Long gone are the days when the salmon on your plate was wild caught. The demand for fish and shellfish has encouraged intensive fish farming, now set to overtake cattle ranching by the end of this ...

A tidal wave of interest is building in farming the seas. It’s part of a global rush to exploit oceanic resources that’s been dubbed the “blue acceleration.” Optimistic projections say that smart ...

For the first time in history, we now farm more seafood than we catch from the wild. At the same time, overfishing of wild fish stocks continues to increase even as the number of sustainably fished ...

Great news, right? Yes — except the farmers of seafood are just starting to address this problem. Last month, the Chilean salmon industry pledged to reduce its antibiotics usage 50 percent by 2025.

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- In a legendary TV blooper, an ABC News weekend anchor intoned that Capt. Jacques Cousteau and his ship Calypso were in the eastern Mediterranean studying whether the world's growing ...

Irmak Ertör is a postdoctoral researcher working in the ERC (European Research Council) funded ENVJUSTICE project in the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of ...

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 ...

Judy, you’re not alone in your quest for sustainable fish. A 2012 poll conducted by National Public Radio found that roughly 80 percent of the Americans who regularly eat fish place value in knowing ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Comau Fjord is a sliver of sea framed by thickly forested mountain slopes. Melting glaciers peek between the crags. Waterfalls tumble down ...

Dwindling wild stocks make cod one product where demand severely outstrips supply. A successful start for commercial cod farming in the UK could redress the balance and also throw a lifeline to ...

Japan’s labor-intensive fish farming sector has taken a major step toward automation with the adoption of an artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) solution that frees up highly ...