Sea bass

Sparos has released a new free web-based tool that estimates the body composition of farmed fish – in terms of crude protein, crude lipids, water, ash, phosphorus and energy.

A report on how to improve the welfare of the EU’s most widely farmed fish by Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR-Algarve), is now available.

Researchers are exploring fish and shellfish responses to health and environmental pressures with an eye to create stronger breeding programmes and sustainable animal protein.

The latest market data from EUMOFA on fish consumption in the European Union finds that the trading bloc is eating more fish and seafood, but the seafood deficit continues to grow.

A new 4.5 year Horizon Europe project, called Cure4Aqua, has been launched this month in a bid to improve aquatic animal health and welfare.

Paris’s Emporio Armani Caffé & Ristorante is highlighting its commitment to high culinary standards by serving ASC certified fish from Croatia’s Cromaris.

Scotland’s Ace Aquatec has partnered with Stamatiou Aquaculture to distribute their award-winning in-water electric stunners in Greece.

The F3 – Future of Fish Feed announced today that three animal feed manufacturers – Star Milling Co, Empagran and Jiangsu Fuhai Biotech Co, Ltd – each won a $100,000 prize in the F3 Challenge - Carnivore Edition.

Mohamed Adel, chairman and managing director of the Suez Canal Aquaculture Company, offers an insight into one of the most ambitious aquaculture projects ever to have been constructed in Africa.

A mini guide has been launched to help farmers establish optimal stocking densities in aquaculture in order to ensure good fish welfare.

Scotland’s Ace Aquatec have partnered with Pisces Fish Machinery Inc as their first stunning equipment distributor in North, Central and South America as their business expands.

Dr Marta Carvalho is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where she studies novel Omega-3 sources for fish feed.

When I was contemplating a topic for this month’s article, I was reminded of a question my daughter asked me several years ago: “Can we feed our dogs a vegetarian diet?”

Portuguese software startup Sensaway* recently landed EEA funding, which could not only help the company develop its software, but also improve the European aquaculture sector – both in Portugal and further afield.

Although Tunisia has a relatively undeveloped aquaculture sector, it has huge potential – with 1,350 kilometres of Mediterranean coastline, a maritime domain of over 80,000 square kilometres and seven lagoons covering 10…

The world’s first industrial-scale producer of microbial protein for the aquafeed sector is set to start commercial production this year.

The US stands out as the top producer for hybrid striped bass – and researchers with Texas A&M are looking into different nutrition strategies to improve the fishes' health while identifying substitutes for fishmeal.…

Several prominent aquaculture players are set to talk at Phileo Microbiota Days, an event on gut health for a range of farmed animals, which is being organised by Phileo by Lesaffre on 15 and 16 June.

Recent tests carried out by researchers with the CTAQUA project in Spain have noted that microplastics can be detected in the digestive tract of farmed fish, but not in edible tissues.