aquaculture industry Articles
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Emerging Trends in the Aquaculture Industry
The first installment in the series “Happy Fish – How Aquaculture Operators are Growing Better Fish.” It’s important for any aquaculture business to stay on top of the leading industry trends in order to be successful. However, it can be daunting to to know where to start or who to turn to for advice. After all, time and money is a precious ...
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Current Challenges and Trends in NetPen Systems
The second installment in the series “Happy Fish - How Aquaculture Operators are Growing Better Fish.” This section outlines some of the current challenges and trends in NetPen Systems, otherwise known as open ocean systems. The global aquaculture industry is still young. It’s growing at nearly twice the rate of agriculture, and it supplies over 60 percent of the seafood we ...
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Continuous Data Delivers Added Protection for Singapore Fish Farmers
Overview Continuous water quality monitoring in the Strait of Johor supports an early warning system that helps fish farmers in Singapore protect their aquaculture operations from harmful algal blooms. Challenge Aquaculture has become an industry of special interest in Singapore. Yet, much of the country’s farmed fish comes from coastal operations vulnerable to sudden and dramatic ...
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What are the impacts and solutions to rising feed ingredient prices for aquaculture?
Our world population is climbing, and agriculture must rise to the challenge of producing a much larger portion of daily food intake for that population. One option that is gaining popularity is aquaculture, which provides much greater yields at lower inputs than harvesting a dwindling wild population of edible fish. But rising feed ingredient prices are beginning to have an impact on the ...
By BESTMIX
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U.S. Aquaculture Gets Bipartisan Boost from Washington
Good news has been hard to come by the last few months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the United States aquaculture industry received some two weeks ago. On May 7 the White House issued an executive order aimed at “removing outdated and unnecessarily burdensome regulations” that have long hampered aquaculture efforts in the U.S. The executive order comes just two months after the ...
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What Is a Fish Feed Extruder As Well As How Does It Function?
Fish feed extruders are specialized devices used in tank farming to refine a variety of ingredients right into a consistent mix that can be formed into pellets or other types suitable for fish usage. These equipments are vital for the production of high-quality fish feed, which is necessary for the development and also wellness of farmed fish. The process of fish feed extrusion ...
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Biofloc Systems in Aquaculture: How Harnessing Beneficial Bacteria Is Revolutionizing Aquaculture
With almost eight billion people on earth, the demand for aquatic food is increasing. Aquaculture production is projected to rise from 40 million Metric Tons by 2008 to 82 million Metric Tons in 2050. Moreover, the expansion of aquaculture is also restricted due to land costs and by its strong dependence on fishmeal and fish oil. Additionally, environmental degradation and pollution have been ...
By QB Labs, LLC
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2020 Predictions for the Fish Feed industry
What does the future hold for the fish feed and aquaculture markets? Our world's population is growing more rapidly than ever before, causing strain on our ability to produce enough food for everyone, partially because of the increase in the number of people and partially because of the related loss of arable land from the same factor. At the same time, the push for a healthier diet has improved ...
By BESTMIX
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Future Brief: Sustainable Aquaculture
Is sustainable aquaculture possible? Aquaculture is facing a new era of expansion in Europe. What are the environmental implications of this, and how can the sector expand sustainably? This Future Brief from Science for Environment Policy presents an overview of research into aquaculture’s impacts, and considers how it could develop in harmony with environmental goals. The EU’s Blue ...
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