Fish consumption still safe despite initial fears over mercury levels
by University of Waterloo The benefits of consuming traditional foods tend to outweigh the risks of possible mercury contamination, according to a recent study.
Read moreWhat really makes fish become sexually active
by Valentina Ruiz-Leotaud, Sea Around Us Discounting anthropogenic-induced changes, the seasonally oscillating environments where long-lived fish hatch and grow remain more or less the same throughout ...
Read moreSurrogate production of genome edited sperm from a genetically distant species
by Science China PressSpermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are the only type of stem cells in the adult testis that maintain the activity of self-renewal and ...
Read moreUnique partnership to develop first-ever national seafood marketing practices assessment
Orono, USA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture, NOAA Fisheries and the University of Maine have initiated a unique partnership to better understand how U.S. ...
Read moreEconomic contribution of fisheries and aquaculture in Tasmania
Australia – New IMAS research has found Tasmania’s key fisheries and aquaculture sectors contributed close to $900 million towards the state’s economy in 2018/19, with ...
Read moreSaving seaweed with machine learning
USA – PhD candidate Charlene Xia is developing a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify diseases before they spread.
Read moreAquaculture Europe 2021 – A truly memorable event
Organised by the European Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture Europe 2021 was held on the beautiful island of Madeira in Portugal. Aquaculture has a clear place in ...
Read moreNew tool can identify harmful blue-green algae
UK – A new way to detect early signs of harmful blue-green algae, which bloom in lakes, rivers and reservoirs around the world, has been ...
Read moreScientists reveal epigenetic regulation mechanism of stimulated astaxanthin accumulation in Haematococcus pluvialis
By Li Lamei*Haematococcus pluvialis can produce natural astaxanthin which has strong antioxidant capacity. How to improve the astaxanthin content of H. pluvialis is a hot ...
Read moreUNESCO launches global eDNA project to study vulnerability of species to climate change at marine World Heritage sites
An ambitious project using cutting edge environmental DNA, known as eDNA, to understand the richness of biodiversity of UNESCO’s marine World Heritage sites launches today.
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