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The offshore aquaculture sector has faced dogged criticism that undermines public support, but a new paper addresses many of these misconceptions and outlines the industry’s role in shoring up food security in the United…

Indonesian aquatech startup DELOS , which has created software that is able to accurately forecast and recommend actions to increase shrimp farm profitability and productivity, has raised a seed funding round.

Two recently published reports argue that seaweed aquaculture has huge potential in New Zealand, due to the diversity of species growing along its coastline.

Plans to produce 15,000 tonnes of seriola (Seriola dumerili) six miles off the Spanish coast have recently been unveiled.

An aquaponics research project at the Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences in Finland has secured EU funding.

A fully-funded PhD that is looking to use acoustic technology to understand shrimp behaviour in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) is currently being offered by the University of St Andrews.

Scientists with the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are closer than ever to finding answers and potential remedies to Aeromonas hydrophila, a fatal disease in farmed catfish.

Legislation to support the development of an offshore aquaculture industry in the US has been delivered to the Senate today.

Orkney Shellfish Hatchery has successfully secured funding for four new aquaculture graduate positions, after winning a Scottish educational grant, courtesy of the Highlands and Islands Enterprises’ Graduate Support Prog…

NOAA has announced $15.2 million in funding for research projects that mitigate the impact of harmful algal blooms (HABs) on sectors including aquaculture.

Catfish, like tilapia, have the potential to drive the growth of sub-Saharan Africa’s aquaculture industry, while an emerging breed of producers might offer investment opportunities too.

Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced today it has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of $2.1 million, one of the largest pre-seed rounds for companies using fermentation for alt-proteins.

NaturalShrimp, the Texas-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) vannamei shrimp producer, has entered into an agreement to supply Gulf Seafood Inc (GSI) with 25,000 pounds (11.3 tonnes) of live shrimp over a three-…

SEAFDEC/AQD has hired trainees to help connect Filipino fish and shrimp farmers with authoritative answers for their urgent queries.

Plans to build the largest fish farm in the South Pacific have been given a boost, following endorsement of the project by the French Polynesian government.

A low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify diseases before they spread is being developed by a PhD student at MIT.

GenoMar Genetics has signed a joint venture agreement with Agroavícola Sanmarino to distribute tilapia fingerlings from a biosecure land-based facility in Colombia’s Huila province.

Hydrozoans, more commonly known as micro jellyfish, are being closely monitored by Mowi Scotland to better understand how they affect the gill health of salmon, attendees at this week’s International Gill Heath Conferenc…

Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of a hybrid power workboat, the first vessel of its kind to be used in the country’s aquaculture sector.

The Scottish Government has invested £600,000 in Mara Seaweed, in order to expand its processing capacity and reach new markets.