One of the most common misconceptions about aquaculture is that it reduces pressure on wild fish populations. In reality, ...

Bird’s eye view of an open sea fish farm in, Aegean, Turkey. Shutterstock One of the world’s fastest-growing food production industries, aquaculture, is harming the marine environment and people’s ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a ...

A study suggests that people in ancient China started farming carp around 6200 BCE. Fish farms play an important role in supplying the modern world’s massive demand for seafood—about half the fish we ...

Japan’s labor-intensive fish farming sector has taken a major step toward automation with the adoption of an artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) solution that frees up highly ...

Intensive livestock farming could raise the risk of new pandemics, researchers have warned. Industrialised farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from ...

Aquaculture profits are at risk if the seafood industry fails to address ESG issues – including poor animal welfare and high fish mortality – a new report warns. Consumer demand for seafood is rising.

Many words we use come with hidden baggage. For instance we tend to assume that local, natural and grass-fed foods are good for our health, the environment and animal welfare, while intensive farming ...