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Climate change fuels accumulation of pollutants in Chinook salmon, killer whales

Canada.- University of British Columbia researchers studying the marine food web of the Northeast Pacific Ocean have found that the exposure and accumulation of chemical ...

NEFCO and Salmela-Yhtiöt to invest in ecological fish farming in Latvia

NEFCO and the Finnish company Salmela-Yhtiöt Oy have agreed to invest in the Latvian company Blue Circle SIA to start ecological fish farming near Riga ...

Aquafarmers on the Front Lines

By Jenny SeifertSanta Barbara, USA.- Many of the world’s future farmers will likely be farming oceans, as aquaculture – the cultivation of fish and other ...

As Seafood Farming Grows, So Does the Threat of Climate Change

By Jenny Seifert*Many of the world’s future farmers will likely be farming oceans, as aquaculture – the cultivation of fish and other aquatic species – ...

Global leaders in seafood step up their actions for ocean stewardship

Sweden.- A dialogue between ten of the largest seafood companies in the world concluded on 4 September, 2018 with a shared commitment to advance sustainable ...

Quantifying Red Sea plastics from coasts to fish

While drones scan beaches to assess plastic litter, microplastics are found in the digestive tracts of one in every six Red Sea fish.

BFAR creates more tuna conservation zones

By Allen Estabillo*General Santos City, Philippines.- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will set up additional Tuna Conservation and Management Zones (TCMZ) in ...

FDA Rejects More Indian Shrimp for Antibiotic Contamination and Salmonella in August

USA.- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that, in August, 6 out of the 107 (5.6%) total seafood entry line refusals were of ...

New High-Quality Shrimp Genome Assembly May Reveal Why Females are Superior

Tel Aviv, Hong Kong & St. Louis.- Enzootic, an animal biotechnology and genetics company leading the all-female shrimp revolution, and NRGene, the world’s leading provider ...

Clown fish: Whence the white stripes?

Coral reef fish are known for the wide range of colors and patterns they display, but the mechanisms governing the acquisition of these characteristics are ...