The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Outlook, a biannual report on global food markets released this month, expects to see an increase in fisheries production driven by aquaculture in 2017. … More Aquaculture Continues to Grow, Gaining On Capture Fisheries
A lab study in Australia has successfully utilized waste material from wine production in aquaculture feed, and will move to farm trials this fall. … More Wine Waste A Promising Ingredient In Aquaculture Feed
By Heather Sadusky About three hours south of Houston, Texas is a little town called Taft, where “Gulf shrimp” is taking on new meaning. The nearby Copano Bay is a natural nursery for wild Gulf shrimp, and provides the water for a shrimp farming operation. But that’s where the extraction of natural resources stops. The … More Big Shrimp, Little Impact At Copano Blues Shrimp Farm
Grouper ranks as one of the tastiest fish in the sea. Grouper sandwiches adorn the menus of restaurants on every coast of Florida and the fish is very common in the Caribbean. It is also highly demanded in Asia, where it is not only considered delicious but some species are prized for good luck or medicinal values. … More Hybrid Grouper: How to Produce A Tasty Yet Vulnerable Fish
Salmon is an aquaculture success story. Raised around the world from Scotland to Chile and sold to global markets from sushi restaurants to grocery stores as frozen fillets, salmon from both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans has become a mainstream food item. … More Alaska’s Unique Salmon Rearing Program
Mussels have recently become a trendy food item due to the protein punch they pack, as well as the lack of destruction their cultivation has on the marine environment. … More Mussels: The Protein of the Future
A little known resource hiding on Virginia Key, across the water from bustling downtown Miami is the state-of-the-art University of Miami Experimental Hatchery. … More UMEH Is Training The Next Generation of Fish Farmers
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