The Chinese, who have been farming fish for 2,000 years, pioneered a method in which nothing is wasted. Farmers dig ponds around rice paddies and feed carp in the ponds with weeds from the rice field.

Frozen fish is the second largest export, bringing in over Rs 5,500 crore. The US, Europe, and China are the primary importers of Indian seafood. Budget push to fish farming ...

In many cases, fish farming has pulled ahead. In Norway, for instance, 99% to 100% of farmed salmon have never been treated with antibiotics—and the country harvests 50% of the world’s supply.

Many popular fish are overharvested or at their limit, Rusch said. She pointed out that when blackened redfish became popular in the 1990s, fishing for the species had to be banned for a while.

In many coastal regions, tourism and fish farms are vital industries that drive economic growth. Yet, they often compete for space, raising concerns about how to balance these two sectors without ...

Unlike AquaBounty, which emphasized rapid growth and production, Superior Fresh is taking a slower, “more intentional” ...

Ricardo García of Salmones Camanchaca, a fish-farming business, reckons that these additional expenses, combined with the losses, are costing the industry around 1% of its gross operating profits ...