ASEAN emerges as one of biggest importers of Vietnamese tra fish
Vietnam.- ASEAN has emerged as the fourth biggest importer of Vietnamese tra fish (pangasius) after the US, China and the EU, according to the Viet ...
Read moreASC Joins Wal-Mart China for Launch of New Seafood Traceability Strategy
Wal-Mart China has partnered with ASC to launch its fresh meat and seafood traceability strategy.
Read moreBreaking bread with rivals leads to more fish on coral reefs
Australia.- Cooperation is key to most successful endeavours. And, scientists find, when fishermen and women cooperate with other fishers, this can boost fish stocks on ...
Read moreThe world’s most degraded marine ecosystem could be about to make a comeback
By Joanne Preston*When we think of mass habitat extinction, colourful, diverse and highly visible ecosystems such as tropical rain forests and coral reefs come to ...
Read moreMicroplastics accumulate in hotspots for deep-sea life
Research published earlier in the week reveals that microplastics often accumulate on the deep sea floor in the same place as diverse and dense marine ...
Read moreNot so sexy salmon
UK.- New research reveals that farmed salmon have smaller ‘jaw hooks’ or ‘kype’- a secondary sexual trait, likened to the antlers of a stag, making ...
Read moreA New Strategy to Elevate Productivity of Microalgae Cultivation: SPMC Regime
China.- Researchers in Wuhan Botanical Garden recently established a sequential phototrophic–mixotrophic cultivation (SPMC) strategy to improve the yield of microalgae cultured in open raceway pond. ...
Read moreNew DNA test stops illegal shipment of endangered eels
USA.- Researchers have developed a new method to identify illegally trafficked European eels, and it has already led to the arrest and prosecution of smugglers ...
Read moreFourteenth AQUAEXCEL2020 Call for Access Now Open: Fully EC-Funded Access to Top-Class Aquaculture Research Infrastructures Across Europe
The fourteenth AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 7 June ...
Read moreASC and Fair Trade USA Join Forces to Drive Improvements in Indonesian Aquaculture
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Fair Trade USA have joined together to implement an ambitious new project funded by the Walton Family to drive improvements ...
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