Species

Waste from salmon farms can lead to aggregations of sea urchins and a distinct drop in benthic biodiversity, according to a new research paper.

Sustained investment in jobs and skills within Scotland’s remote rural communities has helped earn Scottish Sea Farms the highest level of Investors in People (IIP) accreditation.

An initiative that led to some of the world’s leading salmon farming companies adopt a radical new collaborative approach is celebrating its fifth anniversary today.

Scotland’s salmon farmers have today published monthly mortality figures on a farm-by-farm basis for the first time, in order to increase the transparency of the sector and help improve understanding …

Shrimp producers and processors must learn from the salmon sector by diversifying their product range and increasing demand if they are to avoid a prolonged price crash, according to a new report.

The Bahamian spiny lobster fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification today, making it the first fishery in the Caribbean to join the programme.

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

Dr Carly Daniels, research and development manager at the National Lobster Hatchery in Cornwall, hopes that her pioneering lobster growing trial will not only kick-start a viable lobster aquaculture …

During his 45 years at Ardtoe Marine Laboratory Jon Sherwood – one of the unsung heroes of Scottish aquaculture – has been quietly involved in all manner of pioneering fish-farming projects

Due to concerns over the pollution they generate and the impact they have on local forage fish stocks and the fishermen who traditionally rely on them, in the last few weeks, fisheries representatives…

Marine scientists at the University of Plymouth have embarked on an ambitious project to tag juvenile seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in a bid to explain why populations are dwindling.

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

Aquaculture will be the main focus of this year’s meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), with presentations on breeding, rearing, and harvesting of aquatic organisms in freshwater, brackish,…

Atsuko Nozaki has been growing and selling oysters in Japan's Okayama Prefecture for 46 years and is now the face of the family aquaculture business.

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

Lynne Frame, freshwater specialist at Scottish Sea Farms, recounts an action-packed introduction to the aquaculture industry that has seen her grow mussels in New Zealand, produce smolt in the Arctic …

Two of Scotland’s leading fish farming companies have helped to close the cycle of ballan wrasse – successfully breeding from farm-raised broodstock.

Papers relating to cleanerfish production achieved a clean sweep at this year’s awards for Swansea University’s best undergraduate dissertations on fisheries and aquaculture.

Jim Treasurer, editor of the first ever comprehensive review of the use of wrasse, lumpsuckers and other cleanerfish species on salmon farms, explains the significance of the new book

The health, welfare and deployment of cleaner fish on salmon farms were the subjects of a Q&A session at today’s Aquaculture UK conference in Aviemore.

How a simple but effective development in smoking technology is helping to reduce fish waste and the use of firewood in the Niger Delta, while simultaneously adding value to farmers’ fish

A new community development project has been launched to encourage Zambia’s tilapia farmers to operate more sustainably by using quality feed and fingerlings.

Recent trends indicate that illegal imports of fertilised eggs, fingerlings and market-ready tilapia from China are presenting a serious challenge to the efforts of sub-Saharan Africa’s fledgling fish…

A project that is looking into to both produce microalgae for fish feed and turn fish by-products into biodiesel is yielding promising results.

Dr Flower Msuya, chairperson and facilitator at the Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative (ZaSCI) works in villages in Zanzibar to study climate change, modify farming methods and add value to seaweed. …

Papers relating to cleanerfish production achieved a clean sweep at this year’s awards for Swansea University’s best undergraduate dissertations on fisheries and aquaculture.

A project that is looking into to both produce microalgae for fish feed and turn fish by-products into biodiesel is yielding promising results.

Moving fish farms away from beds of Posidonia oceanica has allowed colonies of this delicate and ecologically important seagrass species to recover, according to new research.

Victoria Chomo, secretary of the FAO's European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) and the Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CACFish)…

Croatian firm Poljana has unveiled plans to launch the country’s only beluga sturgeon farm and processing plant, in an investment worth some €3 million ($3.6 million).

A new feed mill has been opened in Russia’s Karelia region in a move that will help boost the region’s aquaculture industry, according to senior state officials.

The Russian government has announced plans to boost the country’s aquaculture industry, aiming to reach an annual production of about 700,000 tonnes of fish and seafood by 2030.