The case for aquaponics – typically the co-culture of fish and edible plants – as a means to improve food security may be regularly overstated by well-meaning idealists. Yet a range of aquaponics initiatives have proved their worth, as Austin Stankus explains,…

New report suggests that aquaculture sales in the EU fell 17 percent due to pandemic

Processing Consumer

10 May 2021

Innovate BC hosts first-ever Aquaculture Innovation Awards

Live feed Technology & equipment

7 May 2021

Should stakeholders have more say in aquaculture certification schemes?

Certification

7 May 2021

GenoMar to produce 50 million tilapia fingerlings in Vietnam

Breeding & genetics

6 May 2021

Moving beyond FIFO measures in sustainable aquafeed

Marine protection Feed ingredients

4 May 2021

CAT seeks fish health study director

Health Jobs

3 May 2021 Sponsored

Nigerian catfish farmers launch own brand feed

Formulated feed

2 May 2021

April 2021

How can Bangladesh’s pond aquaculture producers get ahead?

Nutrition Husbandry

29 April 2021

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

The Lutz Report Realising the unmet potential of farming tilapia in saltwater

Environment Breeding & genetics

23 April 2021

Producing tilapia in marine environments offers a number of advantages over traditional freshwater farming of these fish – saltwater is more readily available in most countries, escaped fish are less likely to become invasive, and tilapia produced in saline wa…

Specialist lighting increases tilapia growth rates by 10 percent

Water quality Technology & equipment

15 April 2021

Bringing investors to African tilapia aquaculture

Economics Jobs

13 April 2021

High hopes for an oral Francisella vaccine for tilapia

Vaccines

8 April 2021

Aquaculture “poses unparalleled animal welfare threats”

Welfare

6 April 2021

Meet the farmer Royd Mukonda

Husbandry Water quality

5 April 2021

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 interview is with Royd Mukonda, the manag…

The case for land-based and freshwater fish farms

Nutrition Sustainability

4 April 2021

The forgotten fifth - freshwater aquaculture in Europe

Production systems Post-harvest

2 April 2021

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.

Why stress causes smaller tilapia to spawn

Welfare Breeding & genetics

1 April 2021

March 2021

Indian fish farmers refute damning report

Water quality Production systems

31 March 2021

A recent study has described Indian aquaculture practises as unhygienic and unhealthy. But farmers claim that the report is biased and risks causing economic damage to an industry that is trying to recover after the pandemic-induced lockdown.

Ensuring the sustainable growth of the US offshore aquaculture sector

Marine protection Sustainability

25 March 2021

The Lutz Report Collecting and transporting wild broodstock: best practice

Fish stocks Welfare

24 March 2021

Wild broodstock are still widely collected – both for aquaculture and for restocking purposes – but ensuring the health and welfare of these mature finfish requires careful capture and transport procedures.

Is wastewater-fed aquaculture a sustainability gamechanger?

Sustainability Open farming systems

23 March 2021

Study suggests seafood fraud on "a vast global scale"

Post-harvest

15 March 2021

India celebrates its first transgender seafood entrepreneur

Post-harvest People

15 March 2021

Pharmaq launches fish health website

Health

10 March 2021

Female fish farmers land International Women’s Day honours in India

People Startups

8 March 2021

Effective microbial management could be key to farming efficiency

Diagnostics Husbandry

6 March 2021

Novel means to prevent off-flavours in catfish

Water quality Technology & equipment

4 March 2021

Velings to launch African aquaculture investment fund

Economics

2 March 2021

Paving the way to tackle proliferative kidney disease in aquaculture

Vaccines

1 March 2021

Women in aquaculture Women in aquaculture: Anais Legendre

Feed ingredients People

1 March 2021

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.

February 2021

The oral vaccine that aims to tackle Streptococcus in tilapia

Vaccines Startups

26 February 2021

Why insect production may have minimal impact on aquaculture sustainability

Feed ingredients Sustainability

24 February 2021

Pioneers of African aquaculture Pioneers of African aquaculture: Fergus Flynn

Production systems People

24 February 2021

Fergus Flynn established Kafue Fisheries, a tilapia farm in Zambia in 1981, and ran it for the next 31 years. In this article he shares some hard-won insights into the development of one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most forward-thinking, long-lived, and commercial…

What’s the optimum feeding strategy for tilapia?

Feeding systems

23 February 2021

Why industry and academic collaborations are aquaculture’s secret weapon

Nutrition Health

20 February 2021

Filipino pig producers urged to switch to aquaculture

Production systems Politics

19 February 2021

Seafood and the pandemic: moving from shock to stability

Economics People

15 February 2021

The Lutz Report The pros and cons of crossbreeding and hybridisation in aquaculture

Breeding & genetics

5 February 2021

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.

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