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The marine snail opisthobranch, a.k.a. the sea hare, is used for biomedical research in neuroscience as a model for memory and learning. 

Hog Island Oyster Company got some last-minute help from Marin Agricultural Land Trust, the first-ever land-preservation easement for mariculture. 

Shikinejima is a scenic getaway for tourists but the seas surrounding its volcano offer a glimpse of how the ocean could behave in the future. 

KelpRing has received funding to explore the possible benefits of installing kelp forests within salmon pens to benefit cleaner fish. 

NOAA Fisheries’ State of Alaska Aquaculture Report paints a promising picture, but local producers face a raft of post-harvest challenges. 

The executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association talks to the Advocate about the diverse and growing industry in his state (oysters, mussels, kelp, eels and salmon) and how aquaculture should be used as a rural development tool. 

Michael Rubino and Gunnar Knapp list key reasons why U.S. marine aquaculture has been limited to a scale far below its vast potential. 

The latest Global Nutrition Report indicates serious levels of both malnutrition and adult overweight and obesity. It is a major challenge, particularly among women and children. Seafood, including from aquaculture, can play a significant role in helping address this issue. 

Authors review global aquaculture production, including development, farming systems, environmental concerns and further growth potential. 

This study examined physiological and biochemical responses of the red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii to elevated water temperature. 

Japanese researchers say that deploying green LED light above flounder grow-out tanks encourages rapid growth and feed intake among the fish. 

Dr. Barry Costa-Pierce on the connection between nitrogen, carbon dioxide and ocean acidification, and the importance of restorative aquaculture. 

First quantitative estimates for nutrient retention in IMTA systems show a large fraction of released nutrients retained by extractive species and harvested. 

The Alaska Mariculture Cluster has won nearly $49 million in grants to support Alaska's big-potential mariculture industry. 

The project will focus on developing technologies suitable for commercial-scale offshore kelp farming and production in Tasmania. 

Initiatives to unite aquaculture and offshore wind farms are popping up globally but they face technical, cost and environmental challenges. 

Social license – a community’s acceptance and support of an industry’s presence – is a key factor in aquaculture’s growth prospects. It’s a major obstacle U.S. waters, in particular. Michael Rubino of NOAA Fisheries discusses the challenges. 

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the potential survival and growth benefits of three multi-strain probiotics in three different stages of juvenile rohu (hatchling to advanced fry). Results showed beneficial effects of the probiotics treatments for the hatchling and fry stages, but not for later stages.