aquaculture Articles
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IRTA Integral Platform - Case Study
IRTA offers its IRTAmar recirculation system as a model for aquaculture research, through the company INGESOM. ...
By IRTAmar
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Seaweed Reproduction and Hatcheries
‘Kelp’ Us Learn: Seaweed Reproduction and Hatcheries Credit for this content and appreciation for allowing us to repost goes to the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center. This video is a part of their seaweed education curriculum for Maine students. Learn more about their program here. Also special thanks to The University Of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute and School of ...
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Current Challenges and Trends in RAS Systems
The third installment in the series “Happy Fish – How Aquaculture Operators are Growing Better Fish.” This segment talks about some of the current trends and challenges in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, also known as RAS Systems. Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is one of the developing technologies for the production of fish for food, feed, and other products. The ...
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Project - AquaVitae
“New species, processes and products contributing to increased production and improved sustainability in emerging low trophic, and existing low and high trophic aquaculture value chains in the Atlantic” AquaVitae aims to increase aquaculture production in and around the Atlantic Ocean by developing new species, processes and products. The focus of the project is placed on low trophic ...
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How to limit waste and control quality in aquafeed production
According to Science Daily, aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food sector. As of 2014, over 50% of the human fish food supply is produced in an aquaculture environment. A growing dependence on aquaculture entails the necessity for aquafeed that can sustain such growth in a responsible matter but also meets the nutritional requirements of this demanding production process. As ...
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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AZTI - Case Study
The IRTAmar recirculation module is an automated, “smart”, multi-functional water treatment and recirculation system for use in aquaculture research, production and aquariumology. It is specifically designed to cover a wide spectrum of possibilities with a single piece of equipment, highlighting its versatility as its main feature. This has been the main characteristic that has made ...
By IRTAmar
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Investing in aquaculture: a road to riches or a path to poverty?
Aquaculture is growing at a greater rate globally than any other agribusiness sector. It is widely predicted that with 6 to 8% annual growth rate continuing well into the foreseeable future, aquaculture will offer good investment opportunities. However, just like any other endeavor, there are some very good reasons why what some see as a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is empty and full of ...
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Industrial Plankton, the Victoria Company Working With Algae
Industrial Plankton’s photobioreactors make business easier for companies around the world. And they are located in Victoria! Using traditional methods, algae production can be a difficult and error-prone process. “We found out that everybody in aquaculture was having trouble growing algae, and they were doing it with old-school methodologies,” says Robert Roulston, CEO of ...
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Innovation the key behind success at Fusion Marine
It has been another busy year for Fusion Marine with the international fish farming sector ordering fish containment pens and a wide range of other specialist aquaculture systems from their diverse range. It has been an important year in other ways too with Fusion Marine moving its administration office from Barcaldine to new modern facilities at Malin House at the European Science Park in ...
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Aquasend Customers Review Real-Time Monitoring Benefits
Oxygen is one of the most important assets to each aqua farm. Protecting it is critical. These are quotes taken directly from farmers regarding oxygen. "Dissolved oxygen is the most critical water quality parameter in warmwater aquaculture. As we feed fish more and more, the dissolved oxygen will drop lower and lower in the early morning hours. The warmer the temperature, the faster it will drop. ...
By Aquasend
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The big shrimp farming debate: clear-water v. biofloc
In recent years, the global market for seafood products, including fresh shrimp, has grown, alongside consumer awareness of and demand for sustainably-sourced produce. This has resulted in a shift from traditional pond culture of shrimp, to closed systems that are closer to market, feature enhanced biosecurity, have a minimal environmental impact, and result in improved shrimp production. A tale ...
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The Science of Genetics & Its Application to Aquaculture
Genetics is defined as that branch of the biological sciences devoted to the study of inherited variation. Genetics investigations deal with the “why” and “how” of this variation, examining both the origin of inherited variability and the resulting outward expression of characters due to this variability. The applications of genetics in today’s society are far ...
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Modern strains put Lake Victoria in critical condition
Pollution and overfishing in Lake Victoria have become so severe that scientists believe they threaten the health and livelihoods of millions of East Africans. And researchers in the three countries bordering the world’s largest tropical lake — Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda — largely blame governments and national agencies for failing to control the effluent and other waste ...
By SciDev.Net
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