Sensor Globe’s robust, mobile units provide farmers with real time data on the conditions facing their fish at some of the most important moments in their lives.
Tran Van Van swapped a career as a civil engineer for one in aquaculture, founding the Minh Phu International Joint Stock Company, which produces tilapia, catfish and mitten crabs.
In a breakthrough which may revolutionise the monitoring of animal welfare within the aquaculture industry, Nofima researchers have shown that hyperspectral imaging of biofluorescence can measure…
A wave of new welfare-based seafood sourcing policies suggests strong consumer demand for improving conditions for farmed crustaceans, but a literature review suggests that the sentience of decapod…
The last 12 months have proved testing for Malaysia’s shrimp and crab farmers, with a number of new entrants going out of business, but a pivot towards the live market has provided a lifeline for Yit…
Blue Star Foods – a Miami-based sustainable seafood company with a focus on RAS – has been granted an option to purchase land for its RAS expansion in South Carolina to support its soft-shell crab…
After the UK included decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, pressure group Crustacean Compassion launched “The Snapshot”, the first assessment of welfare standards for…
Battery designers have used chitosans derived from crustacean shells as a source of biodegradable electrolytes, unlocking the potential to create safer, cheaper and more sustainable batteries.
Singapore's Shiok Meats and Minh Phu Seafood have agreed to establish a R&D facility to advance the development of cell-cultured seafood after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 27 July.
Yit Tung – who farms mud crabs, shrimp and tilapia in Malaysia – has no regrets about swapping a steady job as an engineer in the oil and gas sector for starting up his own aquaculture venture, RAS…
Anyone doubting the positive impact that academia can have on the development of the aquaculture industry should look at the example of Can Tho University in Vietnam – an institution that has been…
Some of the leading figures in Artemia research are planning to join forces and launch an International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium (IAAC) later this year.
Shiok Meats, the world’s first cell-based crustacean meat company, has raised a bridge funding round from investors including Vietnam’s top seafood exporter, Vinh Hoan Corporation.
The latest round…
A group of researchers in the Philippines is looking to develop and commercialise an app that helps farmers differentiate between three very closely connected crab species – a goal that could save…
Crab farmers in the Philippines have been thrown a lifeline after the government suspended an order that previously prevented them from catching and selling wild mangrove crabs for ongrowing.
A new environmental monitoring initiative that aims to support shrimp and crab aquaculture in mangrove forests has officially been launched in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province.
Mortalities experienced by a number of king crab farmers in the Philippines have been traced back to a batch of juveniles that were imported from Vietnam and turned out to be different species.
A pioneering method that uses aquaculture techniques to ensure the survival and optimum performance of horseshoe crabs that have harvested for use in the medical industry has successfully been tested…
Hairy crab can now be added to the list of species represented in the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program, following the certification of the Zhejiang Aoling Aquatic…
Projects to improve the sustainability of small scale fisheries involving crayfish in China, octopus in Senegal, stone crab in Chile, baitfish in Indonesia, and baitfish and tuna in India have been…
Scientists expect this year’s summer Chesapeake Bay hypoxic zone — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and aquatic life — will be larger than average, approximately 1.89 cubic miles, or…
US - The Oregon Dungeness Crab season has got off to a near disastrous start. The "derby" style fishery opened on 1 December with dismal returns so far. Hugh Link, Executive Director of the Oregon…
ORKNEY, UK - A major £400,000 expansion is underway at the Orkney Fishermen’s Society (OFS) crab processing plant – already the UK’s largest - as the business moves to meet a growing demand for its…
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