Intelligence
Canned mahimahi and more bits from Boston
Global Aquaculture Advocate Editor James Wright is covering Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Mass., USA. Check back periodically for updates.
Health & Welfare
La tecnología de criadero de peces marinos tropicales y subtropicales necesita mejoras
La tecnología de criadero para la mayoría de las especies comercialmente importantes de peces marinos cultivados prácticamente no se ha modificado durante las últimas décadas.
Health & Welfare
Tropical, subtropical marine fish hatchery technology needs improvement
Hatchery technology for most commercially important species of cultured marine fishes is essentially unchanged for the past several decades.
Innovation & Investment
Aquaculture Exchange: Daniel Benetti
University of Miami professor says the U.S. seafood marketplace needs to embrace 'plate-sized' fish if a domestic aquaculture industry is to become sustainable and profitable.
Intelligence
Bahamas venture focuses on grouper, other high-value marine fish
A new venture under development in the Bahamas will capitalize on Tropic Seafood’s established logistics and infrastructure to diversify its operations from processing and selling wild fisheries products to include the culture of grouper and other marine fish.
Innovation & Investment
Boutique fish farms in Brazil
In combination with the availability of coastal areas with favorable environmental and labor conditions, Brazil’s affluent market for seafood could support expansion of a niche aquaculture sector: boutique farming.
Innovation & Investment
Mahimahi aquaculture revisited
Mahimahi is a fast-growing, high-value fish species with excellent potential for aquaculture. The technology for maturation, spawning, larval rearing, fingerling production has been mastered, yet progress toward commercial development has been slow.
Health & Welfare
Integrated spotted red snapper aquaculture in Central America
The technology for closing the life cycle of spotted red snappers has progressed due to efforts of government and private-sector researchers.
Health & Welfare
Cobia hatchery-to-market technology at UMEH
Cobia is a top emerging candidate for tropical and subtropical marine fish aquaculture. The University of Miami Experimental Hatchery has led ongoing research to advance the viability of raising hatchery-reared cobia.
Health & Welfare
University of Miami experimental hatchery achieves record cobia spawns, fingerling production
Selective-breeding coupled with advances in maturation systems, nutrition and management led to natural cobia spawnings at the University of Miami Experimental Hatchery.
Intelligence
Cobia aquaculture expanding in Americas, Caribbean
A marine fish species with excellent characteristics for commercial aquaculture, cobia is receiving much attention in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Health & Welfare
U.S. trials compare commercial diets fed to juvenile cobia
In trials with two commercial aquafeeds, juvenile cobia exhibited excellent growth and feed conversion. Higher-than-required lipid levels in the diets did not improve growth.