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Genetics, water quality, microbiota, nutrition, management and biosecurity define shrimp farming research

A historical review of 10,896 scientific publications on shrimp and prawn aquaculture, published between 1970 and 2024, reads like a strategic map of how the sector’s scientific priorities have ...
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Microalgae in aquafeeds: how much can realistically be included and what return can farmers expects?

A European Commission guidance document on replacing fish-derived marine ingredients with algae-based ingredients concludes that substitution may be technically possible in some scenarios. However, in ...
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Microalgas en piensos acuícolas: cuánto puede incorporarse realmente y con qué retorno productivo

Una guía de la Comisión Europea sobre la sustitución de ingredientes marinos de origen pesquero por ingredientes algales concluye que el reemplazo puede ser técnicamente posible en algunos escenarios.
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Residual COâ‚‚ from RAS can boost natural astaxanthin production with microalgae

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) reduce water consumption and allow production to be better controlled, but they do not fully eliminate the issue of residual streams. In daily operation, they ...
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Why a vaccine that is effective in the laboratory can fail on a fish farm

A vaccine can perform well in the laboratory and behave unpredictably when applied under commercial conditions. The reason is that, on a farm, a vaccine does not act on an isolated fish or in a stable ...
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Aquaculture Europe 2026 to place resilience, communication and decarbonisation at the centre of aquaculture debate

The next edition of the European Aquaculture Conference, AE2026, which will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 28 September to 1 October 2026, will offer a broad perspective on the major ...
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EU enters a new phase in fish welfare as the sector calls for practical indicators before new obligations

Farmed fish welfare is emerging as one of the major regulatory debates facing European aquaculture in the coming years. A synthesis report published by the European Commission’s Directorate-General of ...
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Genetics could help select Senegalese sole with improved morphology before breeding starts

Selective breeding in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) is beginning to move beyond growth performance. At the Spain’s XX National Aquaculture Congress in Vigo, Manuel Manchado, form IFAPA Centro ...
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Study identifies how to optimise dietary lipid levels and temperature to improve grey mullet growth

Optimising diets and environmental conditions could become an important tool for improving the growth performance and flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) in aquaculture. A new study by researchers ...
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Maarten Bijl, CEO of Skretting: sustainable innovations must demonstrate their value under real farming conditions

Aquafeed sustainability is entering a phase much more closely linked to execution. It is no longer enough to talk about circularity, alternative ingredients or emissions reduction if those strategies ...
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Microalgae aquaculture moves towards full recirculation models

Industrial microalgae production may be entering a new phase based on near-complete recirculation of water and nutrients within cultivation systems. A study conducted in the Canary Island and ...