Fish
Which design is best?
The design of an aquaculture system is essential to the operation’s success, and should be appropriate to environmental conditions and staffing skills.
- How to set up an aquaponics system
- Choosing the right aquaculture technology
- Moving fish
- Cold-tolerant tilapia can weather winter’s chill
- Small scale fish farming
- Why aquaculture is stressful for fish
- Comparing nutritional values of wild and farmed whitefish
- Near-infrared spectrometers determine stage maturity in channel catfish
Fish
Weighing the risks of farming non-native fish species in India
The culture of some species such as pangasius (Pangasianodon hypoththalmus), Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus)
Transgenic fish are ready for us — are we ready for them?
Companies such as AquaBounty Technologies create fertilized salmon eggs with growth-enhancing DNA from other fish species.
Model provides fisheries with solution to overharvesting
Model developed that allows fisheries to net enough to meet rising consumer demand while ensuring adequate income and replenishment of natural stocks.
5 ways companies are cleaning up fish farming
Companies from around the world lead the charge. Here are five ways firms are working to clean up fish farming.
Can high-tech bacteria make fish farming more sustainable?
Wild seafood is disappearing rapidly, and many consumers have turned to farmed fish as a way to help reverse the trend.
5 strategies to get sustainable fish farming right
The world's appetite for fish is steadily growing. Finfish and shellfish currently make up one-sixth of the animal protein people consume globally.
Will Fish Farming Overtake Cattle Ranching?
Aquacultural output, growing at 11 percent a year over the past decade, is the fastest growing sector of the world food economy.
Tuna aquaculture: Fishing for progress
New research brings commercial scale tuna aquaculture closer to reality. Tuna aquaculture: Fishing for progress
Sea weed: Researchers get tilapia high to reduce stress
Researchers in Lebanon fed Nile tilapia special fish pellets laced with cannabis oil in an effort to reduce stress and lower mortality rates, reports Metro.
Researchers breed strep-resistant tilapia
Of the $8 billion worth of farmed tilapia produced each year, around $1 billion is lost to streptococcosis, according to the USDA Agricultural Research Service
Radical rethink over micronutrient requirements for farmed salmon
A new study suggests that farmed Atlantic salmon diets should contain four times the levels of niacin and twice the levels of vitamin B-6 compared
Prevent disease outbreaks through effective bacterial pathogen control
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food-producing industry and is currently playing a major role in global protein production.