Australia has huge potential to growth its aquaculture sector – in particular through investment in offshore production, the development of recirculation systems, increasing production in the…
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…
Farming barramundi alongside tiger prawns can increase profits without reducing productivity, according to a growing number of Indonesian aquaculture operators.
In collaboration with local villagers and scientists, an international team of researchers are breeding and releasing freshwater prawns into the Senegal River in an attempt to combat a spiralling…
Jyotirmayee Moharana, who hails from Orissa, joined the Aquaconnect* team as a banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sales manager. She now travels to villages in the state’s coastal belt…
Emerging research warns that increased ocean acidity could make farmed tiger shrimps lose their flavour, potentially threatening the value of Taiwan’s shrimp exports.
A new research collaboration seeking to give the northern Australia’s tiger prawn aquaculture industry a biosecurity boost has been launched at James Cook University.
India’s Central government is looking forward to developing a sustainable seaweed cultivation sector, as well as stepping up a shrimp ranching initiative, according to Jatindra Nath Swain, the…
As Project Sea Dragon comes one step closer to lift-off, The Fish Site assesses the potential impacts – both positive and negative – that it’s likely to have on the social, economic and environmental…
Donnie Bunting started out in the dairy industry but decided to farm tilapia to stay ahead of the curve. Now, his family-owned business has expanded and produces tilapia, redclaw crayfish and Malayan…
The recurring boom-and-bust cycles in aquaculture production, where upscaling leads to diseases and eventual production collapse, have been one of the key factors in the declining rate of the…
The UK’s appetite for tropical prawns could be responsible for the death of thousands of threatened marine turtles each year, according to a new report launched by WWF on World Sea Turtle Day.
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