GENIALG Project Results Help to Boost the European Seaweed Sector

Results from an innovative European seaweed research project have laid the foundations to strengthen the seaweed cultivation and biorefining industry in Europe, promoting sustainable seaweed ...

Important information: WA2021 changes its date

After a detailed assessment of the current situation of the pandemic, the Organizing Committee of the World Aquaculture 2021- WA2021, #AquacultureNow has decided to reschedule ...

Tiny plastic residues threaten Atlantic and Guadeloupean oysters

Like many marine species, oysters are affected by nanoplastics that pollute the oceans. (Shutterstock) Valérie Langlois, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and Marc ...

Promising disease research on salmon in RAS facilities

A new research facility for infection studies in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) provides more relevant research for the RAS industry. Preliminary results also show that ...

Mystery of the seadragon solved

Germany – The genome of the seadragon, a very unusual fish, has been decoded. New insights help answer the question of evolutionary invention – Results ...

Twenty two small shrimp farms in Ecuador prepared to obtain ASC Certification

Machala, Ecuador – At today’s AquaExpo in El Oro, the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) presented the twenty two farms ...

Growing ‘young, single, and meaty’ oysters

The Philippines – While oysters are naturally clingy, a scientist has found that they grow best with no attachments and when given healthy boundaries.

Nine things you don’t know about seahorses

Many seahorses mate for life, and males are always pregnant. Steven L Gordon/Shutterstock Mark Tupper, University of Portsmouth Seahorses have long been a popular attraction ...

Giant clam mariculture in Polynesia, offshore finfish farming in Tunisia, shrimp farming in Indonesia: three new case studies on aquaculture and marine conservation – IUCN Report

IUCN is publishing a worldwide collection of case studies that provide concrete illustrations of how aquaculture can be part of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), sharing ...

UMaine researchers to develop enhanced fish vaccines with nanocellulose

USA – In an effort to support Maine and the nation’s growing finfish aquaculture industry, University of Maine scientists seek to develop more effective, safe, ...