USC scientists may have unlocked kelp’s potential as a major biofuel source

By Gary Polakovic*USA – Using a “kelp elevator,” researchers at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies were able to grow the biofuel crop in ...

ARS Announces Winners of Innovative Challenge to Preserve Flavor of Catfish

USA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and HeroX today announced the grand prize winners of a competition that invited the ...

Updated BAP Farm Standard Includes New Requirements on Antimicrobials, Social Accountability, Wildlife Protection

Issue 3.0 of the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Farm Standard has been released to the public, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced on March 1.

Stressed-Out Young Oysters May Grow Less Meat On Their Shells

Early exposure to tough conditions—particularly warmer waters and nightly swings of low oxygen—could leave lasting scars on oysters’ ability to grow meaty tissue. A team ...

Trophic levels are an ‘insufficient’ measure of sustainability for today’s aquaculture policy

By Sonia Fernandez*Santa Barbara – Born in food web ecology, the concept of trophic levels — the hierarchy of who eats who in the natural ...

Scientists find low risk of parasite infection in most farmed fish species in Europe’s waters

A study showing a negligible risk of parasitic worms in four European farmed marine fish species suggests that these fish should be exempted from current ...

Researchers detail the long chain of events required for cultured seafood to deliver environmental benefits

By Harrison Tasoff*Santa Barbara, USA – Meat alternatives are officially mainstream. To wit, Burger King added the plant-based Impossible Burger to its menu nationwide in ...

New Aquaculture Tool Developed to Estimate Fish Density with Echo-Sounders

Researchers are creating a tool that will enable fish farmers to generate more precise estimations of the number and size of their fish stock.

New decision-support tool to optimise feeding rates while reducing waste in seabass and seabream aquaculture

One of the main challenges for European aquaculture farmers is related to improving feed efficiency. This is key to reducing production costs in aquaculture and ...

Free Online Course: Aquaponics – the Circular Food Production System

Aquaponic technology continues to attracts a lot of attention around the globe, especially in the context of urban farming. But how exactly does an aquaponic ...