Innovation & Investment
Building a better net pen for aquaculture includes biofouling solutions
Aquaculture is witnessing a shift in net pen cleaning operations as some operators say biofouling is becoming “even worse than disease.”
Innovation & Investment
Lightweight fish pen designer aims to help move aquaculture to deeper seas
Researchers have designed a new lightweight fish pen that can be used for farming fish in deeper parts of the ocean.
Innovation & Investment
AKVA develops ocean net pens without polystyrene
Aquaculture equipment manufacturer AKVA Group says its new ocean net pens are free of polystyrene, a plastic foam common in consumer packaging.
Innovation & Investment
Net gains in aquaculture net technology
The aquaculture industry is paying greater attention to net technology, in terms of materials and maintenance, because of its impact on the bottom line.
Responsibility
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.
Health & Welfare
Delousing salmon in large net pens
In research for Norway’s salmon farmers, the authors documented effective bath treatments against sea lice infestations in large net pens using skirts or tarpaulins to define the treatment area.
Responsibility
Net impacts: An argument for open-ocean aquaculture
In a comparison of tank culture and net pen farming of almaco jack, the offshore operations were about twice as efficient per kilogram of product in terms of energy use and carbon inputs.