Trout

Projects that aim to produce an aquafeed ingredient from hemp and to investigate the use of microalgae in cattle feeds have each landed $10 million in funding from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Scotland’s aquaculture sector harvested 192,129 tonnes of Atlantic salmon in 2020, a 5.8 percent drop from the year before.

Atlantic Sapphire, the world’s flagship land-based salmon farming company, is considering diversifying into rainbow trout production, after reporting losses of $55 million in the first six months of the year.

Jon Parker, development lead for Aquaculture Industry Wales (AIW), explains how the organisation - which is backed by a growing number of startups - aims to improve the industry’s reputation among the public and politici…

Though many leading cell-cultured seafood companies are based in Asia, Dr Sebastian Rakers, co-founder of Bluu Biosciences, believes that European consumers will embrace cell-based seafood due to its enhanced sustainabil…

Researchers from UC Santa Cruz are turning to marine microalga as a potential component of low-polluting aquafeed for farm-raised rainbow trout.

A novel water purification system inspired sewage plants has been shown to be effective at optimising fish waste for use as fertiliser for plants in aquaponics facilities.

Blue Star Foods Corp has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Taste of BC Aquafarms, a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) steelhead farm in British Columbia, and plans to dramatically increase its outpu…

UK seafood businesses are being invited to share their experiences of coping with the Covid-19 pandemic, as a team of researchers seeks to find out how resilient the sector will be to future challenges.

An Italian researcher has landed a bursary to complete his PhD study into red mark syndrome (RMS) in trout.

After a decades-long struggle, US aquaculture producers still don’t have a federally approved organic certification to apply for.

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

Trout farmers are being offered an "affordable one-stop genetic broodstock health check", following the launch of a new service from Xelect.

The four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and teacher, explains his love of seafood and how aquaculture can help to provide it.

A clutch of new aquaculture initiatives – largely relating to seaweeds, bivalves and RAS finfish production – are putting Dorset on the aquaculture map, according to Martin Sutcliffe, aquaculture and fisheries developmen…

A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia found that processing organic food waste with black soldier fly larvae produced high quality aquafeed for rainbow trout and other key aquaculture species.

Europe’s freshwater fish farming sector accounts for a fifth of the area's aquaculture production and plays a crucial role in food and job provision, yet is all too rarely recognised.

New research from the University of Aberdeen could allow the development of drugs and vaccines to treat a disease that is rapidly emerging in aquaculture as a result of climate change.

Mowi Scotland has earned certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for four seawater salmon farms in January, brining the total number of ASC certified farms in its portfolio to eight.

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.