World Aquaculture North America 2020

St. John’s, Canada.- The World Aquaculture Society, the Aquaculture Association of Canada and the Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association are excited to co-host World Aquaculture North ...

Size-selective fishing results in trade-offs between fishery yield, reproductive productivity

Maine, USA.- How people fish matters perhaps as much as the quantity harvested, say University of Maine researchers Kara Pellowe and Heather Leslie.

UConn Research Shows Microplastics Are Damaging to Coral Ecosystems

By Elaina Hancock*USA.- Microplastics are a growing environmental concern, and the effects of this waste product on coral are highlighted in research published in Chemosphere ...

Indian Shrimp Shipment Again Rejected for Presence of Banned Antibiotics in February

USA.- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that there were 97 total seafood entry line refusals in February, of which two were ...

Rock lobster farming research may provide relief from poverty

Australia.- Having lived in Australia by the sea as a child, Dr Clive Jones – Associate Professor in Aquaculture at the Tropical Futures Institute, James ...

Researchers use OSU fish collection to detect historical infection of salmon parasites

By Chris Branam*Corvallis, USA.- Decades-old fish stored at Oregon State University proved valuable in learning more about parasites that infect a family of fish that ...

How will billions of marine microbes adapt to climate change? A new study investigates

By Gary Polakovic*USA.- USC scientists and their colleagues have developed a model that estimates two different ways microbes will respond to warming oceans.

Fish school by randomly copying each other, rather than following the group

Sydney, Australia.- An international team of researchers has revealed the mechanisms behind fish schooling – and what they found differs from what scientists had previously ...

Microalgae, and future food for thought

Australia.- They’re responsible for more than 75 per cent of the Earth’s oxygen supply, but often get no credit for it.

Lab experiment: Small doses of delousing agent killed zooplankton

By Erlend A. LorentzenNorway.- Calanus can be killed by small concentrations of the delousing agent hydrogen peroxide. And survivors may be left unable to escape ...