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UN recognises UK science excellence in shellfish safety

UK expertise and leadership in shellfish safety has been recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the designation of ...

Juan Algae, a microalgal paste, is a cost-effective feed for milkfish hatcheries

The Philippine.- Juan Algae, a microalgae paste developed by the University of the Philippines Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (UPV-CFOS) and the UPV ...

Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue

Canada.- Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in annual worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of ...

How to attend the ClimeFish CEN Workshop kick-off

CEN Workshop proposal on Recommendations for making Climate Adaptation Plans for marine capture fisheries, marine aquaculture and freshwater lake and pond production” (ClimeFish).

Squid could provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastics

USA.- The remarkable properties of a recently-discovered squid protein could revolutionize materials in a way that would be unattainable with conventional plastic, finds a review ...

From seaweed to fish roe: scientists from St Petersburg have developed a new technique for the analysis of fatty acids

Russia.- The research group includes scientists from: St Petersburg University; the Institute of Toxicology, the Federal Biomedical Agency of Russia; and the Institute for Analytical ...

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative recognizes the BIM Certified Quality Aquaculture scheme

Haarlem, The Netherlands.– The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has provided formal recognition of the BIM Certified Quality Aquaculture (CQA) scheme for the scope of ...

The impact of ocean acidification

USA.- For more than a century, the world’s oceans have been becoming steadily more acidic as they soak up ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide from ...

£1.7m project aims to boost vital aquaculture species

UK.- The £1.7 million AquaLeap study will bring together academic and industry scientists to focus on the selective breeding of four key species that have ...

WorldFish joins new research partnership to tackle global problem of antimicrobial resistance

By Cecily Layzell To help tackle the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries, WorldFish has been invited to contribute to the new CGIAR ...