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China Converts Giant Cargo Ship into Mobile Fish Farm

China has taken a major step in reimagining its aquaculture strategy by converting a massive cargo ship into a floating fish farm, as part of a broader effort to strengthen national food security and ...
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Bioactive Peptides: A New Frontier in Functional Aquafeeds

Bioactive peptides are emerging as some of the most promising functional ingredients in modern aquafeeds. These naturally derived short chains of amino acids have demonstrated the ability to improve ...
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Formulated moist diet shows promise for early rearing of Patagonian red octopus

The Patagonian red octopus (Enteroctopus megalocyathus) is gaining attention as a species with strong aquaculture potential in southern Chile and Argentina. Its rapid growth, high market value, and ...
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Experts stress the need for integrated management of environmental factors in RAS

Environmental parameters such as light, temperature, water quality, sound and disinfection, when managed in a specie-specific way, are key to achieving higher productivity, better animal welfare and ...
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From Oil Rigs to Seaweed Farms: The Gulf of Mexico’s Potential to Lead a Blue Revolution

In the Gulf of Mexico, 7,500 oil platforms could be repurposed as marine farms, providing food for a growing global population while capturing millions of tonnes of carbon. The transformation of ...
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Breakthrough in Sustainable Aquaculture: Queensland Giant Grouper Successfully Farmed in RAS in Europe

A German-led consortium, spearheaded by the Helmhotz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in collaboration with Oceanloop and Sander, and supported by Ecomarine in Australia, has successfully ...
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BioMar, Innovafeed and Auchan Launch Sustainable Shrimp Feed Model

Aquafeed giant BioMar, French agri-tech firm Innovafeed, and European retail heavyweight Auchan have joined forces to integrate insect protein – derived from black soldier fly larvae – into shrimp ...
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The Great Cormorant: A growing threat to aquaculture and biodiversity in Europe

The soaring population of Great Cororants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo and Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) has become a pressing challenge for European aquaculture and aquatic biodiversity. Over the past ...
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Bloom & Fish aims to farm greater amberjack in the port of Ràpita

The company Bloom & Fish SL, incorporated in Barcelona last May, has submitted a project for the on-growing indoor of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) at the por of La Ràpita (Ebro Delta, Spain) ...
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A digital twin for aquaculture: AI predicts fish growth in real time

Traditionally, fish growth has been estimated using statistical models. More recently, machine learning has gained ground as a predictive tool. However, both approaches have limitations. Statistical ...
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Natural Astaxanthin from Microalgae Matches Synthetic Pigment in Salmon Trial

A new study suggests that natural astaxanthin extracted from the green microalga Haematococcus lacustris can match the performance of conventional synthetic pigment in colouring the flesh of Atlantic ...
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AI could slash microalgae cultivation costs by up to 40%, according to experts

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could reduce the operational costs of microalgae cultivation by between 12% and 40%, making a potential turning point for the commercial viability of microalgal biomass, ...