New ingredients fit for feed?

Norway – In the search for new, sustainable fish feed ingredients, researchers are working to see if the ingredients can be used in feed technically.

Aquaculture: a key element to food security in Africa

Freshwater and marine aquaculture have an extensive growth potential all across Africa and could contribute to feeding of the continent’s rapidly increasing population. However, the ...

The Future of Fish Feed May Lie in Insects, Mold, and Algae

USA – Innovations in recent decades have reduced the amount of fish products in aquaculture feed. New research could replace them altogether.

Scientists establish NanDeSyn Database to support international cooperation on industrial microalgae

Industrial oil-producing microalgae can use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into oils on a large scale. Therefore, it is a potential solution ...

Immune stimulation can help increase aquaculture production by altering epigenetic modifications

Spain – An ICM study shows that some stimulations of the immune system during the early stages of fish development can trigger epigenetic modifications that ...

Purdue study addresses environmental, economic impacts of hydroponic, aquaponics systems

by Brian Wallheimer*USA – Hydroponics and aquaponics offer promise for growing produce and raising fish. But some may be wary of entering the industries because ...

DNA traces of virus and bacteria harmful to wild salmon three times higher near fish farms, study finds

Vancouver, Canada – New research calls into question Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s recent assertion that Discovery Islands open net-pen fish farms pose no more than ...

Drawing on the natural abilities of Pacific salmon to fight sea lice

by Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud*Norway – Do Pacific salmon species carry a secret they could share with Atlantic salmon? What is it in the genes that ...

Researchers to explore the genetics of carbon-capturing algae

UK – Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Earlham Institute are to embark on the largest algal genome sequencing project to date.

γ-aminobutyric Acid Boosts Astaxanthin Production

by Zhang Nannan*China – Recently, the research group of Prof. HUANG Qing from the Institute of Intelligent Machines (IIM), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) ...