Fish Welfare

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Researchers at Universitat Jaume I in Spain have developed a bio-inspired robotic fish designed to improve monitoring in aquaculture systems while reducing stress on farmed fish.

6th May 2026

Robotic fish aids aquaculture monitoring

6th May 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Productivity in the aquaculture industry is still limited due to early-life bottlenecks, with high mortality rates caused by disease outbreaks, environmental changes and stress.

11th March 2026

WATCH: Automation leads the charge in aquaculture

11th March 2026

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Innovation investment in Scotland’s salmon farming sector has climbed to almost £200 million over the past eight years, underlining the scale of technological change underway across the industry, according to a new…

24th February 2026

Scottish salmon farming innovation drive nears £200m

24th February 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Compassion in World Farming has published its first-ever Sea Bass and Sea Bream Welfare Scorecard, putting a spotlight on welfare policies and transparency across a sector where public commitments have historically been…

11th February 2026

Compassion launches first welfare scorecard for farmed seabass and seabream

11th February 2026

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Center for Responsible Seafood (TCRS) has received a two-year grant of US$1.1 million from Coefficient Giving to support research on fish welfare. The grant will allow TCRS to continue work that was…

13th January 2026

TCRS receives grant for fish welfare research

13th January 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Welfare specialists FAI and food and agriculture consultancy Fresh Studio have launched a new partnership to develop Vietnam’s first welfare assessment protocol for pangasius, as the country’s influence over the global market…

7th January 2026

FAI and Fresh Studio target pangasius welfare with Vietnam-first assessment protocol

7th January 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

METRO AG has introduced sweeping new animal-welfare requirements for its worldwide seafood supply chain, mandating humane stunning for all fish and crustaceans used in its own-brand products across 21 countries.

4th December 2025

METRO rolls out mandatory humane stunning across global seafood supply chain

4th December 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to commercialise two patents covering Morpholino-based sterility induction in finfish — a…

25th November 2025

CAT, UMBC strike exclusive deal to advance sterility technology for finfish

25th November 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

A prototype machine that could reshape working conditions and animal-welfare standards in the UK nephrops fishery has won the inaugural Catch Welfare Innovation Award, with Norway-based Optimar recognised as the key technological…

20th November 2025

Optimar nephrops machine wins award

20th November 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture research specialist Onda has expanded its disease challenge platform with two new models targeting Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi and Tenacibaculum finnmarkense – bacterial strains causing serious losses in salmon farming hubs across Chile,…

7th October 2025

Onda expands Tenacibaculum study models to bolster aquaculture health research

7th October 2025