Intelligence
Green-lighting growth: Green LED light shows promise in flounder farming
Japanese researchers say that deploying green LED light above flounder grow-out tanks encourages rapid growth and feed intake among the fish.
Innovation & Investment
20,000 lettuces under the sea: Could underwater agriculture be the future of farming?
Preliminary research suggests that emerging mariculture methods could provide alternatives to land-based agriculture and within recirculating systems.
Responsibility
Is a Japanese volcano offering us a sneak preview of ocean acidification?
Shikinejima is a scenic getaway for tourists but the seas surrounding its volcano offer a glimpse of how the ocean could behave in the future.
Health & Welfare
Breeding for behavior in pursuit of a better cleaner fish
Researchers are investigating the behaviors of cleaner fish like ballan wrasse and lumpfish, hoping to spur greater interaction with salmon.
Aquafeeds
Finding value in feed size, right down to the rotifers
To raise yellowtail and bluefin tuna, a progressively larger feed is required as the fish grow. Japanese researchers are looking to fill the gaps.
Responsibility
Aquaculture aids the restoration of iconic Caribbean shellfish queen conch
Dr. Megan Davis has written the book on culturing queen conch and will form a course to teach responsible practices to Caribbean communities.
Responsibility
Sludge report: Finding value in Norway’s aquaculture waste
Bioretur converts aquaculture waste, or sludge, into fertilizer as demand for “circular economy” technologies grows.
Responsibility
Conscious coupling: Can IMTA gain a foothold in Europe?
Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) isn’t widely practiced in Europe but new findings indicate that farming multiple species on one site can work.
Innovation & Investment
Movimiento de poder: empresa de energía Japonesa incorporándose al camarón de RAS
Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) está construyendo una granja RAS de camarones cerca de Tokio, una medida que podría asegurarle a la empresa una participación mayor en un mercado de mariscos exigente.
Innovation & Investment
Power move: Japanese energy firm getting in on RAS shrimp
Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) is building an RAS shrimp farm near Tokyo, a move that could secure the firm a larger share in a discerning seafood market.
Responsibility
Reutilizado: agregando valor a la acuacultura a través del reciclaje
Con la sostenibilidad y la protección ambiental cada vez más prominentes en Chile, las empresas de reciclaje como Greenspot están llamando la atención.
Responsibility
Repurposed: Adding value to aquaculture via recycling
With sustainability and environmental protection becoming increasingly prominent in Chile, recycling firms like Greenspot are drawing attention.
Responsibility
In Japan, aquaculture is deployed in the defense of endangered species
Tokyo University researchers have learned to spawn fish from germline stem cells in vitro, a method that can be deployed to help endangered species.
Intelligence
Maine shellfish farmers gaining confidence with scallops
A sister state agreement with Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan helps growers in Maine establish semi-automated commercial operations.
Responsibility
Renewable energy could transform offshore aquaculture, but what about …
Fish farms, especially offshore operations, could certainly benefit – and intensify production – with renewable energy, but there are hurdles to surmount.
Intelligence
Champagne wishes: Breakthrough in Japan may make caviar cheaper
A new technique for sturgeon farming developed by Kindai University could greatly benefit Japan’s fledgling caviar industry.