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.
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) present a promising pathway for sustainable seafood production, yet there are still numerous uncertainties – both for operators and potential investors – which urgently need to be overcome.
Despite being relative newcomers to the salmon sector, the new generation of hybrid flow-through systems (HFTS) are making profits and showing huge potential, in marked contrast to the struggling RAS sector.
Aquasend’s low maintenance water quality sensors are being used by an increasingly wide range of international aquaculture producers, as CEO, Kristin Elliott, explains.
A round-up of the innovative ways that are being developed and deployed by salmon farmers in a bid to tackle the ever-present problem of parasitic sea lice.
James Joslin, co-founder of the marine tech startup MarineSitu, discusses the budding opportunities for marine monitoring across ocean-based industries, and how his company is gearing up for a move into the world of aquaculture.
