Intensive fish farming in Vietnam, 2012. More than three-quarters of the global fisheries and aquaculture workforce is based in Asia. Image by Yvan Bettarel @IRD via ...

Second, accumulated waste from intensive finfish farming (excess feed, fish poop and chemicals) flow from the net pens into surrounding waters.

Where salmon are farmed in places with wild salmon, fish escapes spread disease and pests, consume the same food sources as wild fish, and, when genetically modified salmon breed with wild salmon, ...

The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has launched a three-day hands-on training on fish feed production using ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Fish farming provides safe, nutritious and sustainable seafood while minimizing the impact on our oceans. Without it, due to growing demand, limited supply and rising prices, ...

The economic implications are substantial, particularly in regions reliant on intensive fish farming, where outbreaks compromise productivity and necessitate considerable management interventions.

An aerial drone photo taken on March 13, 2025 shows fishers driving boats to the fish farming area at a marine ranch in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province.

Farmed carnivorous fish eat multiple times more weight in wild fish caught from the ocean than is obtained by farming them, says Hayek. For instance, producing a kilogram of salmon may require 4 ...