Ocean permaculture: Air conditioning for warming seas
Combining geophysical fluid dynamics and marine biology, Brian Von Herzen’s visionary technology will soon be tested off the coast of Massachusetts before export to the Indian Ocean.
South Africa undertakes strategic environmental assessment for aquaculture development
An assessment for aquaculture development in South Africa identified nine freshwater areas and eight marine areas, representing all nine provinces. These areas will be studied to provide guidance for government to enable responsible, integrated and streamlined decision-making.
A look at various intensive shrimp farming systems in Asia
The impact of diseases led some Asian shrimp farming countries to develop biofloc and recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) production technologies. Treating incoming water for culture operations and wastewater treatment are biosecurity measures for disease prevention and control.
Giving a lift to tilapia farmers in Myanmar
The U.S. Soybean Export Council’s farm demonstrations, farmer education efforts and formulated feeds are boosting tilapia production in rural areas of Myanmar, where indigenous carp are more commonly raised.
Conservation Aquaculture Research Team seeks to spark innovation, collaboration
Agriculture and fisheries have long been aligned with conservation objectives. A newly formed group, CART, aims to do the same for aquaculture.
Growth away from the coast: Examining inland shrimp farming
Inland shrimp culture has numerous advantages – improved biosecurity, lower cost of land and reduced conflicts with other users of common resources like land and water – and will continue to expand into new areas.
Aquaculture gives endangered totoaba a fighting chance
The tenuous fate of a pint-sized porpoise, the critically endangered vaquita, is linked to a fish targeted by poachers fueling China’s appetite for maws. The vaquita remains in peril, but aquaculture presents some hope for the totoaba.
Do you know offshore aquaculture when you see it?
Researchers have determined that a definition of “offshore aquaculture” was necessary to critically assess the impacts and benefits of moving fish farming operations “slightly farther and slightly deeper” out to sea.
Relocation of salmon farm not so strait-forward
Cooke Aquaculture is working to move a salmon farm from outside Port Angeles, Wash., farther out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the waterway that connects the Pacific Ocean to Puget Sound. Both the company and its critics express some frustration with the process.
What happens to feed in aquaculture systems?
Aquaculture systems should be operated with attention to reducing the environmental waste load, which requires the use of high-quality feeds, prevention of overfeeding and maintenance of good water quality.
SeaWeb Seafood Summit blog
The SeaWeb Seafood Summit, held June 5-7 in Seattle, Wash., convenes seafood industry executives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and ocean advocates from all over the world.
An African prison where fish will be farmed and lives saved
A nonprofit organization working to improve conditions in African prisons is hoping tilapia ponds, tended to by inmates, will aid in their nutrition. A small donation from the Global Aquaculture Alliance will go a long way.
Lease, seed and repeat: GreenWave’s replicable aquaculture
Don’t call it integrated multi-trophic aquaculture: Former commercial fisherman Bren Smith says polyculture of non-fed species is the future of aquaculture.
For Great Lakes aquaculture, it’s a tale of two countries
Canada and the United States may be friendly neighbors, but when it comes to aquaculture, the bordering countries take vastly different approaches to aquaculture in the Great Lakes.
Phytoplankton in aquaculture ponds: Friend or foe?
A vigorous phytoplankton bloom will support a healthy benthic community and will contribute significantly to stabilising and maintaining adequate pond water and bottom quality.
Aquaculture Exchange: Corey Peet
Shrimp farming expert Corey Peet discusses the work of convening multiple stakeholders in Southeast Asia, the role of certification and the dynamics of sustainability challenges confronting marketplace demands.