Tiger prawn

A new $4.9 million hub to improve the productivity of aquaculture in northern Queensland has been launched in conjunction with James Cook University this week.

Seafarms has announced that construction of the first phase of Project Sea Dragon – which initially aims to produce 6,000 tonnes of black tiger prawns a year – is now officially underway.

As Project Sea Dragon comes one step closer to lift-off, The Fish Site assesses the potential impacts – both positive and negative – that it’s likely to have on the social, economic and environmental fabric of t…

A plan to build a new hatchery capable of producing milkfish, mangrove crabs, tilapia and tiger prawns has been announced in the Philippines this week.

A new conservation project based in Trà Vinh, Vietnam is encouraging farmers to breed shrimp in mangrove habitats to protect the province’s forest cover and provide sustainable incomes to farmers.

The recurring boom-and-bust cycles in aquaculture production, where upscaling leads to diseases and eventual production collapse, have been one of the key factors in the declining rate of the industry's growth over the p…