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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 ...

Blind trust in the blue economy can be a big mistake

Amid increased focus on seafood for more sustainable and healthy diets, researchers reveal three flawed assumptions about seafood production and consumption.

Vaccine promise in marine extracts

By Tania Bawden*Australia – Scientists are exploring whether unique Australian marine bio-sources could enhance vaccines, with active ingredients in local sea cucumbers identified as holding ...

Healthy people and a healthy planet: Can aquaculture help transform our food systems?

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition is today announcing the launch of its new brief,  Harnessing aquaculture for healthy diets. 

PLOCAN participates in the H2020 funded MUSICA project, which aims to build, install and operate a floating Multi-use Platform (MUP)

Spain – The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) participates as a partner in the European project MUSICA: Multiple-use-of Space for Island Clean Autonomy ...

Producing cooking food grade fish oil with leftovers from the mackerel filleting process

Norway – A new refining process developed by the Nofima research institute now enables mackerel fillet producers to manufacture a high-quality oil from the residual ...

Scientists discover new parasite species able to infect toxic microalgae in the Baltic Sea

Spain – Parasitism is one of the most relevant biological mechanisms for the regulation of populations. Parasitism interactions are very common in nature, as are ...