A recent tsunami, triggered by a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the Russian coast, has affected oyster and scallop farms in Japan.
After five years of trial and error, Maine scallop farming startup Vertical Bay could be on the cusp of a significant breakthrough – with plans to increase production by up to fourfold next year.
A report published by the Scottish government details the productivity, value, and employment statistics of the shellfish aquaculture sector within the country.
As part of a strategy to increase exports, the Japan Scallop Export Promotion Association will present Japanese scallops at the Seafood Expo Global event, held in Barcelona from 23 to 25 April, 2024.
Alan Espinoza, founder of Bendito Mar, is determined to transform Mexico’s shellfish farming sector in order to improve the environment and create new livelihoods for people in fragile former fishing…
PBS has announced it is set to screen a three-part docuseries, Hope in the Water, which highlights the stories of aquaculture and fisheries innovators who are working toward a sustainable future for…
The Ocean 14 Capital Fund, which has invested in a number of aquaculture operations in a bid to improve marine health, has received a €20 million investment from Convex Group, taking it past its €150…
A new line of shelf-stable plant-based alternatives to scallops has recently been launched by Mind Blown as the newest addition its award-winning plant-based seafood portfolio.
New research suggest that noise from human activities like drilling, shipping and mining is harming ocean invertebrates like crabs, molluscs, squid, prawns and bivalves.
A group of researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are using a $3 million-grant from the National Science Foundation to explore an emerging group of transmissible cancers that impact both farmed…
Scallop aquaculture in Maine has been developing for the past 20 years – giving former and existing commercial fishermen new job prospects in the blue economy.
NOAA Sea Grant has announced $2.1 million to fund four projects that advance aquaculture research and extension to support sustainable aquaculture in Maine.
Peruvian Jenny Soria Nina develops technologies to facilitate the growth of the aquaculture sector. One of her recent successes is a mobile hatchery designed to produce scallops and other aquatic…
The three Fernandez Muniz brothers are pioneering a new form of shellfish farming on Galicia’s Ria de Arousa – ongrowing clams in lantern nets in order to improve the fortunes of the thousands of…
Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced today it has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of $2.1 million, one of the largest pre-seed rounds for companies using fermentation for…
The plant-based seafood segment is moving far beyond soy and corn-based substitutions and can now offer seafood lovers the same taste and experience as the "real thing", according to Monica Talbert,…
Unlike alt-meat, alt-seafood may struggle to reach more than a niche market, according to Rabobank seafood analyst Gorjan Nikolik, due to a range of issues.
Newly published statistics demonstrate that Scotland’s shellfish aquaculture sector has - as suspected - been hit hard by the drop in demand caused by Covid-19.
One of the UK’s largest aquaculture operations – which ultimately aims to cultivate scallops, oysters and seaweed in novel systems over a 25-hectare site off Yorkshire – is due to get started in the…
The volume of farmed mussels and Pacific oysters produced in Scotland last year increased by 6 percent and 42 percent respectively, making for a record year for the country’s shellfish sector.
The Russian authorities believe that aquaculture is the key to enhancing fish and seafood production in the far east of the country, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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