Fighting the Salmon Louse
Germany – It’s a nightmare for fish breeders, causes damage amounting to millions, and is also a growing problem for wild salmon: the salmon louse ...
Read moreFish genome project attracts early attention
Canada – Fish farm operators and environmental consultants are beating a path to the doors of Daniel Heath and his colleagues to be first in ...
Read moreNIC researching seaweed processing possibilities
Canada – NIC’s Centre for Applied Research, Technology and Innovation is partnering with Cascadia Seaweed Corp. (CSC) to determine how to efficiently turn cultivated seaweed ...
Read moreNew Tauranga aquaculture facility set to harness seaweed’s potential
New Zealand – A brand-new aquaculture facility is now operating in Tauranga thanks to a $13 million algal biotechnology research project, funded by the Tertiary ...
Read moreOnly a balanced approach to ocean and inland aquaculture will nourish the world
Penang, Malaysia – New research published in Nature Communications questions scientific and policy narratives around the potential of ocean aquaculture to solely contribute to food ...
Read moreGlobal Ocean Data in the Palm of Your Hand: UMITRON Launches the Pulse Mobile Application for Marine Farmers
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON) is making it even easier to access ocean environmental data with the release of ...
Read moreAmericans don’t eat enough fish and miss out on robust health benefits
By Michael Tlusty*Eating fish can provide powerful advantages for the heart and brain, yet Americans eat less than half of the 26 pounds per year ...
Read moreSeafood mislabeling is having negative impacts on the marine environment
Media outlets, governments, academics, and NGOs are increasingly recognizing and documenting seafood fraud. Policies are being designed and revamped in an attempt to reduce seafood ...
Read moreFunding for salmon drugs may help lower cost of treating deadly human diseases
UK – The University of Glasgow has received funding to repurpose drugs that are currently used to treat some parasitic diseases in humans – Sleeping ...
Read moreIloilo mudworm likes it dark, study finds
The Philippines – The world is hungry for worms, marine worms. Every year, an estimated 121,000 tons of the tiny burrowers, called polychaetes, are dug ...
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