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Chilean salmon exports fall 1.5% in the first half of 2025

Chile exported 361,000 tonnes of salmon in the first half of 2025, representing a 1.5% decline compared with the same period in 2024, according to Chilean Salmon Council, marking a second consecutive ...
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Shrimp exports stabilise as Ecuador shifts focus to new markets

Ecuador’s shrimp exports saw a slight downturn in the third quarter of 2024, with a 3% year-on-year decrease, bringing total exports for the year so far to a level comparable with 2023. Following a ...
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Welfare as a Competitive Advantage: What Gilthead Seabream, European Seabass and Rainbow Trout Producers Need to Know

Animal welfare has ceased to be an abstract notion and has instead become a strategic pillar of modern aquaculture. No longer seen as a passing trend or a burden for producers, it is now understood as ...
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Turkey: A Leading Export-Focused Aquaculture Nation with Low Domestic Fish Consumption

In 2002, Turkey produced 61,163 tonnes of farmed fish, a figure that soared to 547,505 tonnes by 2023, reflecting an impressive 800% growth and solidifying the sector’s importance to the national ...
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The Great Cormorant: A growing threat to aquaculture and biodiversity in Europe

The soaring population of Great Cororants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo and Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) has become a pressing challenge for European aquaculture and aquatic biodiversity. Over the past ...
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Bioactive Peptides: A New Frontier in Functional Aquafeeds

Bioactive peptides are emerging as some of the most promising functional ingredients in modern aquafeeds. These naturally derived short chains of amino acids have demonstrated the ability to improve ...
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Breakthrough in Sustainable Aquaculture: Queensland Giant Grouper Successfully Farmed in RAS in Europe

A German-led consortium, spearheaded by the Helmhotz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in collaboration with Oceanloop and Sander, and supported by Ecomarine in Australia, has successfully ...
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Novel ingredients will only enter aquafeed if they fit industrial manufacturing processes

Sustainability has become a central theme in debates about the future of aquaculture. Concepts such as “natural”, “blue” and “circular” increasingly shape industry narratives, and novel feed ...
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Bloom & Fish aims to farm greater amberjack in the port of Ràpita

The company Bloom & Fish SL, incorporated in Barcelona last May, has submitted a project for the on-growing indoor of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) at the por of La Ràpita (Ebro Delta, Spain) ...
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Local Atlantic Macroalgae Enhance European Seabass Nutrition and Health

Researchers from Portugal and Spain have discovered that two locally abundant Atlantic seaweed, Osmundea sp (a red macroalgae) and Codium sp (a green macroalga), as sustainable and functional ...
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AI Cameras Reveal How Shrimp Respond to Feeding in Aquaculture Ponds

Tropical Shrimp organise themselves differently in the pond before and after feed is distributed, according to a new study led by the University of the West of Scotland in collaboration with Skretting ...
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Europe eats less fish and pays more, EUMOFA data show

For years, the prevailing narrative has been that Europe needs more aquaculture to feed a continent with a growing appetite for fish and seafood. The latest European market report from EUMOFA ...