Solutions for sustainable Atlantic aquaculture
by CORDIS Workshops and surveys are just two of the tools the AquaVitae project is using to boost production of abalone, algae and oysters in ...
Read moreNeed to optimize treatment against gill disease
by Reidun Lilleholt Kraugerud, Nofima Scientists have been looking into peracetic acid as an alternative treatment for amoebic gill disease (AGD) in sea-farmed salmon. The ...
Read moreMcConalogue launches new public online Aquaculture Information Management System – AQUAMIS
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, today announced the launch of Phase 1 of the new state of the art Aquaculture ...
Read moreWhat sea cucumbers can teach us about self-defence
by John Innes Centre Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in ...
Read moreMicroplastics might be entering marine food webs from the bottom up
Garth A Covernton, University of Toronto; Hailey Davies, University of Victoria, and Kieran Cox, University of Victoria Microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic less than ...
Read moreParasites affect salmon in several ways
By Steinar Brandslet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology When salmon ingest parasites, the parasite may not be the only factor that determines the impact ...
Read moreCities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone
By Kelsey Simpkins, University of Colorado Boulder Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through the burning of ...
Read moreOffshore wind farms expected to reduce clam fishery revenue, study finds
by Rutgers UniversityAn important East Coast shellfish industry is projected to suffer revenue losses as offshore wind energy develops along the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic ...
Read moreGovernment of Canada outlines next steps in transition from open-net pen salmon farming in British Columbia
Ottawa – Wild Pacific salmon are of great importance to communities in British Columbia, both culturally and economically. However, wild Pacific salmon are facing historic ...
Read moreThe freshwater pearl mussel favors the original salmon fish populations of the home river
by University of Jyväskylä Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have found that the larvae of freshwater pearl mussel survive best in the original ...
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