Freshwater fish

China’s shift towards an increasingly Western pattern of seafood production and consumption – one that relies on imports from countries with greater natural capital per capita – appears to be gaining momentum.

Global Shrimp Forum 2023 The Saudi shrimp farm whose sights are set on 250,000 tonnes a year

Husbandry Post-harvest

6 November 2023

Despite its isolated desert location, Naqua – which produces shrimp and barramundi in Saudi Arabia – is in the process of securing sufficient funding to more that double its output to 250,000 tonnes of seafood each year by 2030.

The startup seeking to improve feed efficiency in Egypt’s tilapia sector

Feeding systems Water quality

3 November 2023

An Egyptian team has succeeded in developing a smart device to estimate the feed intake required for each tank on a fish farm, helping improve productivity and water quality.

October 2023

Laser bird repellent shows promise for Mississippi aquaculture operators

Artificial intelligence (AI) Open farming systems

31 October 2023

Who are the top producers and consumers of fishmeal and fish oil?

Fish stocks Feed ingredients

26 October 2023

Details announced for Aquaculture Africa event

Events Food security

24 October 2023

Brazil to host inaugural Amazonian aquaculture event

Events Food security

20 October 2023

Fish Site columnist wins Fulbright award

Feed ingredients Awards

20 October 2023

Flood prevention measures wreak havoc on Ghana’s tilapia farms

Climate change Economics

12 October 2023

Meet the farmer Egypt's tilapia hatchery pioneer

Hatcheries People

6 October 2023

Ahmed Al Sharaki is one of the pioneers of aquaculture in Egypt, who has worked in the public and private sectors in mono-sex tilapia culture for four decades. He currently runs the two Almadinah hatcheries.

Management buyout completed for Spring Genetics

Genetics Breeding & genetics

2 October 2023

September 2023

The three fish that have shaken up Bangladesh’s aquaculture sector

Food security Socio-economics

29 September 2023

Bangladesh has experienced a significant surge in fish production over the last 12 years, primarily driven by the farming of pangasius, tilapia and Gangetic koi (Anabas cobojius).

Women in aquaculture The quest to become one of Zambia’s top tilapia producers

Husbandry Land-based production systems

27 September 2023

After overcoming some early setbacks, Nawa Consollata Muyangana’s decision to diversify into farming tilapia has seen her make waves in Zambia’s aquaculture scene and she now has ambitions to ramp up production to 20,000 tonnes a year.

Kingfish Maine gives high school students chance to test their RAS skills

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Education & academia

22 September 2023

The Lutz Report The pioneers seeking to put the burbot on “the main stage of commercial aquaculture”

Husbandry Breeding & genetics

20 September 2023

Attempts to farm burbot – a freshwater cod species that has long been valued for its excellent taste – have proved testing. However, a number of promising research breakthroughs could help a growing number of commercial operators to take the species into the m…

Meet the farmer Building a catfish farming business from scratch

Husbandry Land-based production systems

15 September 2023

Straight after her graduation with a degree in land economy in 2019, Precious Nutifafa decided to build a catfish farm in Saviefe Agorkpo, in the Volta Region of Ghana, and she now has plans to build production to 200 tonnes a year.

The aquatech startup that’s making accuracy count

Artificial intelligence (AI) Hatcheries

5 September 2023

Counting devices are flooding the aquaculture market, but Algaeba claims to have developed the only one that counts with 97 percent accuracy in under 10 seconds. The Fish Site recently sat down with Algaeba owner Kunn Kangvansaichol to gain insights i…

August 2023

Meet the farmer Insights from the founder of Osky Catfish

Cage design Processing

25 August 2023

Femi Ilesanmi Eniola is the founder and CEO of Osky Catfish, a vertically integrated company that produces 30 million catfish fry, has 80 grow out cages and does its own training, processing and exporting.

The Lutz Report An ancient fish with a bright future

Husbandry Breeding & genetics

14 August 2023

Although native to the US, the American paddlefish is now widely farmed across the world's temperate regions and – thanks to its highly regarded meat and roe – offers an exciting alternative to sturgeon.

Zimbabwe embarks on ambitious rural aquaculture programme

Land-based production systems Consumer

11 August 2023

The Zimbabwe government has embarked on an ambitious aquaculture programme that it says will address food insecurity, unemployment and income generation – but critics have labelled it a “vanity project.”

Flagship farm brings new business model to Uganda’s tilapia sector

Feed ingredients Husbandry

9 August 2023

Rural Aquaculture Development (RAD) has developed an innovative model both to grow and sell its own tilapia, and to support the local aquaculture sector, in a bid to improve smallholder livelihoods in western Uganda.

Why Indians should embrace growing – and using – insects for aquafeeds

Live feed Feed ingredients

4 August 2023 Opinion

The use of insect-based aquafeed ingredients – and potentially diversification into insect farming itself – could offer valuable opportunities for India’s small-scale aquaculture producers.

July 2023

How homemade feed can slash costs and boost sustainability for Indonesia’s small-scale fish farmers

Feed ingredients Economics

24 July 2023

Indonesian fish farmers are revolutionising aquaculture by producing their own feed, reducing expenses and promoting sustainability.

Meet the farmer Vincent Oduor: “Kenya’s most innovative farmer”

Husbandry Water quality

21 July 2023

Vincent Oduor, who was recently named Kenya’s most innovative fish farmer, is the co-founder and CEO of Aquaculture Barn Limited – a producer of juvenile tilapia and catfish.

Virbac delivers vaccines – and hope – to Colombia’s beleaguered tilapia farmers

Bacterial diseases Vaccines

20 July 2023

The first experimental batch of a vaccine that should help Colombia’s tilapia farmers combat the new serotype strain of Streptococcus agalactiae that has recently been reported in the region arrived in the country last week.

Ace Aquatec delivers in-water stunning system for Aquna's Murray cod

Welfare Technology & equipment

19 July 2023

Meet the farmer Kenneth Odoemenam: Nigeria’s catfish farming YouTube sensation

Feed ingredients Husbandry

17 July 2023

Kenneth Odoemenam is an aquaculture consultant, catfish farmer and YouTube sensation from Nigeria, who leverages the power of social media to drive his catfish farming and consulting business.

WorldFish and Norway promote renewable energy for Egyptian aquaculture

NGO Sustainability

11 July 2023

eFishery officially reaches $1.4 billion valuation

Technology & equipment Startups

7 July 2023

Celebrating women in Caribbean aquaculture The importance of small-scale freshwater fish farms

Fish stocks People

5 July 2023

Nasheika Guya juggles motherhood, a PhD and being the managing director of a freshwater fish farm in Jamaica that caters for recreational anglers who can then keep and cook their catch.

Helping Colombia’s tilapia farmers overcome the Streptococcus outbreak

Bacterial diseases

5 July 2023

June 2023

De Heus breaks ground for Uganda's first aquafeed mill

Formulated feed

30 June 2023

Meet the farmer An experimental approach to catfish and tilapia production in Ghana

Feed ingredients Formulated feed

30 June 2023

Kwame David Adade took over Windmill Farms – a catfish and tilapia farm in Ghana – from his father four years ago and since then has made some interesting discoveries, especially in feed formulation.

German lab-grown seafood startup raises €16 million

Alternative proteins Startups

29 June 2023

Study backs the use of biogas from aquaponics facilities

Land-based production systems Aquaponics

22 June 2023