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Reducing nitrogen inputs prevents algal blooms in lakes

Germany.- For decades, experts have debated whether reducing the amount of nitrogen flowing into lakes can improve water quality in the long-term, even though blue-green ...

DA-BFAR, tuna industry to launch enhanced management plan

By Allen EstabilloGeneral Santos, Philippines.- The government and tuna industry stakeholders will launch here on Thursday the newly-completed enhanced national management plan for tuna fisheries.

Plans for a 385-metre fish farm facility in the open sea

By Ingvil Snøfugl*Norway.- An entirely new fish farm design, which looks more like an elongated offshore oil platform than a traditional aquaculture facility, may soon ...

Machine learning algorithm automatically sorts zebrafish egg

Germany.- Zebrafish possess almost all of the same genes we humans do – and that makes their eggs the perfect model organisms for use in ...

Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Offshore Aquaculture in the Pacific Islands

Written by James McVey*USA.- I was asked, as part of our CTSA project on evaluating the feasibility of offshore cage culture of the grouper P. ...

CTSA Sea Cucumber Hatchery Manual

USA.- CTSA has released a new “Hatchery Manual for Sea Cucumber Aquaculture in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands” (CTSA Publication 163). The manual is available ...

Little fish, big deal – Baby sturgeon offers hope for the future

By Tim KnightUSA.- It’s less than five inches long, slimy, covered in razor-sharp spines and looks like something straight out of one of the Alien ...

LSPU’s research focuses on genetically improved tilapia

The Philippines.- In the Philippines, tilapia is considered an important aquaculture species favored for its appealing taste and affordable price. “Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia” or ...

Global fisheries could still become more profitable despite global warming

Japan.- Global commercial fish stocks could provide more food and profits in the future, despite warming seas, if adaptive management practices are implemented. Even so, ...

Phytotherapy in aquaculture to reduce the use of antibiotics

France.- Scientists at CIRAD and IRD are testing the use of medicinal plants as an alternative to antibiotics in fish farms. Between laboratory analyses and ...