News feed - AquaHoy

WDFW denies permit for company to place 800,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound net pens

Olympia, USA.- Citing the risk of fish disease transmission, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has denied permission for Cooke Aquaculture to transport 800,000 ...

Bermeo Tuna World Capital, a global initiative that fosters good practices and sustainability in the tuna sector, has emerged

Bermeo, Spain.- Bermeo Tuna World Capital, an association whose challenge is to foster the sustainable management of tuna through knowledge and leadership of good practices ...

Green crab predation identified as cause of Maine clam decline

USA.- Juvenile soft-shell “steamer” clams are not surviving to adulthood due to high levels of predation, according to Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology ...

Freshwater critters rely much less on food originating on land than previously thought

Seattle, USA.- Zooplankton, the living tiny animals in water, are an important component of freshwater food webs, sustaining many freshwater fisheries. It has long been ...

Researchers Use LiDAR to Locate Invasive Fish and Preserve a National Treasure

Washington, USA.- For decades the National Park Service has been locked in a battle against lake trout, an invasive fish with a voracious appetite that ...

FARNET Guide 14: Integrating aquaculture within local communities

This guide consists of five practical factsheets providing information, ideas and examples of how FLAGs can better integrate aquaculture into their area:

INvertebrateIT regroups as disruptive, sustainable, aquaculture feed projects respond to call

The INvertebrateIT partners are eager to continue their work promoting and commercialising innovative and sustainable solutions for aquaculture feeds after a successful midway meeting in ...

Enzyme adopts dynamic structure to function in hot, salty sea

For the microbes that dwell in the hot, salty depths of the Red Sea, life is a delicate evolutionary balancing act. Just for these critters ...

First NT project will take more Barramundi to the world

Australia.- Northern Australia’s aquaculture industry has received a major boost following NAIF’s first Investment Decision in the Northern Territory, for a loan to Humpty Doo ...

Verschuren Centre, CBU Embarking on Collaborative Research Projects

Canada.- World-class academic research facilities and businesses working together to find innovative solutions to industry challenges are key to generating income, spurring growth and strengthening ...