Aquaculture for all

Europe

February 2019

Scotland's gene genius: part II

Genomics

In the second part of the feature, Professor Ross Houston, who is currently involved in using gene editing to improve resistance to diseases in salmon, explains the barriers – technical, regulatory and ethical – that need to be overcome before such techniques …

Scotland's gene genius

Genomics

In a two-part feature, Professor Ross Houston, one of the world’s foremost aquaculture genetics experts, explains how a combination of new techniques and new technologies has a huge potential to improve breeding programmes across a wide range of aquatic specie…

January 2019

A surge in sturgeon

Breeding & genetics

Sturgeon farming in Russia is booming, which is reflected by the increasing number of investment projects it is attracting, as well as growing attention from the state being directed towards the problems that face the industry.