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Kelp farming on Sweden’s west coast: Environmentally friendly aquaculture

by Ulrika Lundin*There is a growing interest of the cultivation of macro algae. A new dissertation studies the best conditions for sustainable cultivation of the ...

EUMOFA: “The EU Fish Market” 2019 edition is online

EUMOFA has released the 2019 Edition of “The EU fish market”. We invite you to check the report’s highlights in this newsletter and to download ...

Luke’s researchers produced protein from sawdust – can be used in fish feed

Finland.- The MonoCell project of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) has produced single-cell proteins from sawdust. Proteins can be used, for example, to produce ...

Change in aquaculture vital if billions more to be fed

Australia.- A research team from James Cook University has been investigating how aquaculture can be made sustainable, to help feed a world with more than ...

Warming seas are bad news for farmed salmon

Norway.- Researchers have evaluated how climate change could affect Norwegian salmon farming over the next 50 years.

Contagious cancer in shellfish is spreading across the Atlantic Ocean

Scientists have found a type of transmissible cancer in shellfish that has spread across the Atlantic Ocean and even into the Pacific. The new study ...

Extreme Weather a Major Cause of ‘Ghost Gear’ from Aquaculture According to New ASC White Paper

A new white paper from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) published on 28 November has determined that extreme weather is currently one of the major ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers funded to develop new technology for monitoring toxic algae

By Ashleigh PappUSA.- As the frequency and severity of harmful algal blooms increases along the California coast, ocean scientist Raphael Kudela is working to improve ...

BFAR promotes use of natural food in tilapia culture

By Villamor Visaya, Jr.The Philippines.- Fisherfolk may now be able to grow tilapia at lower costs by using naturally available food as supplementary feed to ...

Low trophic aquaculture project participates in Aquaculture Europe

AquaVitae, a new and innovative EU funded project, had its own stand (#82) and participated in discussions on new aquaculture value chains at Aquaculture Europe ...