Nofima to boost its investment in RAS research
Norway – Nofima is to further invest in research into recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). With expansion taking place both at Sunndalsøra and in Tromsø, the ...
Read moreOyster Farming and Shorebirds Likely Can Coexist
USA – Oyster farming as currently practiced along the Delaware Bayshore does not significantly impact four shorebirds, including the federally threatened red knot, which migrates ...
Read moreAquaculture Europe 2020 will not take place this year, but EAS will organise events in both Cork and Madeira in 2021
The EAS Board of Directors have decided that our Aquaculture Europe 2020 event cannot go ahead as planned in Cork from September 29 to October ...
Read moreMetagenomics reveals distinct microbiotypes in the giant clams Tridacna maxima
New research conducted at CRIOBE and ENTROPIE research units, with the collaboration of the Swire institute of Marine Science of The University of Hong Kong, ...
Read moreScientists develop ‘heat resistant’ coral to fight bleaching
Australia – Scientists from the University of Melbourne, CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have successfully produced in a laboratory setting a ...
Read moreMexican freshwater biodiversity in decline as more than a third of fish species threatened with extinction
San José, Costa Rica (IUCN) – Thirty-nine percent of Mexico’s freshwater fishes are threatened with extinction, including many endemic species that are economically, culturally and ...
Read moreNew handbook on welfare indicators for farmed rainbow trout
Norway.- A new handbook on welfare indicators for farmed rainbow trout is released today. It is a sister publication to the FISHWELL handbook on welfare ...
Read moreClarkson Professor Awarded Marine Biology Field Grants to Study Aquatic Diseases in New England Shellfish
USA.- Clarkson University Biology Professor Dr. Andrew David was recently awarded funding from the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative and the Nantucket Shellfish Association to examine the ...
Read moreSolve invasive seaweed problem by turning it into biofuels and fertilisers
UK researchers have developed a cheap and simple way of harvesting seaweed to create biofuel and fertiliser, whilst removing plastic from the oceans and cleaning ...
Read moreCSUN Professors Says Seaweed Aquaculture Might be the Next ‘Big Thing’
USA.- California State University, Northridge marine biologist Janet Kübler has been awarded a $152,054 grant from the National Sea Grant College Program and her industry ...
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