Americans are eating more and more seafood. It’s not surprising: Seafood tastes great and is generally heart-healthy. But after decades of mismanagement of our wild-capture fisheries, much of what we ...

Americans love seafood—especially salmon. Fishermen and Indigenous peoples on this continent have long revered salmon as a cultural touchstone with phenomenal life histories and deep connections to ...

As stocks of wild fish in the sea were reduced from overfishing, aquaculture or fish farming expanded significantly to the point that in about 2020, the total tonnage of farm raised fish surpassed ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2022, fish farms produced an unprecedented 131 million tons of seafood, officially ...

Overfishing has put exorbitant stress on our oceans. But there is a solution: Aquaculture—otherwise known as fish farming—is the practice of growing and harvesting fish in a controlled, regulated and ...

One of Ocean Era's geodesic cages floats in the water near Kona, Hawaii. Ocean Era hopes to launch a similar test project near Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Rick Decker, courtesy of Ocean Era) The ...

In 2022, fish farms produced an unprecedented 130.9 million tons of seafood, officially surpassing the global wild-caught fishing industry for the first time, according to a report released in July.

DNV has teamed up with Ocean Sovereign to obtain French registration for the deployment of a unique fish farming superyacht. Ocean Ark’s patented advanced self-cleaning trimaran superstructure was ...

Strict environmental regulation and a shortage of suitable sites have constrained the expansion of traditional open-cage ...

A new type of submersible fish farm could make aquaculture operations much more eco-friendly. The storm-resistant structure is designed to stay out in the deep, cold waters of the open ocean, where it ...

GALVESTON -- John Ericcson lost a fortune in the '80s oil bust, but the former well driller today sees a way to profit from oil again -- by reusing retired platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to grow fish ...