Its no secret that the world is eating more farmed fish than ever before. According to the World Wide Institute nearly half the seafood the world eats today is farmed. On average, each person on the planet is eating four times as much seafood as was consumed in 1950. Experts predict that...

Recently when we were filming Murray Hallam and Milne Matthews talking about their aquaponics systems, the conversation turned to their wicking beds that they both used for growing root crops. Although water is mainly used in conventional dirt gardens, Murray and Milne were also using fish...

Nigeria is working hard to solve the problem of depleted fish stocks by creating urban fish farms. Babatunde Akiodie was finding work hard to find until he discovered how to grow fish on the roof top above his wife’s hairdressing salon.  Using cheap concrete tanks and a well dug for...

One of the questions some people ask is “Does Aquaponics really work over the long term?” Other people have concerns about adding all sorts of complicated filtration mechanisms to keep the fish water clean and pure. Some of these concerns are legitimate in a commercial aquaponics...

One of the more contentious issues surrounding aquaponics is the mineral density of the plants and vegetables that are grown in aquaponics. Critics say how can plants grown in Aquaponics be really nutritionally balanced with all the minerals and vitamins necessary for you if the nitrates they...

        Many newcomers to aquaponics get worried when they begin to notice their water colour changing from that clear transparent look of fresh water to a more aged and darker shade of amber-gold. Some people worry that some odd tanin or colour agent has leached into...

If there was such a thing is a prince of fish in Aquaponics then the Barramundi would have to be it. Think of a fish that has no fear and if you were shrunk down to it’s size  – it would probably eyeball you for a moment then lunge and eat you whole in one gulp and not give a...

Hard to find outside of Australia, its described as the ideal beginners fish for Aquaponics. Why? Because it comes with a number of pluses that are hard to fault. Barcoo Grunter or Queensland Jade Perch is the ideal fish to get started in Aquaponics. It has a reputation for being a hardy fish...

Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie’s honeymoon he’s enjoyed since discovering an outrageously...