Human Rights in the salmon farming industry

Norway.- The work is organized by DIHR, Rafto Foundation and IHRB, in Bergen, Norway in December 2019. The report discusses the main human rights issues, ...

IUCN case study examines the interaction between aquaculture and marine conservation in Zanzibar

While the competition for space and resources is a source of potential conflict for sectors such as tourism, seaweed farmers and fishers, ultimately all of ...

Kvarøy Arctic & James Beard Foundation Announce the First “Women in Aquaculture” Scholarship Fund

Kvarøy Island, Norway.- Kvarøy Arctic(pronounced “Kwa-ray”) sustainably raised salmon from Norway’s Arctic Circle, and the James Beard Foundation—a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, ...

Friend of the Sea turns Coronavirus into an opportunity and launches innovative Sustainable Augmented Reality Audits

Italy.- Friend of the Sea’s headquarters is in central Milan, Lombardy. Since the outbreak three weeks ago, Paolo Bray, the NGO’s founder and director, concerned ...

Inclusive aquaculture can improve the lives of poor farmers

Scotland.- Experts are calling for aquaculture business models to be more inclusive – and ultimately improve the lives – of poor smallholder farmers and others ...

State Department Suspends the Section 609 Shrimp Certifications for China and Venezuela

USA.- In a Federal Register notice published today, the U.S. Department of State announced that it was suspending the certifications made, pursuant to Section 609 ...

Marel hosts global fish expo online

Marel opened its Brussels expo stand to the industry this week in an innovative online format. You can’t bring your customers to an expo at ...

Rapid evolution in fish: genomic changes within a generation

Researchers from Basel have identified the genetic basis of rapid adaptation using a native fish species. They compared threespine stickleback fish from different habitats in ...

Salmonid fishes use different mechanism to defend against parasite infections

Finland.- Collaborate research of the University of Jyväskylä and the Natural Resources Institute Finland on salmonid fishes, sheds light on animal defence mechanisms and their ...

Climate change’s toll on freshwater fish: A new database for science

By Charlotte Hsu*Buffalo, USA.- Scientists have created a new database to help track the impacts of climate change on fish living in rivers, lakes and ...