Responsibility

Faroe Islands company believes nutritious and fast-growing seaweed is a versatile raw material and the oceans’ best defense against climate change. 

An increase in diesel price and a drop in international market prices are forcing Ecuador’s shrimp farming sector to search for sustainable strategies to reduce production costs and help achieve maximum operational efficiency.  

Wide-ranging recommendations to the Scottish salmon sector include increased government oversight and mandatory reporting of disease outbreaks, fish mortalities and sea lice numbers. 

Shrimp farms generate non-hazardous solid waste. Use of a sanitary trench helps comply with environmental legislation, improves biosecurity and minimizes contamination risks. 

For "Thoughts on the Future of Aquaculture," speakers were asked to speak about "building confidence in aquaculture." This week's presentation features Jennifer Bushman, Route to Market Services. 

In general, water temperature cannot be controlled, so aquaculture operations must be timed to correspond to temperature. Measurements are critical for efficient operations. 

Studies in Brazil over the last five years addressed the challenges facing commercial producers of the important, air-breathing, freshwater fish pirarucu in order to support and expand production. 

From the exciting session, "Thoughts on the Future of Aquaculture" at GOAL, is Robert Jones, global aquaculture lead at The Nature Conservancy. 

Matthew Thompson of the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at New England Aquarium speaks as part of the "Thoughts on the Future of Aquaculture in the PechaKucha Style" at GOAL 2018. 

Author discusses the development of commercial production of artemia biomass in Peru and Ecuador as an important feed for maturation of shrimp broodstock in hatcheries. 

Salmon farms are quite different from terrestrial farms in providing both nutrition and calories. They produce stunningly more of both than their land-based counterparts. 

The major sources of ammonia in aquaculture ponds are fertilizers and feeds, and problems with high ammonia are most common in feed-based aquaculture. 

Poaching has plagued South Africa’s abalone to the point of decimation. Aquaculture is putting the shellfish back in the water, and back on menus. 

Guatemala’s shrimp-farming growth is due to a highly intensive system of small ponds and shorter cycles. Production of close to 25,000 metric tons is expected in 2018. 

Pond microbial communities are a critical and often overlooked component of aquaculture ecosystems. Bacterial amendments like probiotics provide significant support to shrimp farmers around the world.