Umami Bioworks is bucking the negative trends that hit the cell-cultivated meat and seafood sectors – landing significant deals with some of the biggest players in the seafood and pet food worlds.
Japanese consumers are open toward buying eel alternatives, including cultured versions, according to a recent survey conducted by cultured seafood innovator Forsea
In a first for the aquaculture sector, Indonesia’s Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) has successfully achieved the first step in reproducing tropical eels.
Successfully breeding the European eel in captivity has proved elusive so far, but a number of recent research breakthroughs suggest that it might be feasible to achieve in the not-too-distant…
RuralWorks, an impact-driven investment firm committed to fostering rural community growth and environmental sustainability, has announced a $1.5 million investment in American Unagi, the largest eel…
After more than a decade of raising eels, Sara Rademaker, the founder of American Unagi, sees New England’s eel farming sector as having a much greater chance of acceptance – and success – than many…
Biotechnology firm Triplebar and cultivated seafood platform company Umami Meats* are partnering to develop optimised cell lines for Japanese eel that can be used to produce cultivated seafood at…
A range of aquatic species that are both cultured and occur in wild in the Netherlands are due to be monitored for their genetic diversity and then cryopreserved.
Researchers from across the globe presented their latest research during the Europe Aquaculture Society (EAS) congress in Madeira, Spain earlier this year. Here’s a look at some of the latest…
While insect production is likely to grow significantly in the coming years, it will be vital for the aquafeed industry to make the most out of what is likely to remain a fairly niche ingredient and…
Indonesia’s eel farming industry has huge potential – as long as all stakeholders can make a supportive ecosystem – according to Angga Kurniawan, general manager of one of the country’s pioneering…
Ching Fui Fui is an associate professor at the University Malaysia in Sabah. She runs the university fish hatchery and works at the Borneo Marine Research institute, a centre of excellence working on…
Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, which has helped to launch some of the state’s most innovative aquaculture businesses, is now the subject of international interest too, helping…
A UK-based trader has been sentenced to a suspended two year prison sentence having been found guilty of smuggling around 5.3 million European eels from Spain, through the UK and on to East Asia.
On the day that Eels: Biology, Monitoring, Management, Culture and Exploitation, is launched, The Fish Site caught up with Paul Coulson, who co-edited the book with Andy Don, to find out more about…
Joost Blom, BioMar’s resident eel feed expert, sheds some light on the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable increase in farming one of the planet’s most mysterious fish.
BioMar has decided to increase its output of feed for a range of juvenile fish and those grown in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), by adding a new line to its aquafeed factory in Denmark.
CANADA - Enterra Feed Corporation has received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to sell its Whole Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a feed ingredient for salmonids, including…
SWEDEN - Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife is previously known as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical areas. Now, researchers at Stockholm University,…
DENMARK - Rearing European eels in captivity throughout their life cycle in a complex task, hampered by our lack of knowledge about several phases of their life cycle. Recently published research has…
INDIA - Scientists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered at least two new species of eel fish, within last ten months, from the Bay of Bengal along the West Bengal coast, writes…
NETHERLANDS - People who eat a lot of eel from polluted rivers in the Netherlands have high levels of dioxin- and PCB-like substances in their systems. This finding comes from a study by PhD…
US - New research has revealed that eels do make leaping attacks out of the water. This discovery confirms a 200-year-old story by Alexander von Humboldt.
This World Fish Migration Day, the importance of maintaining healthy and connected rivers and streams for species that occupy both fresh and marine waters is being highlighted across the globe.…
DENMARK - For the first time, it has been shown that eels from the Mediterranean Sea are able find their way through the Strait of Gibraltar to the Atlantic and potentially reach the Sargasso Sea to…
MALAYSIA - The Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Kinki University, Japan have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to establish UMS-Kinki University Aquaculture Development Centre in Malaysia for…
JAPAN - Kinki University has attracted much attention for becoming the first in the world to produce farmed bluefin tuna, but recently it has also succeeded in producing something else - catfish that…
IRELAND - A new collaborative research initiative, involving Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) scientists and a number of former eel fishermen, aims to further develop national knowledge of eels and…
CANADA - After more than a century of speculation, researchers have finally proved that American eels really do migrate to the Sargasso Sea to reproduce.
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