The founder of the largest catfish farm in Nigeria’s Anambra State reflects on overcoming major financial setbacks, conquering prejudice and her hopes that fish farmers will one day have access to reasonable loans.
Donnie Bunting started out in the dairy industry but decided to farm tilapia to stay ahead of the curve. Now, his family-owned business has expanded and produces tilapia, redclaw crayfish and Malayan prawns.
The build-up to the UN’s inaugural Food Systems Summit is the perfect time for aquaculture producers to promote the role that blue foods can play in supporting the SDGs.
The UK’s shellfish aquaculture sector is suffering from legislation that “ignores the realities of nature, technology and markets that actually govern the way we work”.
The global seaweed aquaculture sector should aim to grow by 12 percent a year – helped by a marked production increase in northern oceans – according to Bailey Moritz, program officer for seaweed and shellfish projects for the US national office of World Wildl…
An app designed to help aquaculture operators in the Philippines with their feeding regimes, fish health and to connect with suppliers, is being well received by the country’s farmers.
Heidi Kuehnle, founder and CEO of Kuehnle AgroSystems, has developed an innovative, patented means for producing natural astaxanthin – one of the key ingredients in feeds for species including Atlantic salmon and vannamei shrimp.
The founder of Norway’s Seafood Innovation Cluster, who is now innovation manager at Hatch, has dedicated her career to fostering collaboration and innovation in the aquaculture industry.
The case for aquaponics – typically the co-culture of fish and edible plants – as a means to improve food security may be regularly overstated by well-meaning idealists. Yet a range of aquaponics initiatives have proved their worth, as Austin Stankus explains,…
Benchmark Genetics is one of the main suppliers of salmon ova for land-based production facilities – both RAS and flow-through – around the world. This has given them a unique insight into how the sector is developing, as members of their team explain to The F…
The shrimp sector is set to benefit from the inclusion of insect-based ingredients in its feed, according to Maye Walraven, head of business development at InnovaFeed, who will shortly be taking part in a webinar on improving the sustainability of the sector. …
Several aquaculture initiatives aim to reverse the decline of the Totoaba, a fish species that is only found in Mexican waters and has nearly been fished to extinction.
After less than five years in the shrimp farming business, Naeem Banglawala of MVJ Group has overcome disease outbreaks and equipment failures and can now produce two crops every year – without a loss.
A renaissance in Bali’s seaweed farming sector is being widely touted as a sustainable alternative to tourism, following the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, but the reality is much more complicated.
By identifying and eliminating production risks, Bangladesh’s pond aquaculture industry can become more efficient and remain on its current growth trajectory.
Circular shrimp ponds are increasingly being used by small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs in Indonesia, where they are also receiving government backing.
When it comes to solving oyster-farming pain-points, Australia and New Zealand punch well above their weight, as an emerging range of innovative aquaculture systems demonstrates.
Producing tilapia in marine environments offers a number of advantages over traditional freshwater farming of these fish – saltwater is more readily available in most countries, escaped fish are less likely to become invasive, and tilapia produced in saline wa…
Breeding oysters that are resistant to one of the costliest diseases affecting the oyster farming sector is one step closer, thanks to the work of scientists from Nofima.
Columbi Salmon aims to harvest 12,000 tonnes of salmon and 4,000 tonnes of salad leaves a year by 2025, at a site in the Belgian port of Ostend. Kolbjørn Giskeødegård, CFO of the startup, explains their unique production system, why he thinks the time is right…
Industry veteran Alex Harvey has been managing Mowi's Loch Hourn farm for 22 years and hopes that aquaculture will continue to make positive contributions to communities in the Scottish Highlands.
A group of researchers in the Philippines is looking to develop and commercialise an app that helps farmers differentiate between three very closely connected crab species – a goal that could save the crab ranching sector millions of dollars.
The four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and teacher, explains his love of seafood and how aquaculture can help to provide it.
Following a year of decidedly mixed fortunes for shrimp markets and shrimp farmers, Gorjan Nikolik, senior seafood analyst at Rabobank, shares his thoughts on what the rest of 2021 might have in store.
How kelp farms can provide habitat for fish and marine invertebrates, whether there are any negative impacts on fish and marine invertebrates during maintenance and harvesting cycles, and how the benefits of restorative aquaculture can be optimised for both th…
A clutch of new aquaculture initiatives – largely relating to seaweeds, bivalves and RAS finfish production – are putting Dorset on the aquaculture map, according to Martin Sutcliffe, aquaculture and fisheries development officer at Dorset Coast Forum.
Naua Lakai lives on Vava’u, one of the 36 inhabited islands of Tonga. She dropped out of teachers’ college when she became a mother and is now one of the most successful pearl farmers on her island.
The Fish Site has been in touch with aquaculture operators from around the world, hoping to gain insights into their jobs, farms and the fish they produce for our new Meet the farmer series. Our first interview is with Royd Mukonda, the manag…
Europe’s freshwater fish farming sector accounts for a fifth of the area's aquaculture production and plays a crucial role in food and job provision, yet is all too rarely recognised.
A recent study has described Indian aquaculture practises as unhygienic and unhealthy. But farmers claim that the report is biased and risks causing economic damage to an industry that is trying to recover after the pandemic-induced lockdown.
Anyone looking to sequester carbon and improve biodiversity should seriously consider in investing in seagrass restoration, according to Mark Parry, development officer at the Ocean Conservation Trust.
The detection of an unidentified pathogen in my own farm caused me to consult some of the world’s preeminent experts on early mortality syndrome (EMS) about a possible solution and taught me another vital lesson in biosecurity.
Wild broodstock are still widely collected – both for aquaculture and for restocking purposes – but ensuring the health and welfare of these mature finfish requires careful capture and transport procedures.
Julie Kuchepatov describes her dedication to environmental sustainability and social responsibility, what inspired her to establish SAGE and why driving tractors in Sakhalin can be a perilous occupation.
Ocean Rainforest, the pioneering seaweed producer, which currently operates in the Faroe Islands and California, has developed the techniques and the market for large-scale kelp cultivation, and has a vision of “a local ocean rainforest around the world”, prod…
Julia Jackson, scion of one of California’s best-known wine growing families and founder of the annual Grounded Summit, is one of the most prominent campaigners on the perils of the climate crisis and a firm believer in the potential of sustainable aquaculture…
Artemia are valuable as live feeds for the early life stages of shrimp. While they might be expensive, if used correctly – as explained below – they should fully justify the investment
