Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic organisms, including finfish, crustaceans, mollusks, plants, and algae for human use. It has been practiced by cultures around the globe for millennia.

But industrial-scale fish farms are popping up everywhere these days. Aquaculture has expanded about 14-fold since 1980. In 2012 its global output, from silvery salmon to homely sea cucumbers only ...

The local aquaculture industry is hoping to turn waste nutrients from net-pen fish farms into a lucrative chunk of the $10-billion kelp industry. Researchers from North Island College are ...

China, the birthplace of aquaculture, produces more farm-raised fish protein than the rest of the world combined. Over a span of 4000 years the Chinese have perfected the practice of pond poly ...

Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore embraced the aquaculture potential of Western Australia with the opening of a cutting edge-design commercial brine shrimp farm at Port Gregory, near ...

According to a new research model, adding iron to fish farms could capture at least 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, in aquaculture-intensive countries. This could be enough to offset ...