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.

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — The dark gray fish prized for its buttery flavor live deep in the ocean, so researchers keep their lab cold and dark to simulate ideal conditions for sablefish larvae. A ...

On a projection screen in front of a packed room in a coastal Maine town, computer-animated salmon swim energetically through a massive oval tank. A narrator’s voice soothingly points out water ...

Aquaculture, the golden child of industrial food production, promises to feed the masses while saving wild fish. While farmed fish production has skyrocketed, its efficiency can’t hide the fact that ...

My interest was piqued when enjoying a meal at a favorite fine-dining establishment in my South Front neighborhood, The Second Glass. The delicious entrée was a delicately mild-flavored fish, a Black ...

Enriched environment in aquaculture enhances the survival of fish from bacterial disease In enriched rearing method structures are added to rearing tanks to increase habitat complexity and resemblance ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Scientists have developed a new fish-free aquaculture feed that is cheaper, healthier and more eco-friendly than traditional feeds. The new feed, which doesn't use any fish meal or ...

The aquarium section at your local pet store is surely not the place to go. The large-scale hatcheries that supply fingerlings for recreational fishing in rivers and lakes may not be of much help ...

THE RUGGED, chilly coast of northern Norway, beyond the Arctic Circle, is not usually thought of as prime agricultural land. But far down a dead-end road on the shores of Skjerstad Fjord sits Salten ...

MIDWAY — A retired Kentucky State University professor and researcher wants to lease the city of Midway's former sewage-treatment plant for a fish-farming operation. Steve Mims, owner and president of ...

A few miles outside of town, in a squat white barn that used to house hundreds of sows, a different sort of harvest has kicked into gear. Grace Nelson, 22 and tan with ombré hair, stands alert, ...