Carp

ThinkAqua, a new aquaculture non-profit, aims to promote innovation among small-scale fish and shrimp producers around the world, as Anton Immink, its CEO, explains.

China’s fish farming industry is braced for a rise in feed prices, as power outages have forced soybean crushing plants to close.

The gene editing tool CRISPR is now being used to generate a range of traits in a variety of farmed aquatic species – including salmonids, crustaceans and carp – but there is still a way to go before it is likely to be f…

Aquatic foods can address malnutrition, lower the environmental footprint of the food production system and provide livelihoods around the world, according to five newly-published papers.

A project to implement a blockchain traceability system for a new fast-growing variety of carp farmed in Bangladesh has been declared a success.

Until recently, Assam depended heavily on other Indian states to fulfil its demand for fish. However, it has increased its aquaculture production significantly in the past five years, thanks in part to government incenti…

A new partnership aims to bring IoT-based solutions to India’s aquaculture and fishery sectors, including monitoring oxygen and pH levels in water and enhancing fish yields and profitability for fish farmers.

Increasing numbers of people displaced by the construction of a reservoir in India’s Jharkhand State are turning to cage culture of tilapia and pangasius, thanks to government subsidies and reports of good profits.

Though many leading cell-cultured seafood companies are based in Asia, Dr Sebastian Rakers, co-founder of Bluu Biosciences, believes that European consumers will embrace cell-based seafood due to its enhanced sustainabil…

Using low quality feeds that target both farmed fish and the organisms in the ponds that they’re raised in can reduce costs and improve performance.

Six aquaculture-related projects in Bangladesh, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia have been awarded a share of $1.15 million in grant funding by the Fish Innovation Lab at Mississippi State University (MSU).

Bangladesh’s finfish aquaculture industry must make key financial and technological investments following the Covid-19 pandemic in order to re-establish its growth trajectory.

Reliable figures on the carbon footprints of different aquaculture species are hard to find – not least due to the variety of production systems they come from – but all suggest that aquaculture holds its own against oth…

While Canada-based Dr Thierry Chopin might widely be credited with coining the phrase integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) it is the Chinese who have been at the forefront of developing – and adopting – practical …

By identifying and eliminating production risks, Bangladesh’s pond aquaculture industry can become more efficient and remain on its current growth trajectory.

Europe’s freshwater fish farming sector accounts for a fifth of the area's aquaculture production and plays a crucial role in food and job provision, yet is all too rarely recognised.

Two female fish farmers are due to be recognised for their entrepreneurial spirit by India's Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) today.

Heterosis, the well-known concept of “hybrid vigour”, has been utilised to improve fitness-related traits – like growth, fecundity and disease resistance – in a number of cultured aquatic species over the years.

Marco Cerqueira, author of Fish Welfare Initiative’s new report on global aquaculture, explains why carp welfare in India is a key focus area for the startup and how this can be improved.

As China’s aquaculture output increases, fish farmers are embracing ecological engineering techniques to ensure that the industry remains environmentally sustainable.