Responsibility
‘Red sea plume’ alga may significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cow manure
Adding red sea plume (Asparagopsis taxiformis) to stored dairy cow manure can cut greenhouse gas emissions nearly in half, a new study finds.
Fisheries
Would shifting to more terrestrial protein production accelerate biodiversity loss? Recent study says yes
Authors argue that expanding land-based protein production could amplify biodiversity loss, whereas well-managed fisheries can operate within existing ecosystem structures.
Innovation & Investment
20,000 lettuces under the sea: Could underwater agriculture be the future of farming?
Preliminary research suggests that emerging mariculture methods could provide alternatives to land-based agriculture and within recirculating systems.
Responsibility
Calories count. Aquaculture makes them truly add up.
Salmon farms are quite different from terrestrial farms in providing both nutrition and calories. They produce stunningly more of both than their land-based counterparts.
Responsibility
Land-use efficiency study puts aquaculture on a pedestal
Focused on land-use implications of terrestrial meat production, the study concluded that aquaculture can meet the protein demands of a growing global population without adding strain on arable land, water or our other natural resources.
Intelligence
In a land of lakes, a rally cry for recirculating aquaculture
Wisconsin State Rep. Mary Felzkowski and others are championing aquaculture to grow food production in the state, with a keen interest in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
Responsibility
A look at integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
In integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, farmers combine the cultivation of fed species such as finfish or shrimp with extractive seaweeds, aquatic plants and shellfish and other invertebrates that recapture organic and inorganic particulate nutrients for their growth.
Responsibility
Water use at integrated aquaculture-agriculture farms
Fish farming in Egypt is not formally recognized as an agricultural activity, so aquaculture cannot use water from irrigation canals. However, fish are raised as primary or secondary crops in combination with fruit and other plant crops.