It matters who your mother is, even for fish

Norway.- Tilapia has become a top seafood staple on many dinner tables worldwide. New research shows the Tilapia-industry can produce more of the finest cuts ...

A view from above and below: Hatchery chinook salmon are self-sorting in tanks

Corvallis, USA.- Hatchery-raised chinook salmon sort themselves into surface- and bottom-oriented groups in their rearing tanks. This behavior might be due in part to the ...

Certification of Chinese Origin Aquaculture Scallops to the EU

USA.- In September 2016, the NOAA Seafood Inspection Program (SIP) was requested by a U.S. exporter to issue European Union (EU) Health Certificates for Chinese ...

Canada’s Seafood Farmers Welcome New Federal Science Review

Ottawa, Canada.- Canada’s seafood farmers today welcomed a new federal review of science-based decision-making in aquaculture.

Riding New Waves of Change in Aquaculture

The Netherlands.- The young and rapidly growing aquaculture industry is in constant flux. We identify key dynamics that not only foster change and growth in ...

Scottish salmon farming under review

Scotland.- The biggest review of the environmental impacts of the Scottish salmon industry for over fifteen years is underway.

Secretary of State visits Institute of Aquaculture

Scotland.- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove MP, had the opportunity to see first-hand how University of Stirling research is ...

Farmed seafood and livestock stack up differently using alternate feed efficiency measure

USA.- A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future found that, contrary to widely ...

New recommendations for growth of organic aquaculture

Norway.- Europe’s organic aquaculture industry has received a boost, thanks to an EU-funded initiative that revised the current EU regulatory framework. Not only will this ...

SEAFDEC to shrimp farmers – Don’t stock during cold months

The Philippines.- A study by SEAFDEC/AQD scientist Dr. Eleonor Tendencia has shown that a drop in temperature weakens the immune response of shrimp making them ...