AIMS' latest Ideas Matter examines the pressing policy issues facing the fishery and aquaculture.

New farmed species are heading full speed ahead into the Norwegian aquaculture industry. More farms are making it cramped for space along the coast, and this is increasing the danger for spreading disease amongst the different fish species

The Second Hatchery Feeds & Technology Workshop was held over two days in Sydney, 30 September – 1 October 2004, immediately following the ‘Australasian Aquaculture 2004’ conference and trade show.The workshop focused on recent developments in both industry and research as related to new species, feeds and technologies.

Full proceedings from the Aquafeed.com Workshop "Optimize for Profit", held in Bangkok, Thailand, March 2006

Farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada according to new peer reviewed research published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science

Improving blood circulation, turning off inflammation, inhibiting certain brain and eye diseases, and preventing the spread of prostate cancer to bone are a few of the potential benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in fish or fish oil.

NOAA’s effort to increase domestic seafood production through aquaculture gained tremendous momentum recently, when President George W. Bush emphasized the need for sustainable aquaculture in the United States, and urged Congress to move ahead on the National Offshore Aquaculture Act ...

Why Bureaucrats & Environmentalists Miss the Point of Canadian Aquaculture

Webcast, video and presentations of Senate Commerce Committee's National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee (April 6, 2006)

Salmon production, supply and demand worldwide

Country reports, thematic reviews and the final plenary presentations for this workshop, held in Guangzhou, China March 7-11, 2006, are available for download

Canada’s fish and seafood exports totaled $4.3 billion in 2005

Released twice a year, in March and October, Aquaculture Outlook examines the U.S. aquaculture industry including production, inventory, sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish, shrimp, ornamental fish, and new species.

A national investment in research and technology development will be the foundation for the industry's growth. As the Department of Agriculture's in-house research agency, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will be in the forefront of fundamental and applied research to enhance the production efficiency, sustainability, and quality of cultivated aquatic organisms

International Food Policy Research Institute
WorldFish Center 2003

A new Eurobarometer survey provides insights on consumers’ perception of health risks, and in particular those related to food safety. Overall, consumers’ perception of food is positive, food safety concerns are not top-of-mind and the role of public authorities in protecting consumer interests is valued.

You just compare circulation numbers, right? If only it were that simple!

Scholarly publishing must compromise with new open publishing initiatives, study finds

For week commencing October 10, 2005

There is public and media interest about possible links between sea lice, salmon farms and wild salmon stocks in British Columbia. This has resulted from allegations that sea lice from salmon farms are harming wild Pink salmon populations in the Broughton Archipelago, a group of islands north of Johnstone Strait off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.
These allegations spread misinformation and distrust about aquaculture and contribute to a climate of confusion.