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 ...

How can we further reduce CO2 emissions? New study reveals algae can help

by Joan Koka, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne study shows that carbon emissions that come from making ethanol can cultivate algae which in turn can be used ...

Fish generate movable pairs of vortices to propel them forward like body waves

by American Institute of Physics Swimming in complex underwater environments, fish are unmatched when it comes to motion control and flexibility. For decades, researchers have been ...

AquaMaof and Atacama Yellowtail sign contract for the construction of a 900-ton RAS facility to produce Yellowtail Kingfish in the Coquimbo Region, Chile

The project will be located in Tongoy Bay and will produce 900 tons per year in the first stage, with production expected to double to ...

Leading UK marine scientists welcome the move towards a global plastics pact ahead of UN meeting

by Plymouth Marine Laboratory The resumed session of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) – the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment – is ...

High-resolution tracking methods reveal the hidden world of fishes

by Nadja Neumann, Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) The lives of fish are mysterious. That’s because until recently it was technically impossible to observe them in aquatic ...

How seaweed could be the hero of the century

by Sofie Castelein, Universiteit Utrecht Seaweed absorbs CO2 five times faster than trees and can provide us with food, energy and biodiversity when farmed. It could ...