New aquaculture research highlights areas of consensus, disagreement

Maine, USA – Aquaculture creates many benefits for Maine people, including fresh seafood, stable jobs, and opportunities to enhance tourism, environmental conservation and community resilience. ...

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Grieg Seafood joins forces with 17 leading industry and research institutions in push to develop low-emission offshore aquaculture

The consortium aims to reduce the environmental impact and improve fish welfare through innovations within offshore and closed technologies, biology, fish feed, electrification, digitalization and ...

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Researchers get to the heart of fish health with new diagnostic tool

UK – A group of aquaculture researchers in Scotland is aiming to develop a simple and cost-effective mass testing tool that could significantly enhance fish ...

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New project seeks to sharpen up cleaner fish vaccinations

UK – A team of UK researchers has received funding to optimise the formulation and delivery of a key vaccination given to protect ballan wrasse ...

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Seaweed – the next big marine industry for South Australia

Australia – South Australia’s fledgling commercial seaweed industry will get a significant boost with a $1.5 million Marshall Liberal Government project to grow the sector ...

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Highly dynamic sex chromosomes in cichlid fishes

The cichlids of Lake Tanganyika in Africa are highly diverse – including with regard to sex chromosomes. These have changed extremely frequently in the course ...

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Fish Eyes from a Petri Dish

A research team from the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) of Heidelberg University has demonstrated that complex retinal tissue can be cultured in a Petri ...

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ASC launches consultation on new requirements to improve welfare of farmed fish

The ASC is consulting the public on new requirements to improve the welfare of farmed fish that take advantage of new developments and research to cover ...

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Disease and environment drive adaptation in bivalves

UK – Diseases and environmental pressures seem to have had the biggest influence on how bivalves such as mussels, clams, scallops and oysters evolved to ...

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High Hopes for Lowly Pond Scum

USA – Pond scum generally isn’t looked upon kindly. But the microalgae that make up these floating green mats of slime could get newfound respect ...

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