A Saudi-Chinese meeting to discuss joint cooperation in the fields of aquaculture

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.- H. E. the Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture for Agriculture Eng. Ahmed bin Saleh Al Eyadh received H. E. the ...

ASC salmon standard recognised by Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative

As well as meeting all of the essential components of the benchmark, the ASC standard achieved 52 ‘supplementary components’ – more than any other aquaculture ...

Study shows toxic effects of oil dispersant on oysters following deepwater horizon spill

Denver, USA.- Oysters likely suffered toxic effects from the oil dispersant Corexit® 9500 when it was used to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...

Women in the Seafood Industry Video Competition: the winners will be announced on September the 24th

Paris, France.- The second “women in the seafood industry” video contest will release the winners on September the 24th. The project was developed by the ...

Scientists and water treatment plants are working together on green water treatment

The Netherlands.- Using plants and animals to purify waste water while extracting raw materials: that is the principle of Aquafarm. In early September, after a ...

PT STP Tilapia Cage Fish farm adopts USSEC’S 90 percent satiation feeding method

PT. STP Tilapia Cage Fish Farm in Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia, a JAPFA holding company, has adopted USSEC’s 90 percent satiation level feeding technique ...

Climate change fuels accumulation of pollutants in Chinook salmon, killer whales

Canada.- University of British Columbia researchers studying the marine food web of the Northeast Pacific Ocean have found that the exposure and accumulation of chemical ...

NEFCO and Salmela-Yhtiöt to invest in ecological fish farming in Latvia

NEFCO and the Finnish company Salmela-Yhtiöt Oy have agreed to invest in the Latvian company Blue Circle SIA to start ecological fish farming near Riga ...

Aquafarmers on the Front Lines

By Jenny SeifertSanta Barbara, USA.- Many of the world’s future farmers will likely be farming oceans, as aquaculture – the cultivation of fish and other ...

As Seafood Farming Grows, So Does the Threat of Climate Change

By Jenny Seifert*Many of the world’s future farmers will likely be farming oceans, as aquaculture – the cultivation of fish and other aquatic species – ...