Sea bass

Petros Thomas, who’s Greek and been in the marine aquaculture sector for 32 years, is currently working as assistant general manager and production operation manager for the Tabuk Fisheries Company in Saudi Arabia.

The replacement of fishmeal by Antarctic krill meal in diets of European sea bass has positive effects on growth performance, feed utilisation and liver metabolism.

Qatar plans to expand its fledgling aquaculture sector, to meet growing domestic demand for fresh fish at a time when wild fish stocks in its waters are under threat from climate change.

The value of Turkey's aquaculture exports exceeded $1bn for the first time last year, according to state sources.

One of the most isolated fish farms in the Mediterranean has eliminated poaching incidents following a major upgrade to its security systems.

The provision of safe and effective vaccination programmes is one of the key tools to ensure the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector and therefore help meet growing global protein demands.

Lara Barazi has been CEO of Kefalonia for 22 years, in the process growing production volumes of certified organic seabass and sea bream from 300 to 5,000 tonnes a year.

A new feeding system based on passive acoustics and artificial intelligence may improve the sustainability of the aquaculture industry.

A new book details how Turkey has become a global aquaculture leader, and is now the world’s ninth largest marine finfish farmer. Other countries, particularly in Europe, could learn much from its example.

Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos, CEO of Kefalonia Fisheries, has been elected president of the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP).

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

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

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

Sea bass fare better on diets containing protein from mealworms compared to protein obtained from black soldier fly larvae, according to new research.

Adding small quantities of taurine to fish feeds can both enhance growth rates and muscle function, according to new research.

The need to halt the decline of yield per fry was the central theme of a presentation on Mediterranean finfish hatcheries which was given by Isabel Represas at INVE’s customer seminar in Crete.

A recent study suggests that supplementing farmed European seabass diets with Gracilaria sp. aqueous extract (GRA) can protect the fish from disease challenges and delay mortality.

Giving the correct diets to fish in their early life stages has long term benefits, explain INVE in the second of two articles on their Fry 2.0 initiative.

European seabass and gilthead seabream form the backbone of Mediterranean finfish aquaculture. While both species account for around 12 percent of the EU’s total aquaculture production they each represent 22 percent of t…

Having recently celebrated its 35th anniversary, INVE has announced the appointment of Athene Blakeman as its new CEO.