Total sales of aquaculture products in 2023 in the U.S. increased 26% from 2018.
The initiative aims to transform the shrimp industry toward a more sustainable future.
The report highlights progress on sustainability goals, including reducing emissions, and advancing regenerative agriculture to lower environmental impacts while supporting global communities and supply chains.
Hybrid flow-through systems technology promises to enhance sustainability, boost salmon supply, and improve biosecurity, addressing some of the industry’s most pressing challenges.
The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance released its first-ever Sustainability Report for the Canadian salmon farming sector.
Fisheries catches remain the main source of aquatic animals in the EU, accounting for 74% of the total production.
The global aquaculture industry is experiencing positive trends as demand for salmon and shrimp begins to improve in the second half of 2024.
The guidelines are a set of shared and agreed upon principles and practices that all countries and stakeholders can use to make their aquaculture sectors more productive, efficient, inclusive, resilient, climate-smart, and socially and environmentally responsible.
The report analyzes achievements, but also what needs to be improved in terms of sustainability. “This is an industry effort in which we should all learn from each other to find the best way to improve our performance at every step of the value chain,” said Jorge Díaz, sustainability director at Skretting.
Aquaculture surpasses capture fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 says.
In 2022, an estimated 1.08 million tonnes of aquatic organisms were farmed in the EU, valued at EUR 4.9 billion.
This comes in response to aquaculture producers’ calls to reduce the administrative burden of establishing and operating aquaculture sites in the EU.
The 196-page publication by Willem van der Pijl aims to better understand the structure and dynamics of the Indian shrimp industry and the companies that drive it.
The salmon industry will continue to be the most profitable aquaculture sector and the shrimp industry is struggling to stabilize amid oversupply, according to a Rabobank report.
Marine and brackish water aquaculture production has nearly doubled over the last decade, increasing by 91.3%, with revenues also up by 74.5%.
The report, funded by The Global Shrimp Forum Foundation, studied the most effective ways that shrimp consumption can be better promoted.
Market prices topped the list, as uncertainties remain about the effects of persistent inflation and the recovery of seafood demand.
Funding of EUR 1 billion was made available over a period of seven years but the overall EU production has flatlined, according to a report.
Farming companies have reduced antibiotic medicine use by more than half in the space of a year.
The initiative involves nine of the world’s largest seafood companies representing over 19% of the world’s seafood production.
