Marine Fish

Plans to establish a tropical aquaculture accelerator in Queensland by James Cook University (JCU) have been given a boost by an election commitment of $67 million by the leader of the Liberal National Party.

American Aquafarms is considering establishing sites in Maine for a salmon hatchery, grow~out pens and a state-of-the art processing plant.

Over 80 US organisations, including a wide range of leading seafood firms, have written to Washington in support of expanding the country’s seafood production through sustainable offshore aquaculture.

Aquaculture operations will move into offshore waters in the coming decades, but the move depends on public buy-in, smart policy and contending with harsh economic realities, according to some of the leaders in the field…

A new tool to help barramundi farmers predict and maximise growth rates has been launched by Skretting today.

Aquaculture in marine cages is providing a ray of light for many in the Indian fishing sector, which is reeling from dwindling catches coupled with the rising operational cost of vessels and environmental degradation.

Yellowtail kingfish producer The Kingfish Company is one step closer to commencing construction of its first US-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).

Fish farmers across Vietnam have begun producing hybrid grouper, saying that the species’ high growth rate and favourable market price make it a profitable alternative to shrimp farming.

Plans to farm up to 5,000 tonnes of California yellowtail off the coast of San Diego have been submitted to NOAA this month.

A variety of strategies for raising investments in aquaculture were detailed by key executives from four of the world’s most ambitious recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) projects this week.

Land-based aquaculture specialist Nordic Aquafarms has bought up the remaining shares in two Danish kingfish producers.

The long-term fate of the recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) sector rests on the performance of the emerging contenders in the field.

India’s first Asian private seabass (Lates calcarifer) hatchery has been set up by three graduates from the Mangalore Fisheries College.

The growth of China’s aquaculture sector is being severely limited by issues including changing consumer demands, restrictive government policies and environmental issues, according to a recent paper that discusses the i…

Following the designation of aquaculture opportunity areas in the Gulf of Mexico and off California, Neil Anthony Sims, head of Ocean Era and one of the trailblazers of the offshore aquaculture sector, explains to The Fi…

Marine Akwa is currently in the process of developing a range of probiotics – based on marine organisms – for the finfish aquaculture industry, in a bid to improve growth rates, survival levels and health benefits.

Researchers have developed a cost-effective “fish-free” feed for carnivorous marine finfish, in which fishmeal and fish oil have been replaced by poultry meal and algal oil respectively.

The federal waters off southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico have been designated as the USA’s first two Aquaculture Opportunity Areas by NOAA Fisheries.

By capitalising on its geography and adopting a “blue growth” economic policy, Bangladesh has become the fifth largest global aquaculture producer – and is expected to keep growing.

The EU’s attempts to diversity its aquaculture production have met decidedly mixed results to date, but aquaculture producers have a number of overlooked, yet impressive, native candidates to contend with.