Oyster restoration has long been a priority for The Nature Conservancy. Shellfish serve as nature’s water-purification system, filtering sediment, algae and excess nutrients from the water. Their reefs provide nurseries and feeding grounds for fish and other c…
Mowi farm technician Clara McGhee notes how incremental environmental changes - as can be observed on a seasonal basis from a salmon farm - are also having a wider, and more worrying, impact on the health of wild salmon across much of their range.
A project seeking to close the breeding cycle of the European spiny lobster is showing promising results and may help both to support coastal diversification opportunities and encourage restoration of the species in the wild.
A million native oysters (Ostrea edulis) are due to be planted off the south coast of England next year, in a bid to boost the UK's dwindling population of the prized bivalves.
Dr Carly Daniels, research and development manager at the National Lobster Hatchery in Cornwall, hopes that her pioneering lobster growing trial will not only kick-start a viable lobster aquaculture industry but also help to enhance the local lobster fishery t…
Joost Blom, BioMar’s resident eel feed expert, sheds some light on the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable increase in farming one of the planet’s most mysterious fish.
Traditional mussel production may take place in sheltered sea lochs and estuaries, but an ambitious new venture off the coast of Devon has found that offshore options offer a range of benefits – both environmental and commercial
Thanks to an ongoing project led by the National Lobster Hatchery, UK lobster farming might be about to shift gear into a semi-intensive, highly productive industry. We spoke to project insider Dr Carly Daniels about why innovations that might revolutionise th…
The global aquaculture industry is expected to grow by 3-4 percent in 2018, with the salmon sector one of the major areas of increase, according to a report published by Rabobank today.
Popular and adaptable, Nile tilapia are leading cichlid production worldwide. So why is the species banned in three of South Africa’s nine provinces? As Conchita Milburn reports, managing South Africa’s tilapia stocks is a balancing act that pits the sector’s …
Dr Andrew Davie argues that, despite the struggles of Europe's cod and tuna aquaculture industries, there is still scope for the region’s fish farmers to diversify from the production of salmonid species.
