair and five new members

ASC’s Supervisory Board has recently welcomed five new members, including a new chair, Margret Thalwitz, who brings deca…

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Researchers raise ecological concerns over cleaner fish escapes

Using cleaner fish like wrasse or lumpfish as a sustainable delousing strategy for salmon farming may come with unforese…

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The pros and cons of pond vs cage aquaculture in Kenya

Kenya’s aquaculture sector must grow to improve the country’s food security. This article looks into the pros and cons o…

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RAS

Ukrainian RAS specialists seek opportunities in Europe

The head of a Ukrainian company that specialises in the design and implementation of RAS facilities is determined to bri…

Meet the farmer: David Dupaul-Chicoine

David Dupaul-Chicoine recently established an urban RAS business in Montreal with the capacity to produce up to 30 tonne…

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Assessing the sustainability of land-based salmon farms

10 Mar 2022 Sponsored

Smart Salmon has released its first environmental social governance (ESG) and impact report for its planned land-based s…

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Can sustainable fish farming practices generate financial returns?

According to Ohad Maiman, founder and CEO of The Kingfish Company, they can indeed – although he warned that sustainabil…

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Production systems

The pros and cons of pond vs cage aquaculture in Kenya

Kenya’s aquaculture sector must grow to improve the country’s food security. This article looks into the pros and cons o…

100,000 tonne mobile fish farm docks in China

China has delivered the world’s first 100,000 tonne smart aquaculture vessel on 20 May in Qingdao City.

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Meet the farmer: Yit Tung

Yit Tung – who farms mud crabs, shrimp and tilapia in Malaysia – has no regrets about swapping a steady job as an engine…

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Researchers design an open-source, “plug and play” digital aquaculture system

Researchers have developed a low-cost sensor suite that can help aquaculture producers make the digital transition witho…

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