Tipping the scales – Fish farm generating future fisheries
UK.- The Environment Agency’s National Coarse Fish Farm near Calverton, Nottinghamshire, is continuing to break records for producing healthy fish for re-stocking.
Read moreDNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces that shellfish aquaculture has begun in Delaware’s Inland Bays
Dover, USA.- When a new shellfish grower recently placed his first shipment of tiny oysters in growing cages in Rehoboth Bay, it marked the physical ...
Read moreSymbiotic Plankton: Providers or Parasites?
By Sophie ProtheroeOkinawa, Japan.- Out at sea, a scientist holds a plankton sample up to the light and observes the shimmering contents. This sparkling spectacle ...
Read moreCooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Norway in different fields in aquaculture sector
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.- The Kingdom of Norway has expressed its interest to be part of the overall development plan for the aquaculture sector in Saudi ...
Read moreAn eco-friendly cure for a global fish-killing disease
By: Kurt Buchmann*Denmark.- Parasites are as a rule very picky about who they infect. But there are always exceptions. The so-called ‘fish killer’ is a ...
Read moreKeep saying yes to fish twice a week for heart health
Dallas, USA.- A new scientific advisory reaffirms the American Heart Association’s recommendation to eat fish- especially those rich in Omega-3 fatty acids twice a week ...
Read moreNMSU professor explores pharmaceutical uses for algae
By Adriana M. ChavezLas Cruces, USA.- An assistant professor at New Mexico State University is looking into whether algae could one day take the place ...
Read moreWDFW 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 ...
Read moreBermeo 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 ...
Read moreGreen 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 ...
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