Kelp – an important source of vital iodine

Norway – Iodine. A chemical element. An important ingredient in food. All people need it to avoid serious illness. The problem is that we consume ...

Support for seafood industry

Scotland – A total of 128 companies have now received support through the Scottish Government’s Seafood Resilience Fund.

Bayer Animal Health brings more technologies to warm-water aquaculture

Monheim, Germany – Bayer Animal Health is boosting its solution offerings for shrimp and other warm-water aquaculture species through supply and distribution agreements with water ...

‘Water-forecasting’ and fish farms fed on waste: how innovation is driving the blue economy

By Peter Beech World Economic Forum writerUsing waste food to farm insects as fish food; and high-tech real-time water quality monitoring: innovations that could help ...

Stanford experts highlight oceans’ role in solving food insecurity

By Nicole KravecStanford Center for Ocean Solutions Our growing need for food poses one of the biggest threats to the environment. Stanford ocean and food ...

Aquaculture study findings shed light on lumpfish welfare

UK – New research from aquaculture experts at the University of Stirling could help improve the welfare of farmed lumpfish – a species vital to ...

Do ICES member countries have the potential to maintain a sustainable supply of seafood for their populations?

Denmark – Do ICES member countries have the potential to maintain a sustainable supply of seafood for their populations? New paper suggests that a concerted ...

Sandfish: expensive, endangered, and ecologically essential

The Philippines – Sandfish, or Holothuria scabra, is one of the most threatened tropical sea cucumbers because of its high price, reaching up to $1,600 ...

The LACQUA20 and the Ecuadorian Congress of Aquaculture 2020 (CEA 2020) will change to March 2021

The Latin American and Caribbean Chapter (LACC) of the World Aquaculture Society and the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, announce the newdate for Latin ...

Latest special issue of Gender, Technology & Development examines new learnings on women and fisheries

Bangkok, Thailand – Women work in all stages of the fish value chain, producing, processing and selling fish and through their work support the economy, ...