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Sri Lanka’s fisheries ministry will start a conservation program to protect lagoon eco-systems which will boost fisheries resources and eco-tourism also introduce aquaculture, expanding incomes of fisher families. Sri Lanka’s ministry of fisheries said 11 metric tonnes of fish had been harvested from 10 key lagoon in 2015 and 10 […]

Southland Regional Development Strategy planners are still holding out hope for a large-scale aquaculture development to take place in the coming years. Aquaculture project leader Mark O’Connor said aquaculture was still a “primary focus” of the SoRDS Action Plan, despite the failure of the selected Stewart Island site to meet […]

To reduce costs and impact on wild fish stocks, carnivorous fish are increasingly fed plant-based diets in aquaculture. However, the rapid development in aquaculture fish production has not been matched by new methods that accurately can trace the food chain supply in aquaculture production. It’s one of the world’s most […]

Sixteen new projects were funded by grants issued in early April The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute awarded its 2018-20 grants in early April with a goal to increase awareness of the importance of the Great Lakes to Wisconsin’s economy as well as the quality of life. These projects vary from […]

SKRETTING Zambia has called on fish farmers in the country to use high quality feed to increase production. Company sales officer Mary Banda said farmers need to take advantage of Zambia’s abundant water bodies and favourable temperatures in fish farming to boost the sector. In a statement on Friday, Ms […]

Health officials in Canada and the United Kingdom have announced a new initiative aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock and aquaculture production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Innovet-AMR, a partnership between the UK government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), will fund […]

Obvious Ventures, Aqua-Spark and Real Ventures invest in new methods for tracking and managing aquatic populations, making aquaculture more profitable and sustainable. XpertSea, a Canadian company which develops technologies to make aquaculture more profitable and sustainable, announced today that it has raised $10 million CAD in Series A financing. The financing is […]

As the federal government considers bringing in new laws to govern fish farms, there is widespread skepticism that the government will act in the public interest. Tensions surrounding salmon farming are running particularly high in British Columbia where more than 100 operations dot the south and central coast. Many of […]

UI paves the way for progressive fish farming techniques University of Idaho’s Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) is on its way to cutting down imported fresh and saltwater fish to the U.S. and is making strides to bring burbot back from the brink of extinction. The new facility broke ground in […]

Significant increase in demand predicted for farmed salmon and other aquaculture products by leading European experts and a new report The sustainable fish of the future will come from fish farms say leading European scientists and a new analysis on the global aquaculture market. All of them conclude that fish […]