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 ...

Making fish farming in eastern Africa’s Lake Victoria sustainable

Overfishing, water shortages and pollution – these are just some of the environmental problems Lake Victoria has been facing over the last few decades. Bordered ...

Gut check: Researchers uncover high levels of CO2 in digestive tracts of fish

Vancouver, Canada.- Researchers have made the first direct measurements of CO2 levels in the digestive tract of live fish — uncovering levels much higher than ...