Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), as a modern highly intensive aquaculture mode, demonstrates the advantages of environmental friendliness, high efficiency and sustainable development, and has been widely used worldwide; they are also expected...

This article reviews the current status and the issues facing aquaculture value chains. It focuses on the challenges and perspectives for aquaculture value chain development, their main drivers, implications, and opportunities for the future of the...

To address sustainability challenges and to enable the use of new areas currently inaccessible by the incumbent aquaculture technology, the Norwegian authorities launched in 2015 a new type of innovation policy instrument, known as development...

Fish are thought to settle and recruit to shellfish and seaweed farms; however, there is little published evidence to support this assumption. This document include findings that provide foundational quantitative evidence of the interactions that...

Worldwide, current mussel and seaweed aquaculture practices contribute to the increase of fossil fuel-based plastic gears at sea, leading to marine litter and microplastics generation. Smart aquaculture has a great potential for shifting towards the...

In aquaculture, infectious diseases triggered by viruses are amongst the major cause of mortality of farmed fish. The aim of this review is compiling the information available concerning reassortant viruses affecting fish species of relevance for...

Modelling potential impacts of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis on Atlantic
salmon Salmo salar requires estimation of the levels that cause serious sub-lethal physiological impacts and direct mortality. This document analyses results from existing...

Good water quality in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is crucial for ensuring the successful growth and survival of reared species. So far, there are no regulations for which parameters should be measured in RAS, and each farmer decides which...

The sustainability of recycling aquaculture systems (RAS) is challenged by nutrient discharges, which cause water eutrophication. Efficient treatments for RAS effluents are needed to mitigate its environmental impacts. Microalgae assimilate nutrients...

The Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU requires implementation of spatial planning in the marine waters of EU Member States and the establishment of maritime spatial plans by Member States at the latest by 31 March 2021. In Directive 2014...