Alternative feed ingredients to reduce aquaculture’s dependence on wild fish

The Philippine.- A paradox in seafood production highlights the need for alternatives to fish-based ingredients in aquaculture feed. Aquaculture has generally been seen to provide ...

Freshwater fish swim their all for science

New Zealand.- The tiny inanga have been plucked from Waikato streams and held in a darkened laboratory for the last month, undertaking highly advanced testing ...

Environmentally-friendly coatings for aquaculture nets

Kiel, Germany.- Organisms like algae, mussels or barnacles rapidly colonise surfaces in maritime applications, such as ship hulls. The protective coatings primarily used to date ...

Chinese Academy of Science partners with UPV for seaweed development and oceanography

The Philippines.- Seaweed development and oceanography is the focus of a new partnership that UPV has signed with the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese ...

Microbes that live in fishes’ slimy mucus coating could lead chemists to new antibiotic drugs

By Sandra Loesgen*One day in the future, you may take a pill to treat an illness – and owe your recovery to the tiny microbes ...

Feeding farm animals seaweed could help fight antibiotic resistance and climate change

By Lauren Ford and Pamela Judith Walsh* Demand for food is increasing rapidly – the global population is expected to reach 11.2 billion by 2100. ...

Government inaction leads to 21% drop in aquaculture production

Dublin.- The Chairman of IFA Aquaculture Michael Mulloy has criticised the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s lack of support and failure to promote ...

The science and politics of genetically engineered salmon: 5 questions answered

By Alison Van Eenennaam*A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to sell genetically engineered salmon ...

In-vitro baby corals may cope with temperature rise thanks to science

Australia.- The answers to helping prevent coral bleaching on some reefs may be found in the genes of the first ever tiny hybrid coral babies ...

Tourism, aquaculture and offshore accidents with Blueye

Norway.- Blueye is an underwater drone with lights and a camera that enables the exploration and filming of ocean life without needing to dive into ...