Intelligence
Mariculture interest is rising in Alaska, but connecting to markets is another matter
NOAA Fisheries’ State of Alaska Aquaculture Report paints a promising picture, but local producers face a raft of post-harvest challenges.
Responsibility
Can Blacklip Rock oysters reduce nutrient pollution near the Great Barrier Reef?
A study finds oysters can remove harmful nutrients from tropical waterways, potentially benefiting ecosystems like the Great Barrier Reef.
Responsibility
World’s largest oyster reef restoration project shows ‘significant progress’
A large-scale oyster reef restoration project led by NOAA aims to revitalize more than 2,300 acres in Maryland and Virginia waters.
Responsibility
Study: Mariculture offers economic benefits for India’s coastal regions
Mariculture offers a "bright business prospect" for India's coastal region, according to a new CMFRI study.
Responsibility
Study: Aquaculture can be ‘part of the solution’ to marine ecosystem restoration
A new study has identified 12 potential ecological benefits of aquaculture, which can help marine ecosystem restoration.
Innovation & Investment
Alaska Mariculture Cluster awarded grants to advance Alaska’s mariculture industry
The Alaska Mariculture Cluster has won nearly $49 million in grants to support Alaska's big-potential mariculture industry.
Responsibility
Expanding mariculture ‘vital’ to world’s food security, study finds
A new study has found that expanding mariculture will be “vital” to ensuring food security, but seafood's future hinges on climate action.
Intelligence
Study: Global food policy and research ‘inflates growth potential of mariculture’ and undervalues freshwater aquaculture
A new study finds that research inflates the growth potential of mariculture and undervalues the production potential for freshwater aquaculture.
Responsibility
Climate change mitigation needs mariculture, new research concludes
NGO-academic collaborative study finds that mariculture “done right” can aid climate change mitigation by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Responsibility
Study: Global mariculture supply at risk without climate action
A study projects that the global mariculture supply may decline 16 percent by 2090 if no climate action is taken.
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
Cultivating an ocean food revolution
“Ocean Solutions that Benefit People, Nature and the Economy” encourages a new ocean narrative that touts mariculture’s three major benefits.
Responsibility
With entrenched aquaculture views, Alaska weighs its future in farming
The word aquaculture is a dirty one in Alaska, where finfish farming is firmly prohibited. But if your farm fits a certain description, permits to proceed can indeed be obtained.
Responsibility
Global area estimate for marine aquaculture development
Authors quantified the environmental niche and inferred the global habitat suitability index of the 102 most farmed marine species using four species distribution models.
Intelligence
Considerations for tilapia farming in saltwater environments
Tilapias are farmed in a variety of production systems, but mostly in freshwater and low-salinity waters. But tilapias are an excellent candidate for aquaculture in brackish- and seawater because they can tolerate a wide range of water salinity.
Responsibility
¿Puede la maricultura sostenible igualar la producción de la agricultura?
La producción mundial de la maricultura sostenible, desarrollada en una escala masiva y sostenible y utilizando sólo una pequeña fracción de las zonas oceánicas del mundo, podría eventualmente igualar la producción agrícola con base en tierra. La escala y consideraciones de derecho internacional requieren la participación de muchas partes interesadas, incluidos los gobiernos nacionales y las organizaciones internacionales.