Precision aquaculture, part 1: Data and evidence-based management
Adopting precision aquaculture can aid a farm’s integration with the community. Learn more in the first article from the GAIN project.
Precision sea bass: New technologies at Mediterranean Seafarms
As seen through the GAIN project, adopting precision aquaculture tools improve feeding strategies and preventative measures for sea bass.
Trout might be the fish America needs right now
Boasting a bright red-orange and oil-rich fillet like salmon, trout can be grown to market size faster and are often less expensive.
After first harvest, offshore aquaculture venture in Qatar sets fresh ambitions
With a successful sea bass harvest last fall, Qatar’s only offshore aquaculture venture now seeks to double production and diversify into other species.
How a land-preservation easement saved a California oyster company
Hog Island Oyster Company got some last-minute help from Marin Agricultural Land Trust, the first-ever land-preservation easement for mariculture.
Kelp is the climate-friendly crop that could
Kelp aquaculture is poised for growth on both U.S. coasts, but one grower network in Maine is building a brand and demand for domestic seaweed.
Seafood’s newfound retail popularity has a permanent feel to it
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed seafood in mostly positive ways, according to a retail survey commissioned by the Global Seafood Alliance.
Donald Lightner, influential figure in shrimp aquaculture, remembered
Donald Lightner, pre-eminent shrimp pathology researcher and longtime head of the University of Arizona Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, has died.
An urchin opportunity awaits in New England
To both restore waterways and meet a growing demand for the so-called “foie gras” of the sea, researchers are stepping up efforts to restore green sea urchins.
They sell shellfish shares by the seashore: A surge of oyster CSAs
During the pandemic, several U.S. shellfish farmers have found much-needed relief through community supported aquaculture programs, or CSAs.
Seaspiracy film assails fishing and aquaculture sectors that seem ready for a good fight
Seaspiracy, a new Netflix documentary-style film, depicts the fishing and aquaculture in an ugly fashion but the industry response is swift.
How resilient is aquaculture in the face of a pandemic?
Lead author of a Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future study examines how seafood businesses and related institutions are responding to the pandemic.
Polyculture of pikeperch juveniles in recirculating aquaculture systems
Evaluating production performance and behavior of juvenile pikeperch with other fish species in RAS monoculture and polyculture.
Pandemic persists and Pacific NW shellfish sector digs in
Eight months into the pandemic, the gloom and doom has lightened and there’s hope in the air for the Pacific Northwest shellfish sector.
The great mussel debate: What’s wild, what’s farmed and what certification scheme fits the bill?
Mussels are subject to an ongoing debate about whether certification should be in the realm of fisheries or aquaculture. Take a deep dive into the matter.
The keys to making land-based and offshore aquaculture work? Scale, scale, scale
GOAL delegates heard that the biggest opportunity for land-based and offshore aquaculture is to scale production and increase seafood supplies.