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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…

After a decades-long struggle, US aquaculture producers still don’t have a federally approved organic certification to apply for.

The founder of the largest catfish farm in Nigeria’s Anambra State reflects on overcoming major financial setbacks, conquering prejudice and her hopes that fish farmers will one day have access to reasonable loans.

A two-week capacity building workshop on the breeding, on-growing, processing and marketing of catfish has just finished in Lagos.

An initiative to stabilise Nigeria’s aquaculture sector, following disruptions caused by Covid-19, has been launched by the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative.

Production of catfish and tilapia in Tanzania is set to increase substantially, following the launch of a $77.4 million project.

The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (Cafan) has started distributing its own brand of fish feed “to take farmers out of bondage” with existing feed producers.

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

The Fish Site has been in touch with aquaculture operators from around the world, hoping to gain insights into their jobs, farms and the fish they produce for our new Meet the farmer series. Our first i…

Wastewater-fed aquaculture has been suggested as a low-tech and sustainable way to provide animal protein while investing in water treatment infrastructure – but can this business model be applied in real life?

A new analysis of 44 studies has found that 36 percent of seafood products were mislabelled.

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

Originally from Normandy, Anais Legendre has been working at Cycle Farms in Ghana for nearly three years, engaging with an increasingly vibrant aquaculture sector and stocking up on some colourful tales.

Backyard pig farmers are being encouraged to switch to aquaculture production by the government of the Philippines, in the wake of African swine fever (ASF).

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.

Successful and profitable farming of aquatic animals, whether fish or crustaceans, really can be defined by one measure – growth performance – which is a combined result of several factors which will be discussed below.

Animal health authorities in Tamil Nadu have issued warning about breeding banned African catfish, saying that the invasive species could threaten the local ecology.

The high energy demands of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facilities are not necessarily as economically and environmentally onerous as some critics claim, according to a new study.

Probiotics can alleviate some of the negative stress effects generated by catfish farming while improving other production metrics like growth rates and feed conversion ratios, according to the authors of a new study.