Posts by Susan Spiegel
Optimizing recirculating aquaculture systems: Fish farming’s hot topic
It’s a boom time for recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) — but unanswered questions remain in ensuring this ever-more-prevalent approach to large-scale fish production reaches its considerable potential.
Read MoreCould farming seaweed hold the key to curbing cattle methane emissions?
Aquaculture can spin off new sustainability ideas, but few are more ambitious than Greener Grazing — an effort to commercialize a seaweed that could cut methane production from grazing animals.
Read MoreSafety and welfare concerns drive shift to licensed anesthetic in Mediterranean aquaculture
Improving standards on Mediterranean fish farms is driving interest in Tricaine PHARMAQ — the only authorized fish anesthetic product.
Read MoreVaccines boost Greece’s seabass and seabream aquaculture — but challenges remain
Aquaculture in Greece has endured some ups and downs since its establishment in the 1980s, from the Greek financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreManaging pandemic pressures in aquaculture’s diagnostic labs
The Covid-19 pandemic has, to some extent, made epidemiologists of all of us. But for microbiologists focused on pathogens that don’t affect humans, it has created some new challenges.
Read MoreFish vaccination a key part of future success for world’s largest pangasius producer
The key to the continued growth of the pangasius industry is being more innovative in solving its main fish health, quality and sustainability challenges.
Read MoreProducing healthy barramundi — one of sustainable aquaculture’s great hopes
Barramundi has much potential as a sustainable fish in the marine tropics — but health challenges remain for producers. Josh Goldman, CEO of Australis, explains his company’s approach.
Read MoreJust add stones? Simple alterations to aquaculture environment can aid disease fight
Simple environmental enrichments in aquaculture can reduce the impact of pathogens on salmonids, a new study from Finland found.
Read MoreVaccines provide Brazil’s fish farmers with a platform for sustainable growth
An interview with Danielle Zanerato Damasceno, Technical and Commercial Manager, PHARMAQ Brazil
Read MoreEastern Mediterranean sea bass more resistant to highly pathogenic virus strain
Eastern Mediterranean populations of sea bass showed three times the survival rate of Atlantic Ocean and Western Mediterranean stocks against a pathogenic strain of nervous necrosis virus (NNV) in a new challenge study.
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