GEITA: THE government has unveiled plans to construct a fish feed production plant in Mwanza, an initiative aimed at reducing production costs for fish farmers using cagefarming systems and boosting ...

Researchers with UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture facility have developed a new life cycle sustainability assessment documenting the environmental benefits and impacts of using the marine ...

Farming Atlantic salmon requires a high volume of wild-caught fish as feed, but produces only a small percentage of the world's farmed fish supply. A study suggests redirecting wild-caught fish ...

In their latest publication for the journal Foods, researchers from the ecological aquaculture lab at UC Santa Cruz shared a sustainable seafood innovation years in the making. Building upon many ...

A researcher in the west African country of Benin is working on how to make a better insect-based fish feed, aiming to replace more costly, less sustainable fish-meal. The global aquaculture market ...

Pallab Sarker and other participants in the research described in this article have received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture; the Sherman Fairchild Professorship, Dean of the Faculty ...

THE LIFE OF an Atlantic salmon is one long, gruelling road trip. Born in coastal rivers in Europe, North America, Iceland and Russia, once the young salmon hit adolescence they head out of their natal ...

Rwanda’s fish industry recorded strong growth in the 2024/2025 financial year, buoyed by expanded hatchery capacity, stronger farmer cooperatives and efforts to cut the cost of fish feed, according to ...

When it comes to future food production, the combined farming of fish and vegetables through aquaponics is currently a hotly debated topic. But how realistic is the idea? Researchers have just ...

While the word “farm” might conjure visions of corn planted in neat rows, Luke Fitzpatrick’s acreage looks, feels and functions more like wetlands. Chirps and squawks emanate from the ponds covering ...