Breaking 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 ...

The 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 ...

Microplastics 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 ...

Not 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 ...

A 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. ...

New 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 ...

Fourteenth 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 ...

ASC 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 ...

CTSA FY2019 Request for Pre-Proposals

USA.- The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) requests pre-proposals for applied research and extension that addresses problems and opportunities in the regional aquaculture ...

New project launched to boost European marine and coastal economies by maximising research impact – EMPORIA4KT

An exciting new project from the European Union’s (EU) INTERREG Atlantic Area funding programme will focus on assisting academics to transfer knowledge from their research ...