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The program helps keep sustainable local fish and vegetables growing through the system known as aquaponics.

FUTUREFISH has secured a contract with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, working towards their vision to empower, build, and grow sustainable aquaculture in Africa and Asia for people and our planet. We are very pleased to announce that we have signed a contract with the Bill & Melinda Gates…

The recent IPCC report found the world needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now to avoid catastrophe.

The IDH Aquaculture Working Group on Environmental Footprint is aiming to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions and water use generated from aquaculture.

As spring finally arrives in fits and starts to Minnesota’s North Shore a dedicated group of fishers armed with dip nets and seines eagerly watch the river flows and water temperatures in anticipation of Lake Superior’s annual Rainbow Smelt run. Most fish prognosticators are predicting at least a two-week delay in this year’s Smelt run due to the late winter thaw and the cool temperatures forecast over the remaining weeks of April and early May.

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden appointed the following individuals to serve in key regional leadership roles at the United States Department of

An online public hearing on 14 proposed shellfish leases in Carteret County is set for Feb. 8.

CEI announces initiative sharing market data with Maine seafood industry By Share Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.-based Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) has announced it has acquired and plans to share competitive national seafood industry sales information with Maine’s seafood industry to help businesses expand sales. The sales information consists of syndicated broadline sales data for key species harvested in Maine, with breakdowns of regional and metropolitan markets in the U.S. CEI said it p...

By Staff Data on national seafood sales is expected to give Maine’s aquaculture and seafood businesses a competitive edge by helping them identify the best prospects for market expansion. Coastal Enterprises Inc. has acquired competitive national seafood industry sales information as part of its Maine Seafood Marketing Initiative, a pilot effort to establish a state seafood marketing association promoting all of Maine’s seafood products, according to a news release. The nonpro...

Credit Wesual Click/Unsplash Imagine if "eating local" could mean a nice fillet of salmon, a tuna steak, or a lobster tail and a nice salad made with home-grown greens. Minnesota Sea Grant is working on a project to not only see if theres market potential for aquaculture here in the Northland, theyre excited that they might be able to contribute to food production, local business growth and job creation without some of the downsides that have plagued the idea in the past. The solution, in large...