CDU growing prawns to re-establish industry

Australia – Prawn farming operations in the Northern Territory are set to recommence to support Territory producers thanks to a new selective breeding program at ...

$9.8m state-of-the-art research centre to make waves in sustainable aquaculture

Australia – A new Deakin University $9.8m state-of-the-art aquaculture research centre is set to drive sustainable fish production, novel feed and aquaculture technology development, and ...

Brendan Englot and Long Wang Receive $375,000 USDA-NIFA Award to Fund Underwater Robotics Research

The project aims to enable autonomous offshore aquaculture by developing novel underwater robotics technology.

Is climate change altering the marine food web?

Climate change is redistributing biodiversity globally, and distributional shifts of organisms often follow the speed and direction of environmental changes. Research by scientists at Stony ...

Feeding Seaweed to Cows to Boost Organic Dairy Profitability and Sustainability

By Rachel Leslie*USA – UVM-led research team receives $2.9 million from USDA’s Organic Agriculture Program to explore health, economic and environmental benefits of feeding seaweed ...

MOU to support aquaculture further offshore

Australia – The Australian and Tasmanian governments have agreed to support a framework to deliver offshore aquaculture in Commonwealth waters off the coast of Tasmania.

Turning the lens on giant crabs for improved fishery management

Australia – Fisheries scientists are analysing images of giant crabs for shell colour patterns, size and sex data, which will contribute to better managing harvests ...

How climate change could impact algae in the global ocean

Global warming is likely to cause abrupt changes to important algal communities because of shifting biodiversity ‘break point’ boundaries in the oceans – according to ...

Team of scientists identifies disease resistance gene in salmon

A gene with a major role in resistance to Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) that can cause high mortality levels in farmed salmon and trout ...

Domesticated oysters less prepared for climate change?

By Susanne Liljenström*Pacific oyster farming is a multi-billion dollar industry, but there are strong concerns about the ability of oyster larvae to develop properly and ...