The bacterium, which requires only air and sunlight to grow, could produce high-quality sustainable aquafeed for farmed fish, research from Kyoto University in Japan suggests. Fish farmed in ...

Non-edible parts of the animals are used in many things from food glue to train brakes. Eliminating livestock is not the answer, but perhaps switching our focus to farmed fish is. Farmed fish is not ...

Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic organisms, including finfish, shellfish, crustaceans, plants, and algae for human use. It has been practiced by cultures around the globe for millennia.

An hour’s drive from central Tokyo, a saltwater fish-farming factory sits atop a hill covered in thickets full of chirping birds in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture. Salmon trout are produced at the ...

A new report from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, has found that more fish were farmed ...

photo by Leo W Wowal These standards are a positive step toward transparency and accountability concerning fish welfare in aquaculture. As fish farming expands, it is critical that animal welfare and ...

One topic that comes up time and again is farmed finfish vs. wild-caught fish. Working with fishers who care for the natural resources they harvest has emphasized to me the importance of choosing ...

According to Andy Danylchuk, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who focuses on fish conservation, salmon farming often relies on giant net pens in the ocean. He ...

Hundreds of millions of farmed salmon have perished in mass die-offs over the past decade, say researchers. The scientists say that large-scale mortalities are now happening more frequently and at ...

When buying or eating salmon, the question “is it farmed or wild?” is frequently asked. But the days are long gone when wild salmon was widely available in Irish fish shops, on supermarket ...