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New study reveals cost of 2017 salmon fisheries closure

USA.- Last year’s closure of the commercial ocean salmon troll fishery off the West Coast is estimated to have cost $5.8 million to $8.9 million ...

Market squid tell a tale of two krill

By Vicky SteinUSA.- In good years, noisy fishing boats filled with freshly-netted market squid spill their slippery catch into processing plants on the California coast. ...

‘Injectable bandage’ made from seaweed and a pastry ingredient stops internal bleeding in minutes

By Marcus MisztalTexas, USA.- A penetrating injury from shrapnel is a serious obstacle in overcoming battlefield wounds that can ultimately lead to death.Given the high ...

Paper co-authored by Sea Grant’s Pomeroy cited for excellence

USA.- Congratulations are in order for Robert Pomeroy, CT Sea Grant extension specialist in aquaculture and fisheries, after the announcement that a journal article he ...

MATES to Close Gap Between Skills Demand and Supply in the Maritime Sector

While it is evident that skills are a pathway to employability in the maritime sector, there is still a great divide between industry requirements and ...

Wrasse – A Natural Solution

Scotland.- This short film explains the environmentally friendly sustainable solution Scottish Sea Farms have found to help reduce chemicals in the salmon farming – the ...

The Saudi Aquaculture Society attracts a number of Saudi girls with higher degrees to work in the genetic resources program in the Kingdom’s experience in the aquaculture sector

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.- On the sidelines of the seventh Bio-security workshop held in Jeddah on Sunday, April 1. The Saudi Aquaculture society has handed over ...

New online map makes shellfish harvesting safer

Ottawa, Canada.– The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced today the launch of a new online shellfish harvesting ...

Culturing Black Soldier Fly and Producing Feed from Its Larvae Meal

USA.- The increase of aquatic feed production is facing the challenge of rising cost and decreasing availability of feed ingredients, such as fishmeal (Barry, 2004). ...

Walleye fish populations are in decline

Davis, USA.- Walleye, an iconic native fish species in Wisconsin, the upper Midwest and Canada, are in decline in northern Wisconsin lakes, according to a ...