Are crayfish farmers overfeeding?18 Jan 2019A new study suggests that Chinese crayfish producers would improve the performance of their farms and their finances if they relied more on natural food items and less on the provision of supplementar…
Aquaculture and the “Great Food Transformation”17 Jan 2019Aquaculture – unlike the production of red meat and dairy – has a key role to play in ensuring the world’s growing population receive sufficient nutrients, according to a ground-breaking new report on…
Pooling knowledge: practice ponds help spread success11 Jan 2019How an aquaculture training initiative in the Niger Delta is helping Nigerian fish farmers to earn a good living.
Cutting aquaponics costs is more than pot luck30 Dec 2018Supplying cannabis for medical use in Canada – which is legal for licenced producers – is a competitive business. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Green Relief Inc uses fish in an innovative aquaponics sys…
North Korea: salmon farming’s next superpower?18 Feb 2019North Korea is steadily increasing the farming of a range of aquatic species – including salmon, pollack, carp, and catfsh.
Detroit earmarked for $30 million eel farm15 Feb 2019Plans to establish a $30 million eel farm in Detroit have been unveiled by Aqua Vida Aquaculture.
Land-based salmon farmer secures $20 million funding11 Feb 2019Pure Salmon has secured US $20 million in funding for a 20,000 tonnes per annum, land-based salmon farm in Tazewell County, Virginia.
Fish welfare set to top conference agenda9 Feb 2019The welfare of farmed fish and shellfish will be the focus of the first day of the Fish Vet Society’s Spring Scientific Conference, which is taking place on 26-27 March, near Edinburgh.
Sensor can improve fish welfare during delousing7 Feb 2019Norwegian researchers have developed an electronic “sensor” fish to measure how mechanical delousing impacts salmon.
Fish welfare set to top conference agenda9 Feb 2019The welfare of farmed fish and shellfish will be the focus of the first day of the Fish Vet Society’s Spring Scientific Conference, which is taking place on 26-27 March, near Edinburgh.
Sensor can improve fish welfare during delousing7 Feb 2019Norwegian researchers have developed an electronic “sensor” fish to measure how mechanical delousing impacts salmon.
Zinc and O-3 help smolt transfer to sea5 Feb 2019Feeds containing high levels of zinc and omega-3 can enhance barrier properties in salmon skin, particularly improving the health and welfare of smolts when first transferred to sea pens, according to…
Predator nets reduce seal cull by a third4 Feb 2019Investment in the latest anti-predator nets in Scotland has seen a reduction in the number of seals culled to protect farmed salmon stocks, according to new figures.
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…
North Korea: salmon farming’s next superpower?18 Feb 2019North Korea is steadily increasing the farming of a range of aquatic species – including salmon, pollack, carp, and catfsh.
Detroit earmarked for $30 million eel farm15 Feb 2019Plans to establish a $30 million eel farm in Detroit have been unveiled by Aqua Vida Aquaculture.
Land-based salmon farmer secures $20 million funding11 Feb 2019Pure Salmon has secured US $20 million in funding for a 20,000 tonnes per annum, land-based salmon farm in Tazewell County, Virginia.
Start-up to launch salmon range that is locally sourced and sustainably farmed30 Jan 2019A new brand of Atlantic salmon forges a new path in sustainable fishing, citing continued pressure on marks like MSC-certified
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…
