Norway is the senior player in salmon farming in the north; but could we also learn from the smaller and younger industry players?

Norway.- Salmon farming: A relatively new industry in the northern region which provides food, jobs and prosperity, but also carries an environmental impact, with protests ...

Scientists at CSIC sequence the genome of the gilthead seabream

Barcelona, Spain.- The gilthead seabream is of great economic importance, being widely farmed throughout the Mediterranean and reaching an annual production of more than 200,000 ...

New assessment method reveals many fish stocks are in urgent need of sustainable management

by Valentina Ruiz-Leotaud | Sea Around UsA newly developed method for assessing how abundant fish populations are and how fishing is affecting them revealed that ...

Pearls of Wisdom

by By Anna Aaronson, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOkinawa, Japan.- Since the late 19th century, pearl aquaculture has been a revered industry ...

Blue mussels’ ability to buffer climate-induced stress could benefit aquaculture

Maine, USA.- Blue mussels can change patterns of gene expression to make more proteins that help with heat stress and facilitate energy production.

A predictable ocean where society has the capacity to understand current and future ocean conditions

Denmark.- ICES working groups on seasonal-to-decadal prediction of marine ecosystem, on impacts of warming on growth rates and fisheries yields, and integrated, physical-biological and ecosystem ...

The Effects of Microplastics on Organisms in Coastal Areas

Microplastics (plastic particles under 5 mm) are an abundant type of debris found in salt and freshwater environments. In a Limnology & Oceanography Letters study, ...

UNDP launches Ocean Innovation Challenge

New York, USA.- The momentum on ocean protection and restoration has rapidly accelerated particularly since the 2017 Ocean Conference. However, a number of the SDG ...

Comparing Import Control Schemes aimed at tackling IUU Fishing in the top three seafood market States

Better unified controls on seafood imports into main markets are needed to prevent IUU fishing products from being redirected into regions without proper measures in ...

Fish species benefit from marine protection to varying extents – common and exploited species profit most

Leipzig, Germany.- Marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea are home to more fish species, with the greatest gains found among species most sensitive to ...