Fish farming seems like a great idea on paper. But a host of environmental problems can plague coastal fisheries, most due to the large amounts of waste generated by these floating factory farms.

The fish-farming industry is increasing its use of plant-based ingredients in its feed and moving away from traditional feed made from fish, a shift that could affect some of the health benefits of ...

Professor Peter Wainwright, winner of the 2017 Faculty Research Lecture award, studies the biomechanics of fish feeding and how it relates to the evolution and ecology of fish. (Gregory Urquiaga, UC ...

One of the great ironies of salmon farming lies in the fact that even though the salmon themselves aren't wild-caught, their feed is partially made up of smaller fish that are. According to new ...