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Common challenge of aquaculture and marine conservation in Zanzibar

Gland (IUCN).- Seaweed farming is one of the activities conducted by coastal communities in many places around the world. On the coast of Zanzibar, this ...

New FCRR – Dynamic Integrated Marine Climate, Biodiversity, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Market Model (DIVERSE)

Vancouver, Canada.- Global change drivers, such as population growth, increasing consumption, inequity in resource distribution, overfishing, climate change and pollution, are challenging the sustainability of ...

Researchers have a gut instinct for new in-feed sea lice vaccine

UK.- A team of Scottish and international aquaculture experts is developing a pioneering oral vaccine for sea lice, helping the industry to tackle one of ...

FAO and the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences strengthen efforts to build sustainability in fisheries and aquaculture

Rome, Italy.- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) today agreed to strengthen cooperation and build the ...

The waste from seafood to become the sustainable foods of the future

By Heidi Kornholt*Denmark.- In order to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, we should utilize the ocean’s resources and create nutritional foods from the seafood ...

tru® Shrimp announces strategic partnership with the Research Park at South Dakota State University

USA.- The tru Shrimp Co. President and CEO Michael Ziebell and the Research Park at South Dakota State University CEO and Executive Director Dwaine Chapel ...

Success in metabolically engineering marine algae to synthesize valuable antioxidant astaxanthin

Japan.- A research group led by Professor HASUNUMA Tomohisa of Kobe University’s Engineering Biology Research Center have succeeded in synthesizing the natural pigment astaxanthin using ...

GAO Report Questions FDA’s Import Alert Removal Process and Criticizes the Lack of Federal Agency Cooperation to Address Evasion

USA.- Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) publicly released a report of its audit of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) management ...

Taking fish oil tablets for four weeks improves ‘night vision’ – new study

UK.- Researchers from Loughborough University wanted to know whether docosahexanoic acid (DHA), a polyunsaturated fatty acid found in fish oils, improved ‘dark adaptation capabilities’ – ...

Rare algae enzyme to convert cooking oil into ready-to-use biofuel

Denmark.- Researchers have found an unusual, light-dependent enzyme in microalgae. A new project at the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, will use the enzyme in ...