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.
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
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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
Jan 15, 2026
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Seaweed aquaculture is a major part of China's coastal bioeconomy, yet farming space and seasonal windows are increasingly constrained in many established production areas.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2026
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China's tidal flats feed people and mollusk-eating migrating shorebirds such as red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly reduce human disturbance ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2025
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Sydney, like many other Australian cities, has a long history of urban farming. Market gardens, oyster fisheries and wineries on urban fringe once supplied fresh food to city markets.
Biotechnology
Dec 10, 2025
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The discharge and prevalence of psychoactive drugs in surface waters has raised concerns about potential risks to ecosystems and public health. Yet there is limited information on the ecotoxicity of these compounds in marine ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2025
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