World Aquaculture Society-Asian Pacific Chapter and Aquaculture Innovation Centre, Singapore will hold a free webinar on nutrition to be held June 24, 2021.
The special issue: Status of marine finfish species for domestic aquaculture application - guest edited by Martin Riche and Megan Davis - provides by far the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the featured thirteen species’ development towar...
The status of U.S. marine finfish species for aquaculture is the focus of this special issue of the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (JWAS). Based on a scoping workshop conducted at Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst...
Much has been written about Seaspiracy, the purported “documentary” about the worst environmental impacts of fisheries and aquaculture, since its release by Netflix in March. Highlighting the worst abuses of the oceans by fisheries and neglecting dec...
Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Organizing Committee and all those involved in the realization of the event, we are forced to move the date one week prior to what was originally scheduled. We regret the inconvenience that this modifica...
Freshwater shrimp farmers will soon have the option of purchasing all-female postlarvae (PL), juveniles and broodstock with a genomic sequence that gives them greater disease resistance, better food conversion rates and faster growth rates. Enzoot...
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Successful training of traditional farmers to adopt new methods can have rapid and upscalable benefits in many aquaculture contexts. Widowati et al. followed the production performance of a group of 125 traditional milkfish and shrimp farmers in Indo...
Because of the vastly improved situation with COVID-19, all WAS meetings scheduled in the future are now going forward as planned and will be in-person live events at their planned location. If there are any changes, we will let you know. We cont...
Aquaculture has been growing at a significant pace over the last few decades. However, the impulse it once had is starting to wane. Projections show that the average annual growth rate of aquaculture should slow from 4.6% in 2007–2018 to 2.3% in 2019...
Dear aquaculture professionals around the world, many people have contacted me in the last couple of months asking about the format of our upcoming conferences. It is with great pleasure that I announce that, starting with Aquaculture America in San Antonio from 11-14 August, all our meetings will be in-person events. Although vaccination rates vary from country to country, the COVID-19 situation worldwide has improved considerably. Stay confident that all the required precautions will be taken in our meetings to ensure the safety of all participants by following all the indications and requirements of national and local health authorities. Please start making your travel plans. On behalf of the World Aquaculture Society Board of Directors and staff, I am looking forward to greeting you in person and meeting once again with longtime friends and colleagues. [more..]
