Freshwater fish

Genomic resources set to boost climate resilience in freshwater species

Husbandry Climate change

19 June 2023

New report released on aquatic health in sub-Saharan aquaculture sector

Disease Pathogens

19 June 2023

Meet the farmer Egypt’s biofloc pioneer

Feeding systems Husbandry

16 June 2023

Eslam Elsamadony is one of the pioneers of Egypt’s biofloc aquaculture sector, helping to transform a struggling farm into a system capable of producing 50 tonnes of tilapia a year.

President opens Ghana's $12 million National Aquaculture Centre

15 June 2023

Zambia prepares for Africa's second global aquaculture conference

Events

14 June 2023

Regal Springs remains unphased by Honduran conservation plans

Regulations

14 June 2023

Raising investment for Europe’s largest catfish farm

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) Food security

7 June 2023

Danijel Gospic is currently looking to raise investment to build a 10,000 tonne vertically integrated African catfish farm in Croatia.

May 2023

An independent assessment of Kenya’s aquaculture sector

Production systems Processing

30 May 2023

The Fish Site columnist Proscovia Alando is planning to launch the first ever comprehensive independent analysis of the Kenyan aquaculture sector – in a bid to determine the number of farmers, their total production capacity, the key challenges they n…

Celebrating women in Caribbean aquaculture Mia Avril: Saint Lucia’s aquaponics advocate

Feed ingredients Feed formulation

26 May 2023

Mia Avril from Castries, Saint Lucia, who has assisted in the growth of aquaculture in Trinidad, Jamaica, Dominica and the Bahamas, is a firm believer in on-farm aquafeed production and aquaponics.

Using data to boost tilapia health and growth rates in Ghana

Husbandry Technology & equipment

24 May 2023

Insights into Sweden's top tilapia and catfish farm

Breeding & genetics Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)

24 May 2023

Cyril Barbier is the hatchery and production manager at Gårdsfisk, an indoor farming operation in southern Sweden that aims to produce 550 tonnes of tilapia and African catfish this year.

Kamuthanga: East Africa’s first Eco Mark fish farm

Husbandry NGO

19 May 2023

Kamuthanga, a tilapia and catfish RAS farm in eastern Kenya, has ambitious plans to double production by 2025.

Seaweed supplement shown to improve pangasius growth

Feed ingredients

17 May 2023

Meet the farmer The Indian who took up aquaculture to fulfil his father's dying wish

Breeding & genetics People

16 May 2023

ZR Thahmingliana started a carp farm to honour the last wish of his father, who wanted to make the small state of Mizoram in northeast India self-reliant in fish production.

IFFO reports slump in Chinese domestic fishmeal production

Feed ingredients Industry analysis

12 May 2023

Incentivising carp aquaculture in Manipur

Politics Food security

12 May 2023

Helped by several initiatives from the government of Manipur, in north-east India, fish farmers have increased production substantially, but scientists feel that the state has not yet fulfilled its true aquaculture potential.

Backing an Indian tilapia boom

People Alternative proteins

8 May 2023

The Lutz Report Why pacu could become a major freshwater aquaculture contender

Husbandry Breeding & genetics

8 May 2023

Pacu – which are also called tambaqui, pirapitinga, cachama, morocoto, or gamitana – are among the fish with the greatest potential to challenge the dominance of carps and tilapias in tropical freshwater aquaculture, especially if geneticists succeed in elimin…

Women in aquaculture Training Nigeria's catfish producers

Husbandry Hatcheries

5 May 2023

Oluwasikemi Olabisi is the director of The FarmLady Aquatics Limited, a consulting company that helps prospective and existing catfish farmers through training, mentoring and production of healthy catfish juveniles.

Access to seafood and sunshine doesn't guarantee vitamin D sufficiency

Food security Human health

2 May 2023

April 2023

Meet the farmer Helping to generate East African aquaculture success

Formulated feed Parasites

28 April 2023

Enos Were, the managing director of Jewlet Fish Farms, is a pioneer who has transformed East Africa’s aquaculture industry by training countless fish farmers, researchers and government officials, as well as developing his own successful independent farm.

Aller Aqua and Aquaculture without Frontiers team up to help Nigerian farmers

Formulated feed Socio-economics

10 April 2023

Celebrating women in Caribbean aquaculture Dr Carla Philips Savage

Diagnostics Disease

7 April 2023

Carla Phillips Savage, who is currently an associate professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses her journey to become the only certified aquatic veterinarian in Trinidad and highlights the need for more aquatic animal health p…

Victory Farms raises $35 million to fuel East African tilapia expansion

Climate change Food security

6 April 2023

A unique opportunity to improve carp welfare

Welfare Jobs

5 April 2023

The Lutz Report A different way to evaluate your aquaculture operation

Feed ingredients Feeding systems

5 April 2023

There are those who argue that farming is a way of life and not a business, but in today's modern, competitive and global agriculture/agribusiness environment, that mindset is the quickest way to lose money.

March 2023

Benchmark announces streptococcus-resistant tilapia breakthrough

Bacterial diseases Breeding & genetics

31 March 2023

Rabobank / Gorjan Nikolik reports A seismic shift in the global seafood trade

Marketing Consumer

20 March 2023

For decades China has been the world’s largest exporter of seafood but, in the space of 12 months – following a 30 percent rise in imports – it has become a net importer, heralding a genuinely pivotal moment in the seafood sphere.

Piscivorous birds as vectors of fish pathogens: damage to aquaculture, prevention and control

Disease Pathogens

17 March 2023 Sponsored

A guide to the dangers that piscivorous birds pose to aquaculture operators, including the best ways to limit the damage they can cause.

Pioneers of African aquaculture Ade Alakija: the man who took Nigeria's catfish sector to a new level

Formulated feed Husbandry

15 March 2023

Ade Alakija helped to spearhead the commercialisation of Nigerian catfish farming, inspiring the growth of a vibrant and dynamic sector which now provides food and work for millions.

FAI unveils new tilapia welfare and nutrition course

Nutrition Welfare

15 March 2023

How can Côte d’Ivoire fulfil its aquaculture potential?

Husbandry NGO

14 March 2023

Côte d’Ivoire needs to step up its domestic tilapia production in line with domestic demand, according to a recent interview with Fougnigué Traoré, FISH4ACP national professional officer in Côte d’Ivoire, following the publication of a new report.

Chinese researchers use gene editing to remove small bones from crucian carp

Genetics Genomics

13 March 2023

Aquatic health briefs published for key African nations

Bacterial diseases NGO

9 March 2023

Meet the farmer Nigeria's cage-based tilapia champion

Husbandry Water quality

8 March 2023

Opemipo Oyebadejo, who’s a senior farmer and fish expert at Orisha Farms, aims to expand the cage-based farming of tilapia and catfish in Nigeria.

February 2023

Ugandan delegation visits Brazil’s top tilapia players

Feed formulation Welfare

24 February 2023

A delegation from the government of Uganda recently visited some of Brazil’s top tilapia farmers, feed producers and regulators, as they seek to grow their own aquaculture sector.