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Aquaculture offers a raft of new opportunities for women in Latin America, according to Hideyoshi Segovia Uno, Commercial and Operations Manager of Spring Genetics.

The following are the prize-winning abstracts from Swansea University's inaugural award Best Dissertation on Aquaculture and Fisheries, sponsored by 5m Publishing.

How a mining by-product could revolutionise phosphorous removal from aquaculture systems

Offshore longline mussel farming can have a positive impact on biodiversity, according to a research project that is currently underway off the south coast of England.

Sunderland Marine has appointed Duncan Perrin as aquaculture manager at the company’s head office in Newcastle.

An increase in both handling frequency and the amount of furniture in net pens have combined to create a rising number of hazards for farmed fish. However, there are ways of minimising injuries, explains Marian McLoughlin from the Fish Vet Group.

There is increasing evidence that farmers can augment brain growth in their fish by mimicking aspects of their natural habitat in farm sites. But, from a welfare point of view, are bigger brains a blessing or a curse?

One of the planet’s most sought-after sashimi species could hold the key to profitable land-based aquaculture, according to the head of Kingfish Zeeland.

Samantha Andrews blind tastes sea urchin roes on behalf of The Fish Site.

Following the successful debut of the World Aquaculture Society’s debut conference in sub-Saharan Africa, The Fish Site spoke to Niels Lundgaard, Commercial Director of Africa for Aller Aqua Group – who were the gold sponsors of the event.

In the first installment of a new series for The Fish Site, Rabobank's Gorjan Nikolik discusses trends in India's shrimp industry.

Live capture of cod, which can then be sold off-season at a premium price, is currently gaining ground in Norway.

Salmon ice cream scoops Alaskan seafood award.

The success of a project that used a cutting-edge genetic technique to assess the presence of water-borne pathogens in Australia's barramundi sector shows the huge potential the technique has to offer to the wider aquaculture industry.

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has contracted Shetland shipyard Malakoff to build a new 14 m catamaran workboat.

A new ROV designed for the aquaculture industry has been launched by Deep Trekker this week.

Following the announcement of their joint insect-based processing venture with Protix this morning, the Fish Site caught up with Andreas Baumann, Bühler Corporate Technology, to find out more about the Swiss firm's interest in investing in the production of al…

Vaccines and traditional control methods have failed to stop SRS from threatening Chile’s aquaculture industry. But a research student in Canada might just have found a simple solution to the devastating blight, writes Samantha Andrews.

Producers of some species struggle to recoup the costs.

Nearly 30 Danish aquaculture suppliers will be exhibiting at their national pavilion at this year’s Aqua Nor tradeshow.

The first batches of Nile tilapia from FAI's newly established Brazilian fish farm are due on the market this spring.

Ensuring a better feed supply - both commercial and self-formulated - is vital to allow Ghana's fledgling aquaculture sector to grow.

Alaskans make no bones about Chinese salmon market.

Highlights from "Working Together", the inaugural Aquaculture UK Conference 2017 at the University of Stirling.

1.5 million tilapia to be stocked in a Mugabe-backed project.

The success of coral sponges in Bocas Del Toro is due to more than the absence of El Niño, according to Dr Bill and Gladys McGraw.

Call to join vital world-wide plankton survey.

How krill could be key for both the aquafeed industry and human health.

China's apparent ambition to weaken trade remedy laws in exchange for strengthening fisheries subsidies disciplines could see the prospects of a multinational deal on ending potentially unsound fisheries subsidies collapse, writes Jennifer McCadney.

The frequency and severity of coastal flooding throughout the world will increase rapidly and eventually double in frequency over the coming decades even with only moderate amounts of sea level rise, according to a new study released last week in Scientific Re…

The prevalence of Polish workers in Western Europe as a cheaper substitute for local labour is a myth at least within the fish processing sector. As Jaroslaw Adamowski reports, the opposite is true: Polish employees are prized in the industry for their skills …

Interbreeding between between native cutthroat trout and invasive rainbow trout is increasing across the northern Rocky Mountains, according to a recent study by the US Geological Survey and partners.

Salmon farmers and equipment providers are backing the value of using closed containment systems both on land and in at sea just over a year into a project which is investigating the potential pros and cons of such technology.

Recognizing a steady supply of consistently high-quality juveniles as a crucial strategic business factor in the Mediterranean aquaculture market, Greek seabass and seabream producer Nireus invested already years ago in the set-up of proficient hatchery and pr…

The high price and limited availability of fish feed ingredients is inhibiting the growth of aquaculture worldwide. However, feed innovator and tilapia farmer Randy Constant tells The Fish Site that vertical integration can change the way we produce fish.

The aquaculture industry has a key role in the regeneration of Myanmar after more than 50 years of isolation and economic stagnation, according to Ben Belton.

At a time when environmental headwinds and economic uncertainty are leading some companies to slow their support for R&D, INVE Aquaculture, part of Benchmark Holdings plc, believes investment in innovation and product development is needed now more than ev…

The recent FDA approval of the use of manufactured taurine in aquafeeds should allow the country's aquaculture industry to grow despite finite fishmeal resources, writes Rachel Lane.

Following his recent nomination for Seawebs Seafood Champion Award for Advocacy, Maine oyster farmer Bill Mook speaks to The Fish Site about how shellfish farmers can help prevent continuing ocean acidification and divert the supertanker of climate change.

The levels of environmental pollutants are higher in Norwegian wild salmon than in the countrys farmed salmon, according to a new study.