Recirculating nutrients in aquaponics – worm filtration for treating sludge

As production of farmed animals continues to grow, treating their effluents correctly becomes increasingly important. In many countries the nitrate load of soil and groundwater ...

Aquaculture Review Board Website Launched

Canada.- Nova Scotians can follow the work of the independent Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board, established as part of government’s approach to regulating the aquaculture ...

Better quality but less harvest amid higher demand push fish prices

By Catherine TevesManila, The Philippine (PNA).- Better quality of harvest and lower production amid higher demand pushed farmgate prices of most fish products in the ...

Guide to the Identification of Harmful Microalgae in the Gulf of Mexico

USA.- This Guide to the Identification of Harmful Microalgae in the Gulf of Mexico was developed for analysts and managers world-wide involved in marine HAB monitoring, ...

FAO warns of climate change impact on world’s most productive marine ecosystem: the Humboldt Current System

Santiago, Chile.- During recent decades, the Humboldt Current System produced more fish by surface unit than any other marine system; however, climate change could shift ...

Mangrove Crab hatchery facility to provide reliable seedstock in Northern Luzon

By Jesselle S LaranasThe Philippines.- The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) ...

Working for the present and future of aquaculture

Copenhagen, Denmark.- Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors, with its volume now accounting for more than half of world seafood production. ...

What we learned from the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report

The Netherlands.- The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 (SOFIA), which as ...

Aquaculture stakeholders seeks to increase fish production in Africa

Nigeria.- The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) has organized a workshop for Aquaculture stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa to brainstorm and develop plans for aquaculture ...

Fish reproduction: Two times a lady

Japan.- A DNA probing technique clarifies the mechanism behind clonal reproduction of female dojo loach fish, also providing insight into the ancestral origin of the ...