Once the fish factories and ‘kidneys’ of colder seas, Australia’s decimated shellfish reefs are coming back

Dominic McAfee, University of Adelaide; Chris Gillies, James Cook University; Christine Crawford, University of Tasmania; Ian McLeod, James Cook University, and Sean Connell, University of ...

SEASTAR brings digitisation underwater for sustainable aquaculture

by European Commission The recently published communication on international ocean governance sets the path of EU ocean policies for years to come. Among the key ...

Oyster Researchers Helping Keep Consumers Safe from Dangerous Pathogens

by Lori Tyler Gula, NIFAVibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of seafood-borne bacterial infections in the United States. Contaminated raw oysters can cause Vibriosis, a ...

IFC Announces $45 million Loan to Improve Shrimp Sector’s Resilience in Ecuador

Shrimp farms in Ecuador will have better productivity with a new investment by IFC helping replace diesel with electricity for farm operations while addressing the ...

Turning Fish Waste into Quality Carbon-based Nanomaterial

by Nagoya Institute of TechnologyThanks to their low toxicity, chemical stability, and remarkable electrical and optical properties, carbon-based nanomaterials are finding more and more applications ...

Fighting water pollution and shortage with algae

by European Science Communication Institute (ESCI)New research will grow microalgae in drain water from greenhouses for cleaner water and lower microalgae production costs. Freshwater supplies ...

Researchers design the cheapest and most efficient squid aquaculture system to date

by Lucy Dickie, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology A squid is a type of cephalopod that has an elongated body, eight arms and two ...

Researchers improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles

by Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture Putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste made the material significantly stronger — an innovation ...

Experts establish performance indicators to evaluate marine protected areas

by CCMARA paper recently published by experts from Portuguese institutions establishes a set of indicators that will help evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the ...

Idoteas are the sea’s bees

by CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange)The crucial role of insects in the pollination of flowering plants is well known, but algal fertilization assisted by marine animals ...