Innovation and sustainability driving WA Seafood Industry Award winners

Australia.- Fourteen Western Australian seafood industry stars last night scooped top honours at the WA Seafood Industry Awards for their professionalism and commitment to supplying ...

Tuna are spawning in marine protected areas

By Jennifer Chu*Marine protected areas are large swaths of coastal seas or open ocean that are protected by governments from activities such as commercial fishing ...

Whole Fresh Salmon Range of Swiss Retailer Migros Now ASC Certified

Migros, the largest retailer in Switzerland, has made another big step in their commitment towards ASC by ensuring their entire range of fresh farmed salmon ...

Fewer fish may reach breeding age as climate change skews timing of reproduction, food availability

USA.- Climate change may be depriving juvenile fish of their most crucial early food source by throwing off the synchronization of when microscopic plants known ...

Legislation, science bode well for future of oyster aquaculture in Texas

Corpus Christi, USA.- At the intersection of legislation and science, a new opportunity for an ecologically and economically sustainable oyster aquaculture industry is being spawned ...

Case Study: fresh mussel the UE

Brussels, Belgium.- EUMOFA has recently published the Price Structure Analysis “Fresh mussel in the EU”.

Feeding practices, feed development and genetics have reduced nutrient loading of rainbow trout farming by over 65 %

In Finland, 47 million kilos of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout are consumed annually. Only around 23.4%, that is 11 million kilos, is produced domestically(1). ...

How fat prawns can save lives

USA.- Before bite-sized crustaceans like crayfish, shrimp and prawns land on our dinner plates, they first have to get fat themselves — and it turns ...

Vampire algae killer’s genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels

Los Alamos, USA.- New DNA analysis has revealed surprising genetic diversity in a bacterium that poses a persistent threat to the algae biofuels industry. With ...

LAQUA19: Special Session – Ecology and Cultivation of Macrobrachium

San Jose, Costa Rica.- The Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (LAAC / WAS), the National Technical University (UTN) and the ...