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Photographers across the UK and Ireland have just two weeks to enter their best images of the sea in an annual photography competition run by the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society.

A recent survey conducted by The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) reveals widespread support for new initiatives that aim to encourage more women to join the aquaculture sector.

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has held the first meeting of its feed working group in Machala, Ecuador this month.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has filed a patent for a method to render farmed fish, shrimp and molluscs sterile.

Aquaculture businesses are being encouraged to apply for funding from Sea Pact, a group of North American seafood companies dedicated to the improvement of social, economic and environmental responsib…

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced plans to acquire the French animal nutrition firm Neovia - which is a market leader in aquaculture feed in Brazil, Mexico and Vietnam - in a deal worth ​€1.5…

Marine Harvest Scotland has applied for a licence to establish a new salmon farm of nearly 2,500-tonnes in the Kilbrannan Sound.

The EU has pledged funding to help boost the competitiveness of Ecuadorian shrimp producers and increase their exports to European countries.

AKVA group Chile has recently run a welding course for women via the AKVA Academy - a way to both secure qualified labour and promote gender equality

An initiative to improve the management of the world’s largest commercial squid stock has been singled out for praise.

The Lindsay Laird Award, for the best student poster relating to innovation in aquaculture, is set to feature at Aqua2018.

The most sociable bluegill are the most likely to be caught by anglers and their removal by fishermen could spark major changes for the remaining population, according to a new study.

The announcement by Ghana’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture of a ban on marine fishing in August has created quite a storm, with marine fishermen threatening to ignore the ban, although aquacult…

​Representatives from the seafood industry, including BioMar, and conservation groups have agreed to support the creation of marine protected areas, including large no-fishing zones in the Antarctic.

Marine Harvest’s salmon farms in the Atlantic performed far better than their Pacific counterparts, according to the company’s latest figures.

The use of Halamid during vaccine administration effectively controls the risk of biosecurity breaches despite personnel and equipment moving from site to site.

Global fish production and consumption are at record levels thanks to fish farming, says the UN FAO, but much is wasted and many species are worryingly overfished

ADM has snapped up Probiotics International, the company best known for producing probiotic dietary supplements to both humans and livestock (including those produced by aquaculture), in a deal worth …

BioMar has opened a state-of-the-art marine fish larval trial unit for both larval rearing and the production of live feed.

INVE Thailand has become the first company in Asia to be allowed to export its Artemia cysts, feed and health products into Ecuador.