Regulatory approval of new innovative trawl technology
New Zealand.- Fisheries New Zealand has approved the use of a new innovative trawl technology for commercial operations in some deep water fisheries – the ...
Read moreEvaluating the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Seafood – A Global Approach
Vienna, Austria.- The IAEA is launching a new 4-year Coordinated Research Project (CRP) starting in 2019 to advance understanding on the effects of ocean acidification ...
Read moreConformity trumps riskiness in social fish
UK.- Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that more sociable fish suppress their own personality when they are with a partner.
Read moreGreener Industry from algae network
A collaborative network bringing researchers and industry together is developing ways to use microalgae for the creation of high-value chemicals, ingredients and low-carbon biofuel. High ...
Read moreA new DNA editing toolkit for algae
USA.- Michigan State University scientists have released a new genetic engineering toolkit for the algal species Nannochloropsis oceanica. It is of interest for the production ...
Read moreThe wisdom of pearl farming
By Kirsten Flint*Why exactly do little white nuggets from the sea cost so much? And how have humans hacked the biological process that makes them? ...
Read moreChoice matters: The environmental costs of producing meat, seafood
USA.- Which food type is more environmentally costly to produce—livestock, farmed seafood, or wild-caught fish? The answer is, it depends. But in general, industrial beef ...
Read moreEuropean-wide study reveals negligible risk for human health of zoonotic parasitic worms in farmed fish
Spain.- A recent study conducted by the EU Horizon 2020-funded ParaFishControl project aimed to demonstrate the absence of zoonotic parasitic worms in European farmed fish, ...
Read moreIloilo eyes hatchery for blue swimming crabs
By Cindy FerrerIloilo City, The Philippines (PNA).- The establishment of a hatchery for blue swimming crabs at the Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) campus ...
Read more‘Significant and Widespread’ microplastics found in mussels from UK waters
Hull, UK.- Microplastics and other debris have been found in 100 per cent of mussels sampled from around the UK coast, and those bought in ...
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