New model for aquaculture takes hold far from the sea

Aquaculture now produces 50 percent of the world fish needs, some companies are now working to reduce the environmental impact that fish farming is having. One of the ways looked at to reduce the effects of fish farming on the environment is closed containment fish farms.

In Massachusetts, Josh Goldman of a Australis Aquaculture gave an interview with Yale Environment 360. Located on the Connecticut River, more than 80 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, Turners Falls, Massachusetts is an unlikely setting to rear a seagoing fish. But that is precisely what Josh Goldman, co-founder and CEO of Australis Aquaculture, is doing, using some of the most sustainable aquaculture techniques in existence today. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers