News & Notices

Aquaculture is a dynamic issue. New policies are discussed, technologies are tested, projects are initiated, and milestones are marked all of the time. This page provides links to recent news, as well to reports, press releases, meeting notices, research results, and the activities of the Office of Aquaculture.

Notices

04/22/2013: Registration open for 'Techniques in Aquaculture Course'
03/14/2013: Map of Sea Grant State Program Funding Opportunities links
02/27/2013: NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Proposal solicitation extended to March 4
02/26/2013: Funding Opportunity: NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension and Technology Transfer
01/30/2013: Funding Opportunity Announcement: Advancements in Algal Biomass Yield
01/23/2013: National Aquaculture Assn scheduling 2013 producer workshops
01/22/2013: Sea Grant Funding Opportunities by State
10/18/2012: Florida Aquaculture Review Council request for Statements of Interest
08/22/2012: USDA Seeks Applicants for Food Safety Research Grant Funding
08/22/2012: Notice of Opportunity to Submit Content Request for 2013 Census of Aquaculture
08/22/2012: Wisconsin Sea Grant: Aquaculture Podcast
06/28/2012: United States - Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture (UJNR)
06/14/2012: Call for Session and Technology Transfer Ideas
01/16/2012: Comment Period Extended for Draft NOP Implementation Plan
02/16/2012: Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture - Call for Abstracts
02/14/2012: NOAA Fisheries Budget Briefing on February 17, 2012
02/03/2012: Seafood Industry Research Funding Opportunity
01/01/2012: NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program seeks proposals
12/09/2011: Report of the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption Available
01/16/2012: National Ocean Council seeks Comment on Draft National Ocean Policy Plan
01/01/2012: Funding Opportunity - NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research
01/01/2012: 32nd Milford Aquaculture Seminar to be held March 12-14, 2012
12/09/2011: Washington Governor Announces Shellfish Initiative to Spur Jobs, Restore Puget Sound
12/06/2011: New Book: Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment
12/01/2011: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issues new aquaculture report

News

04/24/2013: Oyster farming down to a science
04/18/2013: Farming Nemo: how aquaculture will feed 9 billion hungry people
04/17/2013: On the rebound, New England oysters face climate threat
04/15/2013: A 'green economy' requires a 'blue economy', warns FAO
04/10/2013: VIDEO: Today's Green Minute: Floating Fish Farms
04/06/2013: VIDEO: Fresh Facts. Smart Seafood.
04/04/2013: Raising rockfish: trials in a NOAA lab
04/03/2013: Eating fish helps you live longer
04/01/2013: Baykeeper receives grant to rebuild aquaculture facility
04/01/2013: Life down on the kelp farm
04/18/2013: Commercial aquaculture on the horizon in Delaware
03/14/2013: VIDEO: Fish, mercury, and nutrition: The net effects
03/14/2013: Aquaculture species profiled on Fishwatch!
03/14/2013: Let’s innovate and harvest best of fish farm know-how
03/14/2013: Innovations in sea farming already happening
03/14/2013: Ocean acidification eats oysters
03/14/2013: Video: Olympia oyster restoration
03/14/2013: Food for fish
02/27/2013: Video: Olympia oyster restoration
02/27/2013: Audio: advances in farmed salmon research
02/27/2013: Are oysters doomed?
02/27/2013: Oyster farms facing climate change
02/27/2013: Omega-3 protects patients at risk of sudden cardiac death
02/27/2013: Farming Shellfish and Seaweed in Long Island Sound
02/26/2013: Saving the oysters
02/27/2013: The multi-talented oyster
01/31/2013: Deleware Bay oysters hit hard by recent storms
01/30/2013: ‘I want to sell more US-farmed seafood’
01/29/2013: NPR: Oysters rebound In popularity with man-made bounty
01/29/2013: Planting seeds for a better oyster harvest
01/25/2013: Milestone looms for farm-raised fish
01/03/2013: CA aquaculture operation to create 30 jobs
01/03/2013: SeaWeb's Aquaculture Webinars provide forum for informed dialogue
12/20/2012: Farmed or Wild?
12/12/2012: Maryland oyster season on track for largest haul in 20 years
12/12/2012: Nutrients from farmed salmon waste feed new marine industry
01/02/2013: Maryland aquaculture to benefit from new partnership
12/05/2012: Washington state confronts ocean acidification
12/04/2012: INTERVIEW: Researching aquaculture for nutrient mitigation
12/04/2012: Marine life on a warming planet
11/28/2012: Gov. Gregoire announces actions to protect shellfish from ocean acidification
11/29/2012: Lab at centre of salmon-virus claim could lose status
11/27/2012: Regulatory uncertainty drives a Fish farmer to foreign waters
11/27/2012: Can Shellfish Adapt to More Acidic Water?
11/27/2012: Fish feed for sustainable aquaculture
11/21/2012: Seafood entrepreneurs: Fighting for aquaculture
11/21/2012: An oyster in the storm
11/21/2012: Florida school credits aquaculture curriculum with rising grades
11/08/2012: VIDEO: Innovative partnership
11/07/2012: 'Velella' aquaculture project chosen for Time Magazine's "Best Inventions" List