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Researchers detail the long chain of events required for cultured seafood to deliver environmental benefits

By Harrison Tasoff*Santa Barbara, USA – Meat alternatives are officially mainstream. To wit, Burger King added the plant-based Impossible Burger to its menu nationwide in ...

New Aquaculture Tool Developed to Estimate Fish Density with Echo-Sounders

Researchers are creating a tool that will enable fish farmers to generate more precise estimations of the number and size of their fish stock.

New decision-support tool to optimise feeding rates while reducing waste in seabass and seabream aquaculture

One of the main challenges for European aquaculture farmers is related to improving feed efficiency. This is key to reducing production costs in aquaculture and ...

Free Online Course: Aquaponics – the Circular Food Production System

Aquaponic technology continues to attracts a lot of attention around the globe, especially in the context of urban farming. But how exactly does an aquaponic ...

Studies find that higher temperatures have an adverse effect on mussels

A recent study provides new insights into the effects of rising temperatures on bivalves, a class which includes mussels and oysters. The findings show further ...

Fishing the seas for new vegan ideas

Australia – Putting innovative Australian marine bioproducts into tasty vegan food ideas is the goal of a new project at the Centre for Marine Bioproducts ...

One type of feed must be avoided in ballan wrasse farming to prevent deformities

Farmed ballan wrasse fed extruded feed over long periods when young develop skeletal deformities. Therefore, scientists believe that feed of right technical quality is very ...

New Method Provides for Fast and Accurate Determination of Marine Biotoxins In Washington Shellfish

USA – NCCOS scientists developed a new, effective method to ensure safe shellfish harvesting in Washington state, increasingly threatened by known and emerging algal bloom ...

Biotechnologists developed an effective technology for nutrient biocapture from wastewater

Biotechnologists from RUDN University in collaboration with Lomonosov MSU and Kurchatov institute made an important contribution to the technology of phosphate and nitrate biocapture from ...

Early COVID-19 responses in the seafood sector offer crucial lessons for dealing with future shocks in food systems

Penang, Malaysia – New research on the impacts of COVID-19 disruptions to a highly globalized seafood sector reveals crucial lessons for making food systems more ...