A family search for chemical-free food has become a commercial aquaponics venture producing tilapia and vegetables, with export plans stretching from Zimbabwe to Europe.
From red drum hatcheries to a home-grown aquaponics venture, Bettina von Arnim’s story reveals both the promise of Mauritian aquaculture and the reasons she is stepping back to explore a more…
French startup Agriloops has recently launched its first commercial-scale saline aquaponics facility, in a bid to produce environmentally responsible shrimp and vegetables for the local market.
Aquantic Fish Farm, in Saudi Arabia, combines tilapia production with crop cultivation, while there are also plans to produce rainbow trout in a RAS unit – as Youssef Eltahawy, the farm’s technical…
Professor Kevin Fitzsimmons has an optimistic outlook for the global aquaculture sector, especially in terms of alternative aquafeed ingredients, but is deeply concerned how plans to raise import…
Mazen Elsawaf, technical director of Maher fish farm in Saudi Arabia and a strong advocate of RAS, represents a new generation of ambitious young Egyptians in aquaculture.
Aquafarm – an international aquaculture conference – has announced that it will join with NovelFarm and AlgaeFarm, exhibitions focussed on hydroponics and algae cultivation, for the 2025 edition of…
As it seeks to ramp up tilapia production in Kenya and Rwanda, Victory Farms has decided to outsource much of its egg production to local smallholders – bringing a range of community benefits.
Aquaponics facilities are generally more profitable than the recirculation aquaculture systems (RASs) that have sprung up in the US in the past decades.
In the face of rising mortality rates caused by warming sea temperatures, Saumon de France - Europe's most southernly net pen salmon producer - has had to significantly modify its production cycle,…
Despite scepticism from some parts of the mainstream aquaculture sector, aquaponics can make a meaningful contribution to global food security, as well as a flourishing business, according to Dr…
Representatives from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and Delaware State University (DSU) recently travelled to Ghana to promote opportunities in aquaculture and fisheries.
Libyan-based Dr Jamila Rizgalla, head of the Department of Aquaculture at the University of Tripoli, talks about her journey into the aquaculture sector and how she is working to progress aquaculture…
Kenneth Odoemenam is an aquaculture consultant, catfish farmer and YouTube sensation from Nigeria, who leverages the power of social media to drive his catfish farming and consulting business.
Fish waste in aquaponics can be used to produce biogas for these facilities, as well as help to fertilise the plants, according to new research from the University of Gothenburg.
Mia Avril from Castries, Saint Lucia, who has assisted in the growth of aquaculture in Trinidad, Jamaica, Dominica and the Bahamas, is a firm believer in on-farm aquafeed production and aquaponics.
Yasmin Abdullah is a researcher at the Fish Farming and Technology Institute at Suez Canal University and also works in one of Egypt’s largest national aquaculture projects.
Researchers with Auburn University in the United States are exploring and overcoming the barriers to adopting aquaponics in food deserts by focusing on design decisions.
A post-graduate research scholarship to investigate the potential for aquaponics to provide fish and vegetable produce in extreme conditions – including on the Moon and Mars – is being offered by the…
New analysis suggests that pond aquaculture could be the tilapia industry’s best way to profitably intensify production – and that, other than for a few notable exceptions, recirculating aquaculture…
Upward Farms new Pennsylvania facility boasts an aquaponics system for microgreens and fish production, with plans to serve the Northeastern United States and beyond.
Researchers in Spain claim that growing Salicornia and grey mullet together in an aquaponics system has considerable potential.
Salicornia, which is also known as samphire or glasswort, is a fleshy…
Following a €3.7 million deal, Agtira is poised to produce salmon, cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs in an aquaponics facility beside the Östersund branch of Sweden’s largest supermarket chain, Maxi ICA.
A novel water purification system inspired sewage plants has been shown to be effective at optimising fish waste for use as fertiliser for plants in aquaponics facilities.
The case for aquaponics – typically the co-culture of fish and edible plants – as a means to improve food security may be regularly overstated by well-meaning idealists. Yet a range of aquaponics…
Dr James Rakocy, who has been involved in designing systems that produce both plants and fish since the 1970s, reveals his hard-won experience in a sector that is only set to grow.
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