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Why reproduction remains aquaculture’s invisible bottleneck

Aquaculture is usually measured in tonnes produced, growth rates, feed conversion or market prices. Yet before any grow out phase begins, there is a much less visible critical point: reproduction. The ...
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Microalgae in aquafeeds: how much can realistically be included and what return can farmers expects?

A European Commission guidance document on replacing fish-derived marine ingredients with algae-based ingredients concludes that substitution may be technically possible in some scenarios. However, in ...
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Genetics, water quality, microbiota, nutrition, management and biosecurity define shrimp farming research

A historical review of 10,896 scientific publications on shrimp and prawn aquaculture, published between 1970 and 2024, reads like a strategic map of how the sector’s scientific priorities have ...
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Residual CO₂ from RAS can boost natural astaxanthin production with microalgae

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) reduce water consumption and allow production to be better controlled, but they do not fully eliminate the issue of residual streams. In daily operation, they ...
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Why a vaccine that is effective in the laboratory can fail on a fish farm

A vaccine can perform well in the laboratory and behave unpredictably when applied under commercial conditions. The reason is that, on a farm, a vaccine does not act on an isolated fish or in a stable ...
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La FAO confirma el salto histórico de la acuicultura mundial mientras Europa sigue perdiendo peso productivo

La FAO ha confirmado en la versión resumida de El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura 2026 (SOFIA 2026) uno de los datos que misPeces ya adelantó tras la intervención de Manuel Barange durante ...
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The new generation of functional aquafeeds requires precision in dosage, extraction and stability of natural additives

Aquaculture in moving towards a new generation of functional feeds in which the effectiveness of natural additives such as turmeric, ginger, probiotics, postbiotics and enriched alternative ...
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¿Estamos midiendo mal la sostenibilidad de los piensos acuícolas?

Durante más de dos décadas, indicadores como Fish In: Fish Out (FIFO) o Forage Fish Dependency Ratio (FFDR) han servido para medir la dependencia de la acuicultura de la harina y el aceite de pescado.
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Carbon accounting puts the sustainability credentials of mussels and other bivalves under scrutiny

Bivalves such as mussels, oysters and clams are widely regarded as some of the most environmentally sustainable animal protein sources available today. However, one question continues to divide the ...
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Scientists discover an unprecedented genetic mechanism that turns a female gene into a regulator of male sex in tilapia

An international team including researchers from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory in Singapore, the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), the University of Konstanz and the University of Würzburg ...