New handbook tackles salmon crowding in marine net pens

A newly released handbook from institutes in Norway offers recommendations to measure and monitor Atlantic salmon welfare during crowding in marine net pens. Crowding occurs in salmon farming to move or treat fish by temporarily...

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Messages pour in remembering ACFFA executive director Susan Farquharson

The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association announced on Saturday its former executive director Susan Farquharson passed away on Nov. 7. Farquharson, 65, was the association’s longest serving executive director, leading the charge from 2015 up...

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NOAA funding to boost Hawaiian sea cucumber spawning

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is granting $1.1 million to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for a project to address barriers to controlled warty sea cucumber spawning in the state. The warty...

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Innovasea partners with Mila on new fish tracking AI tools

Innovasea, a leader in technology for aquaculture and fish tracking, is partnering with Mila Quebec to develop artificial intelligence (AI) for sustainable fish tracking, protection, and production. Mila is Quebec’s artificial intelligence institute. The partnership...

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Aquaculture’s social license is dynamic but may be improved

Social license is a dynamic framework that affects how people perceive aquaculture. While different information can lead to different outcomes, the more people know about aquaculture, the more accepting they are towards it. This was...

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John Goodlad: Challenging the seafood narrative

Former fish farmer turned author John Goodlad's new book takes the reader around the world, telling stories about “the last of the ocean hunters and the first of the ocean farmers.” John shares about his...

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