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Fishing among worst jobs for health

UK.- People working in the fishing industry have among the poorest health of all workers in England and Wales, new research suggests.

Government of Canada moves to strengthen science on aquaculture ensuring protection of wild fish stocks

Ottawa, Canada.- The Government knows the importance of implementing evidence based policies relating to aquaculture. With this in mind, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans ...

ASC’s Feed Standard Another Step Closer to Completion

ASC’s Feed Standard is another step closer to completion following a successful final in-person meeting of the Standard’s Steering Committee this month.

A first and very succesful event opened doors for changes at the Global Seafood Exposition in Brussels May 2019

Brussels.- When they first mentioned setting up this event, Julie Ferguson-Ceniti, Trade Commissioner Canadian Mission to the EU and Marie Christine Monfort, co-founder and president ...

How to prevent mosquitofish from spreading in water ecosystems

Barcelona, Spain.- Preventing the introduction of the mosquitofish and removing its population are the most effective actions to control the dispersal of this exotic fish ...

Bogaziçi University – Cambridge University partnership for a future focused on bioeconomy

Istanbul, Turkey.- Istanbul Microalgae Biotechnologies Research and Development Unit (IMBIYOTAB) founded by Dr. Berat Haznedaroglu, a faculty member at Bogaziçi University Environmental Sciences and has ...

Two Swiss-funded projects by WorldFish boost profitability of 4000 fish farmers by 13% and result in loans for 1000 women entrepreneurs surpassing 2 million Egyptian pounds

Cairo, Egypt.- The closing of the Swiss-funded Sustainable Transformation of Egypt’s Aquaculture Market Systems (STREAMS) and the Youth Employment in Aswan Governorate (YEAG) projects took ...

Stockfish shelf life exceeds two years. Is old stockfish a new specialty?

Norway.- Nofima research shows that the shelf life for stockfish exceeds the two year date to which producers adhere. Now they eye market potential in ...

New guidelines for sustainable aquaculture of seaweed in Europe

Domestication of the oceans is widely regarded as a possible solution to increase food and could be one of the next most important developments in ...

Fish fences across the tropical seas having large-scale devastating effects

UK.- Huge fish fences which are commonly used in tropical seas are causing extensive social, ecological and economic damage and are threatening marine biodiversity and ...