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FAU receives $2.8 million gift for queen conch farm in Grand Bahama

by Kristine Gobbo, Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has received $2.8 million from Builders Initiative to establish a queen conch ...

What do Europeans think about the sustainability of wild and farmed fish?

Consumers still have a negative perception of farmed fish, compared to wild fish, including its sustainability. Understanding how consumers perceive sustainability is essential to building ...

Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf

by PEERJA new study published in PeerJ Life & Environment and featured in the International Association for Biological Oceanography Hub evaluates the use of DNA ...

Sea lice: control methods to combat infestations

In recent years, sea lice infestations have caused concerns, not only for their impact on the marine aquaculture industry (especially salmon farming), but also for ...

What are the amino acid requirements of tilapia?

Researchers from the State University of Ponta Grossa, the State University of Maringá, and the Texas A&M University System published a scientific review consolidating information ...

Can seaweed save the world? Well it can certainly help in many ways

Catriona Macleod, University of Tasmania Seaweed is increasingly seen as a solution to many of the world’s most pressing problems. Interest in farming seaweed has ...

Single cell proteins have the greatest potential to replace fishmeal in shrimp diets.

Determining the apparent digestibility of ingredients is an important prerequisite for evaluating the availability of new protein sources. This type of evaluation allows us to ...

Ammonia Exposure Affects Rainbow Trout Fillet Quality

The accumulation of organic waste such as aquatic animal feces or uneaten feed leads to the deterioration of water quality in aquaculture systems. Various investigations ...

Half of global methane emissions come from aquatic ecosystems – much of this is human-made

Judith Rosentreter, Yale University; Alberto Borges, Université de Liège; Ben Poulter, NASA, and Bradley Eyre, Southern Cross University Methane — a greenhouse gas far more ...

Mussels and Other Aquatic Animals Provide Critical Coastal Ecosystem Protections

by Ben Best, Yale School of the Environment A new study focusing on 750,000 acres of U.S. coastal areas finds that mollusks act as ecosystem ...