Estuaries are warming at twice the rate of oceans and atmosphere

Australia.- Data taken over 12 years from rivers, lakes, lagoons and creeks along the entire coast of New South Wales show an increase in temperature ...

HKU study unlocks the secret of corals’ tolerance to climate change: their diet

Researchers at School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong have developed a new method for determining what ...

Vietnam whiteleg shrimp exports grew strongly after 5 years

In the 5 years (2015-2019), Vietnam’s shrimp industry has achieved positive results in production and export. Shrimp farming area increased by an average of 1.4% ...

Aquaculture Farming and Solar Energy in Viet Nam: A New Approach for Dual Land Use and Climate Change Resilience

Viet Nam.- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German research institute – Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) – have signed ...

Low-cost method helps tackle sea lice in salmon

UK.- Breeding salmon with improved genetic resistance to a common pest is possible by using a cost-efficient technique.

Immune-system cells of fish are ingesting plastic…and then dying

by Joseph McClainIt’s become an all-too-common variety of news story: Dead whales whose digestive systems are clogged with plastic. Increasing numbers of seabirds eating plastic, ...

New Research Reveals Strongest Predictors of Menhaden Growth in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic

Baton Rouge, EEUU.- New research suggests that large-scale environmental factors influence the size of one of the ocean’s most abundant forage species. Recently, scientists from ...

Peruvian trout producers receive USSEC technical support about carrying capacity, trout production management

BY J. del Carmen*USA.- With Peruvian trout production at more than 50,000 metric tons (MT) annually, USSEC is focusing on this sector as a good ...

Climate change to affect fish sizes and complex food webs

Australia.- Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in our oceans, a new IMAS-led study has ...

Risk of E. coli in hydroponic and aquaponic systems may be greater than once thought

By Brian Wallheimer*West Lafayette, USA.- A spate of foodborne illnesses in leafy greens and other produce in recent years has sickened consumers and disrupted growers ...