A Steady Diet?

By Julie CohenSanta Barbara, USA.- One of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth, giant kelp can grow 2 feet a day and reach up to 148 ...

Black Sea countries pledge to promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

Following months of discussions, the European Commission and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) have secured today a 10-year pledge to rebuild the ...

Study in Fiji finds that removing sea cucumbers spells trouble for shallow coastal waters

New York, USA.- The lowly sea cucumber strikes observers as a simple sausage-like creature, one that is far less interesting than brightly colored reef fish ...

Natural seaweed farming pushed in Palawan

By Celeste Anna FormosoPalawan, The Philippines (PNA).- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved here a resolution urging municipal agriculture officers to promote and encourage the natural farming ...

Fish Welfare in European Aquaculture

Fish represent over 60% of all known vertebrate species on Earth. As a sentent species they have the capacity to sufer, including the ability to ...

EU markets access ‘essential’

Scotland.- New research suggests that Brexit could cause significant harm to Scotland’s seafood industries if the UK does not remain in the single market and ...

Growing momentum to close the net on illegal fishing

Rome, Italy.- A growing number of countries are signing up to a global agreement that helps stop illegal fishing, as the international community today marks ...

A new material capable of the adsorption of organic pollutants in water

Sevilla, Spain.- The appearance of criteria and emerging pollutants in water is a modern theme that has caused the scientific community to research new solutions ...

A little water could make a big difference for endangered salmon

USA.- Even small amounts of running water—less than a gallon per second—could mean the difference between life or death for juvenile coho salmon in coastal ...

Seaweed, Indonesia’s answer to the global plastic crisis

By Bakti Berlyanto Sedayu*The impacts of global plastic use have reached an alarming level. Based on the latest data, 9 billion tonnes of plastics have ...