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When Jenn Fortier was in sixth grade, she read a book about a scientist named Eugenie Clark. Nicknamed “The Shark Lady,” Clark was a giant in the field of shark study, and a pioneer in the use of SCUBA diving for research purposes. Fortier was hooked, and she immediately told […]

Tight restrictions and big appetites promise tidy profits if farms can iron out kinks Full farming of bluefin tuna, which starts with getting the fish to spawn in a completely artificial environment, is finally showing signs of becoming profitable. Investors are responding accordingly, pushing up the stocks of companies that […]

Taiwan’s largest aquaculture companies are investing in the Philippines as their production hub for seafood exports to Taiwan and ASEAN countries. Patty Yen, deputy executive director for strategic marketing department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), said this at the first Taiwan Aquaculture Trade Mission to the Philippines held […]

Malta-based AquaBioTech Group has built a new facility in the Netherlands it says will help research the capabilities of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The Coppens Aqua Centre (ACAC), owned by aquatic nutrition firm Alltech Coppens International, opened recently in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. It was designed to provide the company the […]

Researchers from AZTI, Biopolis S.L. (Spain), University of Aveiro (Portugal) and the Aguacircia Aquaculture company (Portugal) have evaluated the impact of the use of bacteriophages that fight the pathogens responsible for diseases that affect species bred in fish farms. Replacing antibiotics with phages is a highly promising option in aquaculture […]

UAPB plans fish sale; proceeds benefit program The Aquaculture Research Station at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will sell catfish and tilapia from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20. Funds raised will support fish station projects. Fish will be sold for $1.50 per pound on a […]

Taiwan’s largest aquaculture companies are investing in the Philippines as their production hub for seafood exports to Taiwan and ASEAN countries, reports Manila Bulletin. Patty Yen, deputy executive director for strategic marketing department of Taiwan External Trade Development Council, said investment is under way after the two countries agreed to […]

More than 150 North American students applied for the third annual Lallemand Forward Scholarship Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce the 2017 Lallemand Forward Scholarship recipients, which were selected from more than 150 applicants. Sasha van der Klein is the recipient of the doctoral scholarship, receiving $3,000. Van der […]

Terence Barry, senior scientist in animal science, shows one of many tanks of fish being studied at the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory, where he researches aquaculture and the stress response in fish.  Scientists have known for years that when some fish sense predators eating members of their species, they […]

In 2015, the salmon sector produced more fish protein than it consumed. This is shown by new figures from IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation. IFFO has calculated new Fish In: Fish Out ratios (FIFO) for 2015 and for the first time FIFO figures for salmonids are below 1. Calculated with […]