Research will help seaweed farming and traditional aquaculture

USA.- Alaska Sea Grant has received new federal funds to help develop aquaculture projects in Alaska and to work with partners on regional and national ...

ASSEMBLE Plus – Remote Access to algal strains and Transnational access opportunity

UK.- ASSEMBLEPlus is a European H2020 programme which allows free access to strains in CCAP or RCC if you are applying from a different country ...

SFP Unveils Toolkit For Aquaculture Improvement

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) is pleased to introduce the Introduction to Aquaculture Improvement Projects (AIP) and the Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP) Toolkit, an online resource ...

Farmed oysters able to protect themselves from acidification

UK.- Oysters bred for fast growth and disease resistance are able to adapt their shell growth to protect themselves from environmental acidification, according to new ...

Shrimp MultiPathTM is a new pathogen testing platform set to transform Global Shrimp Production

With unrivalled test sensitivity and specificity for multiple pathogens, and an ability to quantitate pathogen load, Shrimp MultiPath is cost-effective with automated high-throughput capacity and ...

Choices made now are critical for the future of our ocean and cryosphere

Monaco.- The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and ...

Fish Micronutrients ‘slipping through the hands’ of malnourished people

UK.- Millions of people are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according ...

Fish experience pain with ‘striking similarity’ to mammals

UK.- A new University of Liverpool study has concluded that the anglers’ myth ‘that fish don’t feel pain’ can be dispelled: fish do indeed feel ...

The future of aquatic foods – including lab-grown “synthetic” fish – spurs new agreement between WorldFish and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Penang, Malaysia.- The need to better understand the future of aquatic foods – including the opportunities related to the likely rise of lab-grown fish meat ...

Full utilisation of the catch of pelagic fish: Opportunities and challenges

Turid Rustad, Professor NTNU in Norway, explains the opportunities and challenges when it comes to the full utilisation of the catch of pelagic fish to ...