RICHMOND, ME – Private fish health labs are few and far between here in the US, so I’d like to profile a couple of these valuable businesses in 2015.  In this issue we’ll look at Kennebec River Biosciences Inc. (KRB), a growing lab that already serves over 500 fish farmers and fisheries managers in the …

The National Geographic magazine calls it “The War on Science.” What is “it”? It is, among other things, a complete denial of fossil fuel-based climate change, or climate change in any form. It’s denial of evolution in favor of a world that is only 10,000 years old. It’s denial of the moon landings. And it’s …

BEAUFORT, NC –As a precursor to the prestigious BioMarine Business Convention that will convene later this year in Wilmington, NC, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, the Marine Bio-Technologies Center of Innovation (MBCOI), and the NOAA Coastal Aquaculture Planning and Environmental Sustainability Program, recently organized and conducted a marine finfish culture workshop here. The mission of …

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by Amy Riedel-Stone STUTTGART, AR – For this issue, I thought it would be good to showcase a government employee with whom I have had the pleasure of working on the US Aquaculture Society (USAS) board of directors. Dr. David “Dave” Straus, Phd,  has had an interesting career that has allowed him to work with …

by Amy Riedel-Stone AUBURN, AL –  When considering my next profile for this column, I decided it was time to head west.  Little did I know I really wouldn’t have to go very far at all to find the perfect candidate for this issue. Dr. Jesse Chappell, who many of you already know, has been …

APOPKA, FL – Mindful that fish farming has the potential to help meet an expanding population’s need for protein in a world with increasing water constraints, Pentair has recently announced the opening of its Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems’ (PAES) World Aquaculture Technology Engineering & Research Center of Excellence here. The center, which consists of 12,400 square …

ITHACA, NY – The American Fisheries Society’s (AFS) Fish Health Section (FHS) held its annual meeting here in mid-July. In addition to the regular program schedule of scientific talks and the highly informative continuing education session, the meeting gave those of us in the section a chance to pay tribute to members who have gone …

NEW ORLEANS, LA –  The snowplows and front-end loaders had barely swept away the debris of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday when Aquaculture America 2015 (AA15) rolled into town this past Feb. 19. But anyone who thought the party was over was in for a big surprise. AA15 brought its own kind of magic to …

PAYNES CREEK, CA –  I was thinking the other day that if I were to count up all the fish farms I have visited over the past 30 years, it would almost certainly surpass the 1,000-farm mark. Lots of farms in lots of places.  Big ones, small ones.  Good ones, a few less good ones.  …

MONTEREY, CA –  Recent travels brought my family and me to the Monterey Bay area for a few days to enjoy this unique slice of coastal California. Our hotel, as it turned out, was conveniently located immediately next door to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. So, being me, I slipped away from the hotel one morning …

by Amy Riedel-Stone CHARLOTTE, NC – Located in an industrial park just off the Charlotte International Airport property, Astor Farms here is producing tilapia for live markets throughout the East Coast. Rob Ellis, owner and manager of the farm, has built a 12-tank recirculating aquaculture facility that pumps out approximately 400,000 pounds of fish per …