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How aquaculture in Africa is benefiting from new technologies and best management practices

A lack of adequately trained staff to undertake production programs is one of the main constraints for the development of aquaculture in Africa. Qualified employees ...

Three Cape Breton sea farming businesses to take part in research and trials to develop seaweed aquaculture sector

Canada.- Developing and adopting new technologies to produce sustainable value-added products from ocean resources helps to grow established and emerging sectors such as aquaculture. Particularly, ...

Aquaculture Does Little, If Anything, To Conserve Wild Fisheries

USA.- New research finds that aquaculture, or fish farming, does not help conserve wild fisheries. “Our fundamental question with this study was: does fish farming ...

Seafood mislabelling persistent throughout supply chain, study finds

Canada.- Not only does Canada continue to have a problem with fish mislabelling, but that problem persists throughout the supply chain, according to a first-ever ...

Norwegian salmon receives predominantly negative publicity in French newspapers

Norway.- Researcher Florent Govaerts has researched French newspapers over a ten-year period to examine what is being been written about Norwegian salmon. Most of the ...

Innovative artificial reef study exposes vulnerability of kelp

Australia.- Innovative Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) research has used kelp transplanted to artificial reefs to help explain why kelp ecosystems are being ...

Peer Review concludes Piscine Orthoreovirus transfer from Atlantic salmon farms poses minimal risk to wild Fraser River sockeye

Vancouver, Canada.- From January 28-30, 2019, Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) conducted a meeting to review scientific evidence and to provide ...

New study finds blue mussels resilient to ocean acidification

Maine, USA.- Blue mussels, the predominant species used in aquaculture in Maine, may be more resilient than other cultivated species to the increased seawater acidity ...

EU fish farming: research to reel in the competition

A chip to monitor fish health is just one innovation linked to an EU-funded project aimed at boosting European aquaculture by facilitating research. The possible ...

Better fish welfare using “sensor” fish

Norway.- The electronic “sensor” fish measures the physical factors that affect farmed fish during delousing. The results may lead to welfare improvements in salmon farm ...