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Plans to establish a yellowtail kingfish hatchery in Western Australia are going to be fast-tracked in a bid to boost the region’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moredun Scientific has strengthened its plans to diversify into contract research services for the aquaculture industry, with the appointment of industry stalwart Jonathan Shepherd.

BiOceanOr, which has developed AquaREAL, the first underwater weather station, has raised €1.5 million in funding.

Commercial aquaculture is at risk "of fostering future zoonotic pandemics", according to a new report by FAIRR.

World aquaculture production attained another all-time record high of 114.5 million tonnes in live weight in 2018 with a total farmgate sale value of $263.6 billion

The second phase of a project that aims to improve tilapia production and consumption in Timor-Leste in order to improve food and nutrition security has recently been launched by WorldFish.

Despite vast natural water resources and increased production capacity, difficulties in sourcing raw materials and high up-front costs for producers keep Zambia’s aquaculture sector behind its neighbours.

Bayer Animal Health has increased its presence in shrimp aquaculture through securing supply and distribution agreements with water treatment technology suppliers, Cytozyme Laboratories and Chengdu Kehonda Technology, as…

An autonomous feeding system that decides when and how much to feed farmed fish has been unveiled by CageEye.

The Ocean Conservation Trust has completed construction of a seagrass cultivation laboratory as part of a new £2.5 million habitat restoration project led by Natural England.

Results from a pilot barramundi farming project in India shows that they can be a profitable species for the country’s aquaculture sector.

Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) – a grassroots network aimed at promoting diversity, supporting men and women in their careers, and encouraging new talent into the burgeoning sector – has announced the appointment o…

A new study has revealed a key link between liver colour and welfare levels in lumpfish.

Initiatives including the increased use of insect meal in its feeds, the provision of training programmes for small aquaculture farmers in SE Asia and improving the sustainability of global reduction fisheries are among …

MealFood Europe, a Spanish producer of mealworm for sectors including the aquafeed industry, has closed a Series A1 funding round co-led by Caixa Capital Risc and Spanish Centre for Industrial Technological Development (…

Oman is looking to join the increased interest in aquaculture that is currently taking place in the Middle East, having more than doubled production levels in 2019.

Publicly-available data can be a powerful tool for fish farmers, in particular when it comes to tackling sea lice.

Northern Australian aquaculture is set to increase its production five-fold and exceed $1.34 billion (US$886 million) in value within the next decade.

Mowi Scotland has become the first aquaculture company in the world to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its freshwater loch smolt production.

Mowi has recently installed innovative new nets, which are designed to reduce sea lice numbers, at a salmon farm in Argyll.