Echinoderms

Mercedes Wanguemert, one of Europe’s foremost sea cucumber experts, explains her role in the formation of the continent’s fledgling sea cucumber aquaculture sector and why she believes that the echinoderms have huge unta…

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 24 marine initiatives at the Our Ocean Conference, which took place in Palau this week.

Plans to commercialise sea urchin production in an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) system are underway in South Africa.

Kara Birkenmayer grew up in Johannesburg, studied at Harvard and, after a short shift of work experience in Panama, ended up in the Seychelles where she is leading a team of inspiring women working on the culture of some…

A project exploring how sea cucumbers could help minimise the environmental impact of fish farming - and in turn allow the aquaculture sector to grow - has received vital investment.

Scientists in Sweden have succeeded in cultivating red signal sea cucumbers as far as the juvenile stage in captivity for the first time.

Urchinomics is opening its first land-based sea urchin ranch in Norway, in a project that could both improve marine habitats and help diversify the country's aquaculture sector.

A new initiative that aims to introduce new low trophic species, products and processes in marine aquaculture across the Atlantic is being launched at this week’s Aquaculture Europe conference.

A new international research and industry enterprise has been formed to accelerate the development, education and communication of sustainable low-trophic aquaculture in the nations bordering the Atlantic.

This week, over 70 scientists and industry professionals from 16 countries gather in Tromsø, Norway to launch the EU funded AquaVitae project.

The Seychelles has announced plans to launch its aquaculture sector this summer, with production licences for five marine species scheduled to be issued in August.

A plan to establish a sea urchin and sea cucumber farm that is not dependent on human labour has been announced by Fujitsu Ltd.

Ranching sea urchins, RAS shrimp production and land-based seaweed cultivation were among the ventures pitched to potential investors at Fish 2.0’s meeting in California this week.

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

Samantha Andrews blind tastes sea urchin roes on behalf of The Fish Site.