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The Antarctic Southern Ocean krill. krill fishery – which provides raw materials for the aquafeed industry – is the only reduction fishery on the planet to receive an ‘A’ rating from the Sustainable F…

An intitaitive designed to promote diversity in aquaculture is set to benefit from £50,000 in funding from the Scottish Government and industry partners, to help boost career opportunities for women in Scotland’s thriving seafood industry.…

New sources of omega-3 are safe to use in commercial fish feed.

Higher than average sea temperatures have been blamed for large scale losses at a number of Mowi Scotland sites during the third quarter of the year.

Scotland’s shellfish farmers will descend on Oban this week, to vie for the crown of best oyster and best mussel producer, as part of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG) annual confer…

Hatch, the aquaculture technology investment firm, has made “one of the most comprehensive data sets on shrimp farming technology to date” available to the public today.

A patented shrimp production system designed for use in in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) may increase shrimp survival rates compared to the use of bioflocs, according to a new report.

Although 88 percent of the fishmeal and fish oil sourced from European and Latin American reduction fisheries comes from stocks that are at least “reasonably well-managed,” there remains "a critical n…

Benchmark is due to receive US$8.75 million and sole ownership of the Ensenada broodstock facility as its joint venture with AquaChile comes to a close.

Dongwon’s Tropical Pacific yellowfin and skipjack free school purse seine fishery meets international standards for sustainability

A new study finds that feeding black soldier fly larvae to salmon at the sea-water stage did not impair the physio-chemical quality of the finished salmon fillets.

Defra has updated its guidance for the import and export of live aquatic animals in case of a no-deal Brexit.

Dr Leighanne Hawkins of Cooke Aquaculture wins the 2019 Atlantic Canada Aquaculture Award in recognition of her contributions to advancing fish health in Canada's aquaculture sector.

Charoean Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), a leading shrimp producer and exporter, received high scores in supply chain stewardship and human rights working conditions on the Seafood Stewardship Index (SSI), a leading sustainability benchmark for the seafood industry.…

The EU has pledged to invest €40 million in a five-year project to boost the development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states.

The strain of sea louse most closely linked to the spread of disease and mortalities in both farmed and wild Atlantic salmon is unlikely to be adversely affected by the increasing acidification of the…

Veramaris has won the F3 Fish Oil Challenge in a challenge that has saved "2 billion forage fish from use in aquaculture feeds

Iranian officials say that the country’s aquaculture output is likely to exceed 1.25 million tonnes in the 12 months up to March 2020 – a figure very similar to that of Norway.

Officials in Washington state have approved an agreement that will prohibit oyster growers from spraying a neonicotinoid pesticide to kill shrimp in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.

Skretting has allocated $2 million for the development of novel aquaculture feed ingredients in 2020 as it bids to help create effective alternatives to the use of “finite marine ingredients” such as …