Consuming small fish instead of farmed salmon could make seafood production more sustainable

by Public Library of Science Study suggests that aquaculture is currently inefficient, wasting important nutrients while depleting global fish stocks.

Swap salmon for sardines to keep four million tonnes of fish in the sea

Monicore/Pixabay, CC BY-SA David Willer, University of Cambridge Cutting down on meat and dairy is one way to make your diet better for the planet. ...

Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions: new report

A new report from the AquaCoCo project works to identify synergies between sustainable development of coastal communities, aquaculture, and marine and coastal conservation. It examines ...

Maine Aquaculture Association Releases Innovative Seafood Distribution Guide

Maine – The Maine Aquaculture Association (MAA) today released the first of its kind Maine Aquaculture Distribution Mapping Manual, a guide which helps sea farmers ...

ASC launches public consultation on new ASC Farm Standard covering all ASC certified species

ASC has launched one of its largest ever public consultations to seek stakeholder feedback on the upcoming ASC Farm Standard, which will enhance the efficiency ...

Biofuel: how new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Chokniti Khongchum/Shutterstock Callum Russell, University of the West of Scotland Microalgae have been used by the Chinese for medicinal and nutritional purposes for thousands of ...

Wild salmon are getting smaller and it might be linked to aquaculture

by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) Researchers from Finland used genetic methods to pinpoint how a fishery for an aquaculture fish food source and changes in ...

Ultrasounds Proven an Effective, Hands-off Way to Help Spawn Endangered Abalone

by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis. The world’s abalone are threatened, endangered or otherwise vulnerable in nearly every corner of the planet. While captive breeding efforts are ...

Bid to protect “blue food” revolution

by University of Exeter Scientists have developed a new way to identify and reduce the impact of chemicals and diseases in global aquaculture (fish farming).

Supergenes help the cod adapt to environmental changes

by Atle Christiansen, University of Agder In 2016, researchers from the University of Agder found that cod has supergenes. Now they have also found out what ...