Sea bass

Producing sterile animals brings a wide range of advantages over producing fertile ones and genome editing is currently the most promising technique for ensuring that sterilisation is both feasible and effective.

Egypt has huge potential to increase its production of marine species, in sea cages, coastal ponds and well-based inland farms according to Dr Mohamed Abdel Rahim, one of the country’s leading aquaculture experts.

While aquaculture has not always been well-received around the Greek islands, one family has managed to combine fish farming with tourism, suggesting that the two sectors can successfully co-exist.

A new yeast-based product by Lallemand has shown promising results in improving the performance of farmed European seabass.

Streptococcus agalactiae and S. iniae are two of the most devastating bacteria to impact the warm freshwater fish farming sector around the world – causing diseases that can lead to 80 percent mortalities. Here we describe the bacteria, their…

Saudi Arabia is set to host its largest ever exhibition related to sustainable seafood production on 4-6 February, with over 12,000 visitors due to attend.

Libyan-based Dr Jamila Rizgalla, head of the Department of Aquaculture at the University of Tripoli, talks about her journey into the aquaculture sector and how she is working to progress aquaculture development in her country

Seawater Cubes have developed a unique RAS designed to produce nearly 8 tonnes of fish from units made from four shipping containers and has recently moved from the pilot to commercial phase.

Recent trials from the F3 Innovation Network found that it is feasible and economically viable for aquaculture nutritionists to significantly reduce – or even eliminate – fish meal and fish oil from the diets of carnivorous fish species like largemouth bass, a…

While many grandiose aquaculture projects have failed to live up to their promise in the Middle East, Fish Farms LLC – which includes a hatchery, cage farms and RAS facilities in Dubai – offers an example of what can be achieved under testing conditions.

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.

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.