Outrigger Impact (Outrigger) has announced the launch of the Outrigger Impact Fund I, a blended finance vehicle that will provide equity and debt financing to blue economy businesses in Small Island…
The Okayama University of Science and Murakami City have launched a joint research project to cultivate chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in a land-based aquaculture system using an innovative…
With wild stocks under pressure from trade and habitat loss, Ecomare’s seahorse project in Portugal is testing how controlled aquaculture can meet demand and protect fragile populations.
Ecocean’s technique of capturing, ranching and then releasing wild fish offers an alternative to traditional aquaculture – enhancing rather than exploiting marine ecosystems – but can it be made to…
On a small, remote atoll in French Polynesia – surrounded by thousands of kilometers of open ocean – Kamoka Pearl is using innovative techniques to farm oysters in harmony with the reef.
Massive blooms of sargassum seaweed are choking Caribbean coastlines – threatening marine life, deterring tourism and damaging coastal economies – but where others see a threat, SOS Biotech is…
Scotland’s Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery is set to start producing native oysters too, following its acquisition by Balanced Horizon - a charity that has given it a new name and a new lease of…
A new study provides an outline of the key barriers hindering the growth of Vietnam’s seaweed industry and a look at the policy strategies needed to unlock its true potential.
A consortium of algal researchers has co-authored a report, published in the European Journal of Phycology, that highlights the need for a coordinated effort to preserve seaweed genetic diversity to…
For a decade Tom Ashton has held a fascination with Scotland's native oyster, and today has made it his mission to make the species a commercial and environmental success.
Former WNBA basketball player Sue Wicks now grows kelp, as well as oysters, in Great South Bay, Long Island, using a novel technique for shallow water cultivation.
A collaboration seeking to combat kelp forest loss has been announced between the Japanese township of Asahi and Uninomics - a sea urchin ranching company.
With the help of EU funding, plans to install solar panels at a Slovenian trout farm have turned into a model for water use, waste management, and biodiversity within the aquaculture sector.
Mowi – a producer of Scottish salmon – has begun the planting process for a project to establish a new native woodland at Maol Ban on the Isle of Skye.
While aquaculture has not always been well-received around the Greek islands, one family has managed to combine fish farming with tourism, suggesting that the two sectors can successfully co-exist.
In an effort to contribute to efforts to support conservation of wild salmonid populations in Scotland, Salmon Scotland has awarded significant funding to a groundbreaking gene bank project, amongst…
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