Aquaculture as a whole is the second most valuable fishery in Maine, right behind the iconic lobster. Maine’s cold water is ideal for fish production, and the state’s clean environment and close access to markets has allowed Maine producers to fetch as much as 10 to 15 percent more than competitors. The state’s aquaculture industry also is diversifying. Seaweed and scallops are just a couple of the new areas Maine aqua farmers are exploring. Some companies are even exploring land-based fish farms for salmon and yellowtail, although none have gone commercial yet.

The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana is recommending that government takes steps to increase local feed production to facilitate the growth and economic potential of the fish farming industry in Ghana. This is based on a study of the aquaculture sector in Ghana which gives indication of great opportunities especially for tilapia farming.

European legislation should be adapted to allow insect products as a sustainable and innovative source of animal proteins for food consumption and animal feed. Insect producers issued this call on Monday in Brussels, where they came together to formally establish IPIFF, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed.

The International Fishmeal and Oil Organisation is inviting input into a new version of IFFO RS, the leading standard for the responsible sourcing of the marine ingredients

Food & Water Watch filed two legal petitions asking the FDA to evaluate AquaBounty’s (ABTX) genetically engineered salmon as a “food additive,” instead of as an animal drug, and to declare GMO salmon unsafe to eat based on the food additive review process.

Aquaculture is the future of seafood sustainability: Some consumers have a knee-jerk reaction against aquaculture. It is a strange double standard, though, as they might refuse to eat farmed salmon but will gladly partake of factory farm chicken or pork, both which are far more questionable than farmed salmon. Consumers have been overwhelmed with negative media depictions of farmed fish, and they often don’t understand the realities...

Marine biologists at the Bribie Island Research Centre, north of Brisbane, have developed a system that recycles aquaculture waste water through sand filtration. In the treatment process the water is also used to grow marine worms, which until now have been difficult to grow on a commercial scale. Farmers can then feed the worms to their prawns or sell them for a high price.

Plant Sensory Systems LLC, based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, was one of four aquaculture project out of 15 that are to receive funding from the latest round of the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program, an initiative of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland that teams Maryland companies with university researchers.

Pangasius is no longer the dominant force in the Vietnamese fish export trade. Farmers are switching to Tilapia and in 2014, export value of this fish topped $32.2 million.

As El Niño enters transition period, agencies predict event to continue throughout 2015

Fish farmers met in Dubai this week to explain how the industry, though occasionally hindered by politics, has come of age.

Synne Marte Andersen PhD thesis from the University of Bergen/NIFES, is entitled: \'Interactions of arginine and polyamines on growth and metabolism in Atlantic salmon\'.

Peter Ododa, passionate about fish and poultry farming, uses his talent to locally manufacture fish feeds, using what he calls \"local materials.\" Ododa has now decided to commercialize his locally made feeds.

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is mulling proposal to include the environmental impact information on the labelling of aquaculture produce, Parliament was told.

Applications are due to Grants.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time April 27, 2015

New Zealand aquaculture will be getting stronger mussels, thanks to some heavyweight Kiwi science underway in Nelson.

The research centre, which is scheduled to start up in June 2015, will contribute knowledge on fish farming in arctic environments in Finnmark, a county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway, to optimize ongoing operations and to explore the possibilities for growth in this region.

Penver Products Ltd., in conjunction with National Fish & Seafood (NFS), is India’s first group to achieve four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status for shrimp or any species, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced.

Deakin\'s School of Life and Environmental Sciences has teamed up with Australia\'s largest commercial provider of high performance animal nutrition solutions, Ridley Corporation, to improve the quality of food available to fish in commercial farms, while reducing their impact on the marine world

Scientists at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) have proved that growing lupins provides a viable alternative source of soy-grade protein for animal and fish feeds in the UK.