Editorial

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) and IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, recently launched Seafood MAP – a new market and investment program, supported by leading seafood companies, to accelerate sustainable seafood worldwide. Information source: Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative press release Seafood MAP – Measuring and Accelerating Performance of global […]

As fish production in northern waters nears full capacity, S’pore looks to the south to boost supply Written by: Audrey Tan / Science and environment correspondent for Straitstimes.com Photography credit: Alphonsus Chern The fish-rearing capacity of the narrow body of water to Singapore’s north, where almost all the nation’s offshore […]

Flower Ezekiel Msuya (PhD), a Tanzanian scientist who has, for more than 20 years, struggled to promote seaweed farming and its allied products. Written by: Emmanuel Rubagumya / All Africa.com She is a marine biologist working as a researcher at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). Over the years, […]

Few people probably are aware that amebocytes from horseshoe crabs are indispensable for modern medicine. They are the only known source of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), a reagent extraordinarily sensitive to the liposaccharide toxins produced by Gram-negative bacteria, which are responsible for 80% of cases of life-threatening sepsis in humans. […]

This manual provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide to running a tilapia hatchery operation. It includes advice on site selection, site preparation, hatchery design and construction, farming practices (broodstock management, spawning, sex reversal, hormonal feed preparation, and feeding), fingerling harvesting and marketing, biosecurity and fish health management, good farm management practices, […]

Aquaponics can produce fish, along with a range of vegetables and fruits Written by: Angel Tesorero, Staff reporter / GulfNews.com While some parts of the world are grappling with food security brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTIP) has been developing innovative […]

The proliferation of algae isn’t typically a good sign, environmentally speaking. Algae blooms, which are worsening with climate change, strangle other freshwater organisms and marine life. But Sofie Allert and Angela Wuff have a vision of how algae can be used to have a positive environmental impact. Written by: Lauren Stine […]

The New Castle company is innovating animal-free feed for carnivorous fish like salmon (and some plant-based options for people, too). Written by: Holly Quinn / Technical.ly New Castle biotech company White Dog Labs is innovating fish food. More accurately, it’s a player in the growing aquaculture industry that is helping […]

Using robotic technology instead of divers for fish and sea cage surveillance allows monitoring to continue without disruption. Written by: staff / Feedstuffs.com Photography credit: Maarja Kruusmaa A sea cage can hold up to 200,000 farmed salmon, and if the cage sustains damage, the fish could swim out through the […]

Aquaculture is the fastest-growing animal-protein production sector in the world. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) forecasts that it will provide two-thirds of seafood destined for human consumption by 2030 (see figure below).  Written by: World Ocean Initiative Staff It is also one of the most resource-efficient ways of […]