Overfishing has put exorbitant stress on our oceans. But there is a solution: Aquaculture—otherwise known as fish farming—is the practice of growing and harvesting fish in a controlled, regulated and ...

Fish farming involves the rapidly expanding global practice of raising aquatic species to meet growing food demand. The majority of these have no protection under national animal welfare laws, and ...

Fish farming, a form of aquaculture, is now the fastest-growing form of factory farming worldwide. This rapid expansion can be attributed to the industry’s emphasis on buzzwords such as “climate,” ...

A tidal wave of interest is building in farming the seas. It’s part of a global rush to exploit oceanic resources that’s been dubbed the “blue acceleration.” Optimistic projections say that smart ...

Europe is the part of the world that is most dependent on fish imports. This situation is due in part to the drastic cuts in local sea fish quotas and the collapse of fish stocks, which have also been ...

“Over the next decade, the mission of the Finnforel team is to bring Finnish genetics and fish farming know-how to the world. In the future, fish will be farmed where consumers are.” VARKAUS, Finland- ...

In Kenya, small-scale onshore aquaculture combined with sustainable agroecology practices is boosting food security and incomes for smallholder farmers. Though most of these farms are quite small, a ...

When seafood is purchased and consumed, it's seafood that's either farm-raised or wild-caught. Over half of the seafood being bought and consumed is farm-raised, and this seafood is farmed through the ...

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 ...

Nearly two years after making its first harvest of 65 metric tons of yellow croaker in September 2022, the world's first smart aquaculture vessel, now floating in the East China Sea, has achieved an ...

Kathie Wilson remembers getting goldfish from the fair when she was a young girl. Maybe it was from the game where you try to toss a ping pong ball into a bowl, or the ring toss, she can't remember.