Off the hook

Salmon swimming

As Vince McDonagh reports, a study by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has added to the evidence that farmed salmon are not spreading diseases to their wild counterparts.

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Oysters galore – in France

Oysters on plate

I love oysters, and really miss having oyster farmers for neighbours! In my local fishmongers, No 3 oysters are sold for £1.50 each, making them an expensive treat. In restaurants, they are even more expensive because someone else is doing the work of opening them.

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Far out, man

Ocean-Farm-1-lowered

Iceland has joined the list of countries looking at whether fish farming could expand into more challenging ocean locations, as Vince McDonagh reports.

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Future fuels

Stands-at-Seawork-2024

Aquaculture was a key area for Seawork 2024, with questions around clean technology coming to the fore, as David Robinson reports.

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Blue food, green solutions

Copenhagen

The eyes of the world’s aquaculture sector will be on Copenhagen this August, when the city hosts AQUA 2024, a joint event co-organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and the World Aquaculture Society (WAS).

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Big country, big ideas

Aerial view of the sea fish farm cages and fishing village in XiaPu, FuJian province, China

The Chinese fish farming sector is steadily growing these days thanks partly to the growth of the country’s economy as a whole, which stimulates local demand for quality fish, especially in vast rural provinces of the country.

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