Nutrient retention efficiencies in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
First quantitative estimates for nutrient retention in IMTA systems show a large fraction of released nutrients retained by extractive species and harvested.
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.
Tasmania green-lights research into offshore kelp farming
The project will focus on developing technologies suitable for commercial-scale offshore kelp farming and production in Tasmania.
‘Possible, but still far away’: Offshore wind farms and aquaculture may one day go hand-in-hand
Initiatives to unite aquaculture and offshore wind farms are popping up globally but they face technical, cost and environmental challenges.
Aquaculture Exchange: Michael Rubino, NOAA
Social license – a community’s acceptance and support of an industry’s presence – is a key factor in aquaculture’s growth prospects. It’s a major obstacle U.S. waters, in particular. Michael Rubino of NOAA Fisheries discusses the challenges.
Probiotics benefit three stages of juvenile rohu
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the potential survival and growth benefits of three multi-strain probiotics in three different stages of juvenile rohu (hatchling to advanced fry). Results showed beneficial effects of the probiotics treatments for the hatchling and fry stages, but not for later stages.
Can sustainable mariculture match agriculture’s output?
Global, sustainable mariculture production, developed on a massive, sustainable scale and using just a small fraction of the world’s oceanic areas, could eventually match the output of land-based agriculture production. Scale and international law considerations require the involvement of many stakeholders, including national governments and international organizations.
GOAL 2017 video: Fanny Giudicelli, Marine Akwa
In the second Pecha Kucha presentation from the Global Aquaculture Alliance's annual GOAL conference in Dublin, Ireland, Fanny Giudicelli of Marine Akwa talks about how marine probiotics, derived from seaweed, can help the industry's efforts in combatting infectious diseases.
Uncertain times for oyster larvae production in North America
Oyster larvae producers say information sharing and perseverance are seeing them through a prolonged stretch of high larval-stage mortalities.
A look at integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
In integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, farmers combine the cultivation of fed species such as finfish or shrimp with extractive seaweeds, aquatic plants and shellfish and other invertebrates that recapture organic and inorganic particulate nutrients for their growth.
Lobster farming in Indonesia
A multinational project in Lombok, Indonesia, is focused on the identification and monitoring of improved seed collection and grow-out production methods for spiny lobsters.
Mussels, scallops lead Chile’s mollusk industry
For most mollusk resources, spat supply is not stable enough to sustain the growing industry. Competition for coastline space must also be considered.
TNC, Encourage Capital issue guidance on sustainable aquaculture investment
The Nature Conservancy and a New York investment firm issued a field guide for parties interested in accelerating the sector’s future sustainably.
A wider view: Consensus on seafood’s planetary and human health benefits
Several recent reports echo the message that eating sustainable seafood can help save the planet while making significant gains in public health.
Use of a filamentous green alga and a microsnail as feed for black tiger shrimp
Authors evaluate production efficiency of a filamentous green alga and a microsnail as feeds for black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon).
An urchin opportunity awaits in New England
To both restore waterways and meet a growing demand for the so-called “foie gras” of the sea, researchers are stepping up efforts to restore green sea urchins.
Underutilized marine organisms as potential aquaculture feed ingredients
Evaluating potential of underutilized marine organisms as candidates for aquafeed ingredients, emphasizing unfed low-trophic-level species.
Assessing the effect of four macroalgae inclusions in diets of Pacific white shrimp
Evaluating macroalgae inclusions in L. vannamei diets show improved growth and intestinal microbiota and prevention of oxidative damage.