The status of organic aquaculture which presents production (cultivation) aquatic species (fish, crustaceans, molluscs, sea plants etc.) and guarantees high quality and safety of the product in accordance with specific principles is evaluated on the base of a large amount of statistical data. The...

This article talks about Skretting, an aquaculture research centre in Norway, and their initiatives in aquaculture. Such initiatives include culturing and managing entire aquatic ecosystems aside from the farming aspect of aquaculture, protecting and managing water as a resource for acuaculture,...

This review reports on aquaculture development trends and challenges during 2000-2018 in the European Region covering 51 countries including European Union member states. Aquaculture production in the European Region is composed of marine molluscs and diadromous, marine and freshwater fish. It...

Mussels (Mytilus sp.) are widespread along the entire coast of Norway. In the last 15 years, the Institute of Marine Research (HI) has received reports that mussels have disappeared from places where shells are usually collected. In 2020, HI developed a method to monitor regional populations of ...

This paper explores the relationship between traditional fisheries, fisheries enhancement (ranching), and aquaculture. It evaluates why they are different and why fisheries economists have largely neglected aquaculture issues, despite the fact that most of the growth in fish supply over the past...

A large amount of organic effluents are released annually from coastal fish farming locations primarily in the form of faeces that settle to the seabed, where they become a substantial food source for benthic communities. The inclusion of marine and vegetable oils as sources of lipids in salmon...

The great scallop, Pecten maximus is a potential aquaculture species in Norway, but production to date has been low. Great scallop landings in 2000 were 571 tonnes, exclusively from harvesting wild stocks, landed by divers. Approximately two million juveniles of 15 mm shell height have been...

As aquaculture is the fastest growing food production method in the world, there are concerns about the area taken up by the industry. To reduce this, and to deal with the problem of the organic waste produced by the organisms, it has been suggested that it would be advantageous to rear, for...

Organic enrichment from fish farming may impact benthic species and habitats in adjacent areas. Norwegian salmon farming is continuously growing, but, due to area conflicts and severe sea-lice problems in the western areas, growth of the industry is focused in the northern areas. Knowledge is...

The incorporation of fish feed wastes in digestive gland and mantle tissue and average growth in length and standardized dry weight of soft tissue matter (DW') of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) were measured for one year (June 2010-June 2011) at three experimental stations in close proximity to a ...