Merck Animal Health Champions Young Aquaculture Leaders with New Salmon Science Award

Madison, USA.- Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the US and Canada) is proud to announce the introduction of the High Quality Salmon Science Award supporting research in salmon health and welfare by tomorrow’s industry leaders. Starting this year, Merck Animal Health will award one recent graduate in veterinary or animal science the opportunity to present their research to an impressive number of industry specialists at an upcoming Merck Animal Health High Quality Salmon meeting in Scotland, UK.

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Unrestricted improvements in fishing technology threaten the future of seafood

Spain.- Overfishing is one among many environmental problems that scientists expect to be exacerbated by climate change. A new study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) published today in Nature Communications confirms that climate change poses a major threat for the global fishery, but shows that the continual improvement of fishing technology could pose an even greater threat.

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Building a commercial seaweed industry

Scotland.- The first set of policy guidelines for the commercial cultivation of seaweed  in Scotland were published today. This development will create opportunities to grow Scotland’s  seaweed industry by providing clarity over where seaweed may be grown, along with what kinds of developments will be approved.

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