UF researchers dive into the science of how seaweed might prevent colon cancer and inflammation of the digestive tract

By: Matthew SplettUSA.- Consuming a seaweed found near the Florida Keys may offer health benefits in preventing colon cancer and inflammatory diseases of the digest ...

New Innovations in Freshwater Aquaculture Support the Expansion of Profitable and Environmentally-friendly Production

Finland.- A joint conference on freshwater aquaculture was organised in Brussels on 13 November 2019. Organised by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the Finnish ...

Project to enhance shrimp and fish health in Bangladesh

UK.- Experts at the University of Stirling are working with senior industry, government and scientific officials from Bangladesh in a bid to tackle a major ...

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 ...