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Fish Farmers Respond to Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment Report on Salmon Farming

St. John’s.– Salmon farming is a growing industry in Canada that provides an important source of healthy sustainable seafood. Globally, aquaculture now provides more than ...

SEAFDEC targets 15 PHL towns for multi-species hatchery

Iloilo, Philippines (PIA).- A regional treaty organization targets to establish legislated multi-species hatchery in 15 municipalities in the different parts of the country.

U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program to Include Shrimp and Abalone by December 31

USA.- NOAA has lifted its stay on shrimp and abalone in the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program – known as SIMP. As required by Congress ...

Gill health project lands £800k funding

United Kingdom.- A new collaborative project to help accelerate understanding of gill health issues in farmed salmon and identify new approaches to overcoming these issues ...

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) Recognizes The GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Certification System

Haarlem, The Netherlands.– The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative has provided formal recognition of the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Certification System for the scope of Aquaculture. GSSI’s recognition ...

Mediterranean Sea Bass, Sea Bream Producer First to be Four-Star BAP

The Global Aquaculture Alliance is pleased to announce that Luckyfish Co. of Turkey is the world’s first company eligible to offer four-star Best Aquaculture Practices ...

BioMar Chile moves forward in research: R&D at BioMar’s ATC Patagonia is off to an exciting start

Puerto Montt, Chile.- The work in research and development of BioMar Chile carried out in the ATC Patagonia began on the right foot in its ...

Eating fish could prevent Parkinson’s disease

Sweden.- A new study from Chalmers University of Technology shines more light on the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health. Parvalbumin, ...

Complete skin regeneration system of fish unraveled

Tokio, Japan.- Fish and amphibians such as newts are capable of advanced tissue regeneration and can regenerate tissue without scar tissue to their perfect original ...

Technology to detect the early mortality syndrome of shrimp developed

By Rose Anne M. AyaPhilippines.- The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has developed a technology to detect acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) or early mortality ...