Marine Fish

Japan’s first red sea bream Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP) has been launched today, which will encompass two farms owned and operated by Urata Suisan in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Friend of the Sea (FOS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institution of Aquaculture Singapore (IAS), outlining a plan to work collaboratively towards the responsible development of the country’s aquacult…

A new report is urging consumers to eat less farmed salmon in favour of more fish and shellfish that are lower down the foodchain.

A device that can automatically choose which farmed fish should be retained for breeding purposes is currently under development.

A novel semi-submersible fish farm has been installed 45 miles off the coast of China and will soon be stocked with large yellow croaker.

The Indonesian government is expanding a micro insurance scheme for fish farmers, in order to minimise the risks facing small-scale aquaculture producers.

The cell-based seafood pioneer BlueNalu has announced a major expansion of the company's operations and the hiring of key new personnel.

The first hatchery to produce juvenile seabass and sea bream in Saudi Arabia on a commercial scale is now fully operational.

Reduced catches of forage fish in Peru, Iceland and Denmark mean that the supply of fishmeal and fish oil fell between 2018 and 2019, while a slight upturn is expected in 2020.

Researchers in Japan have succeeded in producing the first-ever mass proliferation of rainbow trout germline stem cells (GSCs) in vitro, a technique that could pave the way for the mass production and preservation of end…

A flurry of acquisitions and new product lines suggest that Innovasea is serious about supplying offshore aquaculture operators around the world.

Plans to establish a yellowtail kingfish hatchery in Western Australia are going to be fast-tracked in a bid to boost the region’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results from a pilot barramundi farming project in India shows that they can be a profitable species for the country’s aquaculture sector.

Oman is looking to join the increased interest in aquaculture that is currently taking place in the Middle East, having more than doubled production levels in 2019.

Northern Australian aquaculture is set to increase its production five-fold and exceed $1.34 billion (US$886 million) in value within the next decade.

A new diagnostic manual that covers the main pathogens in seabass and sea bream aquaculture has been made freely available today.

The introduction of grouper aquaculture in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be “economically sound, environmentally beneficial, and socially enhancing”.

In recent years the buzz and hype surrounding the drive to achieve commercial full-cycle tuna farming in the Mediterranean seems to have subsided. We checked in with some of the leading minds in the field to discuss the …

Plans to establish a new aquaculture venture in Bahrain that will produce species including rabbitfish have been given the go-ahead by the Emirate’s government.

Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, which has helped to launch some of the state’s most innovative aquaculture businesses, is now the subject of international interest too, helping to attract Ki…