Researchers develop new treatment for AGD

Norway.- In recent years, amoebic gill disease (AGD) has become a serious disease among sea-farmed salmon. Researchers are now developing a new method of treatment ...

NQ aquaculture project to put more Queensland prawns on plates

Australia.- A $100 million aquaculture project that will generate 2700 tonnes of North Queensland black tiger prawns annually is a step closer to service after ...

BioMar is creating solutions targeted towards consumers

BioMar has completed the testing of insect meal in feeds for aquaculture and believe it shows promise as an alternative protein source. This is one ...

Fish Innovation Lab at MSU awards $500,000 in ‘Quick Start’ grants for international research

Starkville, USA.- The international Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish has made the first round of awards for research, granting $100,000 each to five ...

UAPB Graduate Student Wins Aquaculture/Fisheries Awards for Research on Sunshine Bass Diets

USA.- Katie McCann, a graduate student of aquaculture/fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), recently won awards from two of the most ...

EU remains the largest buyer of Vietnamese shrimp

Vietnam.- The European Union (EU) was the largest market of Vietnamese shrimp in the first two months of 2019.

State launches new Hawaii-based aquaculture accelerator and fund

Honolulu, USA.- Hawai‘i Island will be home to a new aquaculture accelerator that aims to attract startups that focus on sustainable solutions for the aquaculture ...

Cawthron Institute welcomes funding for National Algae Centre

New Zealand.- Advancing world-leading algae research in Nelson has been given a huge boost thanks to the approval of funding from the government’s Provincial Growth ...

Fish are accumulating certain antidepressants, antibiotics and sun cream components

Spain.- The UPV/EHU’s Department of Analytical Chemistry has developed analytical methods to measure the content of antidepressants, antibiotics and ultraviolet sunscreens in the water and ...

Usurp the burp: How seaweed can help curb cow burps (and their emissions)

USA.- Scientists have found that a certain species of red algae seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, produces a compound that could halt bovine production of methane, a ...