Researchers remove harmful hormones from Las Vegas wastewater using green algae

Las Vegas, USA.- A common species of freshwater green algae is capable of removing certain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from wastewater, according to new research ...

European consortium to ensure safer and healthier fish

UK.- New European research consortium will use next-generation breeding technology to produce safer, healthier and resource-efficient farmed fish.

Global study shows exotic species are a complex threat

When species are introduced by humans into marine habitats, they can disrupt their new environment, according to a study at KAUST, which also identified key ...

Edible seaweed can be used to grow blood vessels in the body

By Aurelien Forget*When we have small wounds on our skin or muscles they can usually heal by themselves. But in deeper wounds – such as ...

Countries and experts commit to collaborate for the sustainable evolution of the aquaculture sector

Santiago, Chile.- This week, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) hosted international experts in aquatic animal health from the private and public sectors to ...

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 ...