New Nofima research shows that giving farmed rainbow trout extra omega-3 does not improve their health or survival, but they still store more omega-3 in their fillets than Atlantic salmon fed the…
An exclusive interview about the importance of vitamin D in aquafeeds, featuring Sebastien Rider of dsm-firmenich, is now available to view on YouTube.
Janno van der Laan is the founder of Nasaru Naturals, a startup cultivating spirulina in the soda lakes of East Africa’s Rift Valley, as a sustainable protein source for both human nutrition and…
Applications are open for GreenWave’s Kelp CoLab, a new programme designed to develop beauty and personal care products that contain farmed kelp, in a bid to boost market demand and strengthen the…
A marine ecologist warns that coastal mining activities could undermine Raja Ampat’s grouper aquaculture and wild fisheries, threatening both marine ecosystems and long-term sustainability.
An initiative that has been investigating the introduction of farmed seaweed into mainstream foods in order to boost their nutritional profiles has been hailed as a success.
BioMara, a seaweed biotechnology company, has successfully completed commercial-scale trials of its proprietary fucoidan extraction process at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI).
Nick Shell, co-founder of Halophilic Marine Agriculture, who is pioneering the aquaculture of Salicornia using marine hydroponics in disused Vietnamese shrimp ponds, believes that the saline plant…
Its annual production of 60,000 tonnes of mussels makes St Andrews the world’s largest producer of the bivalves, according to the Chilean company’s former farm general manager, Felix Howard.
In Bangladesh, public opinion holds strong that frozen seafood is inferior to its fresh counterparts, however, as Zubair Khan explains, this is often not the case.
A new publication that aims to promote the nutritional benefits of shrimp has been launched by the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) and Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA).
Oceanium – an innovator of seaweed ingredients – has secured funding to drive the design and development of seaweed superfoods which can contribute to a healthy diet.
Although both macro- and micro-algae have an impressive range of health and wellness benefits, producers and processors can’t just sit back and assume buy-in from consumers, as a new report…
As BioMara kicks off its bid to raise £2 million to fund its processing scale-up to deliver orders for customers, Jay Dignan details how the Scottish startup aims to catalyse the growth of the…
While there are still a number of challenges to overcome, a number of innovators in the Philippines believe that cultivating Ulva has long term potential at a time when diversification of the…
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is slowly being transformed by groundwater extraction, overpopulation, pollution and climate change. Unsolved, this will dramatically reduce Vietnam’s aquaculture output and…
We’re all too familiar with the scandals that have tainted the seafood sector. But, traceability systems can swiftly address issues such as seafood fraud and forced labour, along with solutions that…
Lerøy, one of the world's largest salmon farming companies, claims to be on the cusp of finding an application for the one part of salmon that is currently wasted – the blood.
Scientists have found that farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss of essential dietary nutrients and that forage fish such as sardines, which are often converted into aquafeeds, should be…
Chilean biotech startup Aquit is developing a preventative treatment against infections in fish that boosts natural immunity, improves survival rates and replaces the need for antibiotics, according…
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