New tool to improve ‘cleaner fish’ welfare in salmon farming

Researchers at the University of Stirling have developed a new tool that fish farmers can use to improve the welfare of lumpfish – a species ...

Hope for the groupers

In Brazil, declining populations of grouper make it one of the country’s endangered species. However, Claudia Kerber, a former SEAFDEC/AQD trainee, is at the forefront ...

EU-Funded TechOceanS Project Developing New Microsensors for Environmental Ocean Monitoring

The EU-funded project, TechOceanS (Technologies for Ocean Sensing) is developing innovative microsensors that have the potential to revolutionise how we measure and monitor the world’s ...

Kvarøy Arctic Announces 2nd Year Women In Aquaculture Recipients

Norway — Today, Kvarøy Arctic announces the recipients of its second year Women in Aquaculture scholarship program. Among a competitive global applicant pool of nearly ...

ASC Funds Groundbreaking Initiative to Protect Vital Mangrove Forests

The benefits of mangrove forests are increasingly well known, but numerous efforts to protect them have met with limited success. Now a pioneering fund is ...

Brown crab: COVID-19 impact on the supply chain

EUMOFA is pleased to announce the publication of a new study: “Brown crab: Covid-19 impact on the supply chain”. This study aims to provide an ...

NUI Galway Aquaculture Project to Quantify Ecosystem Services Provided by the Irish Shellfish Sector

A new research project, ShellAqua, aims to quantify the ecosystem services, that is the benefits to human wellbeing provided by the natural environment from healthy ...

Long-running marine fish training offered online for the first time

The Philippines – To surmount the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic, SEAFDEC/AQD migrated its Marine Fish Hatchery (MarFish) training course online and conducted a first ...

Climate change threatens food security of many countries dependent on fish

UK – Millions of people in countries around the world could face an increased risk of malnutrition as climate change threatens their local fisheries.

USDA grant provides for researching how weather and environmental conditions affect aquaculture and pathogens

Princess Anne, USA – Aquaculture in the Chesapeake and Delaware Inland bays offers hope for restoring oyster populations vital to improving water quality and a ...