Articles on Aquaculture
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The focus of food production systems, including aquaculture, must move beyond maximising yields to consider nutritional quality too.
Aquaculture development needs to be able to trust the science, and the science needs to be delivered in a timely way if we hope to ensure long-term sustainability of this industry.
Turns out that growing food hooked up to fish tanks is actually a pretty good idea.
New research is looking at obtaining precious omega-3 from GM crops – just as the Scottish government announced a ban.
Biological control is the best way to combat aquatic weeds in African water.
The tropical island was one of a number of countries that joined the goldrush of prawn farming in the 1980s and 1990s. New research lays plain the results.
There has been mounting excitement in recent years around the potential for improving treatments by giving people medicines at the right time of day. Turns out it works for fish too.
Ballan wrasse enjoy eating the tiny sea lice that plague salmon farms.
Do you like eating crabs? In Jakarta, enjoying the tasty crustaceans has become a hot trend, as more restaurants with names like The Holy Crab and Cut the Crab open up. Crabs are delicious delicacies…
Globally, we still catch enough fish to eat – just about. But numbers of fish caught from the sea haven’t kept up with human population growth and unsustainable fish farms have filled the gap. So why are…
Octopuses grow quickly, have lots of tasty flesh and are found all over the world. As the world’s supply of fish diminishes while the number of humans keeps increasing, it seems these creatures would make…
New research has shown that garlic supplements in the diets of fish can keep fanged parasites at bay. Parasites can endanger…
The amount of aquaculture produce worldwide - including farmed fish and shellfish - has now overtaken global beef production, by 64m tonnes to 57m tonnes. Perhaps more remarkably, we are on course to harvest…
The Newman-led Liberal-National Party (LNP) government in Queensland is aiming to boost economic growth by focusing on development in four areas; agriculture, tourism, mining and residential/commercial/industrial…
Southern bluefin tuna raised kilometers out to sea have been found to be healthier with better survival rates. The world’s…
Two distinct populations of rainbow trout – one in Alaska, the other in Idaho – share a genetic trait that could have huge…
Salmon can be artificially stimulated to leap through water, scientists have shown for the first time. Researchers kept the…










