Amid rising costs and sustainability concerns surrounding fish meal, Marubeni has developed an insect-based feed that could prove to be a viable alternative.
In the northern prefecture of Fukuoka, a spectrum of industries are venturing into land-based salmon farming. Competition is developing into a "salmon war."
Onshore aquaculture, where fish are bred in a controlled environment, provides protection from adverse weather, parasites, and other external factors.
The Futaba Sankyo Corporation launched a collaborative research project on breeding the black soldier fly as feed for fish farming. Is domestication feasible?
Students collaborated with two companies to develop a healthy ready-to-eat product made with shrimp and designed to promote conservation of fisheries resources.
A research team in Okinawa developed a squid farming system based on a hot springs water-flow method and aimed at remedying over-exploitation of the resource.
With the impact of climate change on fisheries and a rising world population, investors from overseas are showing growing interest in Japan’s fish farming industry.
