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As an aquaculture veterinarian based in Tasmania, Australia, Christine travels the continent to assist fish farms to improve biological productivity and solve fish health issues.

By adopting the “basic building block” of tilapia farming, producers across Africa can establish and scale operations in both urban and rural environments – moving Africa’s tilapia industry beyond subsistence farming.

New analysis suggests that pond aquaculture could be the tilapia industry’s best way to profitably intensify production – and that, other than for a few notable exceptions, recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) will remain relatively unprofitable in the near…

Pond-based tilapia farmers could benefit from adopting a novel method for intensifying the production of carp and other species that has recently been successful in Eastern Europe.

Jean Yves Kouamé, founder of IDISPRO, explains how he aims to establish a modern, traceable and digitised value chain for the aquaculture sector in the Ivory Coast, in a bid to improve the country’s food security and job opportunities.

With over 150 oil rigs being decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico each year, Ivan Puckett and Kent Satterlee, two of the three founders of Blue Silo Aquaculture LLC, explain why they aim to convert as many rigs as possible for alternative uses, including offsh…

Anyone doubting the positive impact that academia can have on the development of the aquaculture industry should look at the example of Can Tho University in Vietnam – an institution that has been central to the meteoric rise of the country’s aquaculture secto…

Mariculture – the farming of marine species in ocean and coastal environments – is rapidly gaining attention for its potential to be a low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, climate-friendly source of protein, particularly in comparison to some of its terrestrial …

China’s aquaculture output is increasing, along with its environmental impacts. Emerging research suggests that the industry should embrace ecological intensification to meet its food production and sustainability goals – and safeguard China’s place as the lea…

An initiative project that was established to improve the sustainability of Hainan’s tilapia farming sector is rapidly gaining momentum and attracting interest from across China.