Marine fish

Pond-based tilapia farmers could benefit from adopting a novel method for intensifying the production of carp and other species that has recently been successful in Eastern Europe.

With over 150 oil rigs being decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico each year, Ivan Puckett and Kent Satterlee, two of the three founders of Blue Silo Aquaculture LLC, explain why they aim to convert as many rigs as possible for alternative uses, including offsh…

At the end of the 1840s California’s gold fields were busy. But with only so much gold in the ground, the story goes, most miners returned empty-handed. The real winners were those selling the shovels.

Mariculture – the farming of marine species in ocean and coastal environments – is rapidly gaining attention for its potential to be a low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, climate-friendly source of protein, particularly in comparison to some of its terrestrial …

China’s aquaculture output is increasing, along with its environmental impacts. Emerging research suggests that the industry should embrace ecological intensification to meet its food production and sustainability goals – and safeguard China’s place as the lea…

Farming barramundi alongside tiger prawns can increase profits without reducing productivity, according to a growing number of Indonesian aquaculture operators.

Vedrana Tomljanovic works as the lead aquaculturist for FTN AquaArt AG, one of Switzerland's leading indoor aquaculture firms.

My objective in this article is to challenge pathologists, immunologists and farmers by asking for a critical analysis on the application of a simple temperature manipulation, hyperthermia, to boost the innate immune system of fish.

An innovative technology aims to allow consumers of coral trout – whether farmed or from the wild – to precisely trace the origin of their fish.

Some of the leading figures in Artemia research are planning to join forces and launch an International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium (IAAC) later this year.

Researchers in China caution that some commercial probiotics for the aquaculture industry may be mislabelled, and also contain cytotoxins and antibiotic resistance genes that can be passed to other organisms.

Though insect protein startups are generating splashy headlines and bringing new players into the aquafeed industry, single-cell and microbial proteins might be a key feed component in the future.