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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

STEVENS POINT, WI – For those of you who regularly follow my columns here, you may recall that I did a piece on the aquaponics team of Nelson and Pade a few years back. As some of you may know, not long ago Nelson and Pade received a $677,500 economic development incentive grant from the …

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 …

MT. PLEASANT, SC – This year’s Eastern Fish Health Workshop (EFHW), which was held here March 2-6 just across the river from Charleston, featured some of the top student talent in the aquatic animal health field. Graduate student talks ran the gamut from catfish pathogens and DNA vaccines to Sea Star Wasting Disease and the …

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.  …

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MARSHFIELD, WI – Nothing makes me happier than sleeping in my own bed at night (and those of you who travel frequently know what I mean) so it was a rare treat to have this year’s annual Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference and Trade Show in a location that was driving distance from my house. This is …

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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 …