Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed

Japan – Since the 1980s, in seaweed farms dotted along the coastline of the subtropical islands of Okinawa, farmers have cultivated the edible brown alga, ...

Friend of the Sea Signs MoU with Institution of Aquaculture Singapore for Promotion of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Italy – The Friend of the Sea (FOS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institution of Aquaculture Singapore (IAS), in which the ...

FISHTREAT™: A novel, sustainable medicinal dosing system for fish farms

Norway – Researchers at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) have developed a new dosing system for continual treatment of salmon lice directly in ...

Towards an automatic fish phenotyping device

By Jochen Hemming (WUR), Roland Stump (Dorset ID)*AquaIMPACT researchers are working on methods to select fish automatically, quickly and accurately. The shape and colour characteristics ...

UMITRON in cooperation with Tokyo Tech was selected for the JAXA Innovative Satellite Demonstration program to launch a satellite with the mission to gather ocean data for aquaculture

Tokyo, Japan – UMITRON K.K. (President: Ken Fujiwara; hereinafter referred to as “UMITRON”) has been selected for the innovative satellite demonstration program of the Japan ...

Seafood Sustainability, Stability & Security

This joint report from the WWF European Policy Office and WWF-France shows how the sustainability of fisheries management impacts the stability and security of the ...

Microalgae high potential for lipid production and water cleaning

By Anne Honsel/Ingrid Söderbergh*Sweden – Microalgae have a high potential for biodiesel production and in parallel benefit domestic sewage treatment. Jean Claude Nzayisenga has validated ...

Maryland-led, Multi-institutional Research Team Receives $10M to Transform Shellfish Farming with Smart Technology

USA – A multidisciplinary team led by engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) has received a $10 million grant from the United States Department ...

Hidden treasures in the waste

Malta – Processing fish and seafood is wasteful. Malta’s researchers join a collaborative project which brings academic institutions, governmental entities, and SMEs together to reduce ...

Digital tools for aquaculture

By John Bastiaansen & Jochen Hemming (WUR), Luis Conceição & Tome Silva (SPAROS)*Finland – In aquaculture, as in other sectors of animal farming, improving the ...