Aquaculture is the controlled cultivation of aquatic organisms, including finfish, shellfish, crustaceans, and aquatic plants, in marine, brackish, or freshwater environments for food production, stock enhancement, or research. It encompasses a range of production systems (e.g., ponds, recirculating aquaculture systems, net pens, raceways, and integrated multi-trophic systems) and relies on precise management of water quality, nutrition, genetics, health, and environmental interactions. Research in aquaculture focuses on optimizing growth performance, feed conversion efficiency, disease resistance, reproduction, welfare, and sustainability, as well as minimizing ecological impacts such as nutrient loading, escapees, and pathogen transmission to wild populations.
A selectively bred carp strain is boosting productivity and profits across polyculture ponds in Bangladesh, improving overall pond performance in smallholder systems. A completed study shows that the third generation (G3) ...
Ecology
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Monitoring the populations of one of nature's slower creatures could become faster, thanks to the University of Georgia. UGA researchers have developed an easier, more cost-effective way to learn more about male marine turtles, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2026
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A first-of-its-kind University of Stirling study could better inform strategies to control salmon lice, after researchers uncovered major differences in the secretions the parasite produces as larvae. Like other parasites, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 18, 2026
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Today, most of the salmon consumed in Japan is imported from countries like Chile and Norway, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. But just two decades ago, Japanese chum salmon made up a much ...
Ecology
Mar 17, 2026
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Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2026
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More than 40% of extant large freshwater animals (megafauna), including carp, salmonids, crocodilians, turtles, beavers, and hippopotamuses, have been deliberately introduced outside their natural range, often for economic ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2026
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Just like a human newborn, coral larvae need just the right environment to settle and begin their new life. Understanding the ideal surface geometry for coral settlement and early growth was the shared goal of a new research ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2026
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Rutgers researchers have made a discovery that could change the future of seafood farming in New Jersey. A study led by marine scientist Daphne Munroe has shown that Atlantic surfclams can be successfully farmed in the open ...
Agriculture
Feb 17, 2026
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A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that proposed commercial fishing in the deep ocean could have serious consequences for bigeye tuna, one ...
Ecology
Jan 28, 2026
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When oyster farmer Luke Saindon went looking for a place to grow shellfish in Maine, he knew that picking the wrong patch of water could sink the farm before it began. So Saindon did something oyster farmers couldn't have ...
Ecology
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