Seaweed-into-biofuel project gets Department of Energy support

By Joanna McWilliamsUSA.- A Colorado State University project to grow and harvest ocean macroalgae for biofuel production has received support from the Department of Energy’s ...

New grant will provide fellowships in aquaculture training to rural veterinarians

Florida, USA.- With a new federal grant in hand, the University of Florida will be offering a two-year training program to eight veterinarians working in ...

Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia invigorates aquaculture industry

Australia.- The Australian Government has announced a $100,000 investment in aquaculture from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Developing Northern Australia designed to stimulate jobs ...

News from the EUMOFA’s Monthly Highlights N°3 – 2018

EUMOFA’s Monthly Highlights now includes a section that examines extra-EU import prices, presenting the average unit values per week, in EUR per kg, for nine ...

Salmon farms are in crisis – here’s how scientists are trying to save them

By Lyndsay Christie*Salmon farming is facing a huge challenge in the form of a tiny pest. The parasitic sea louse is infecting salmon stocks worldwide, ...

Baby fish led astray by high CO2 in oceans

Australia.- Baby fish will find it harder to reach secure shelters in future acidified oceans – putting fish populations at risk, new research from the ...

Regal Springs Leads The Way In Positive Premium Tilapia Perception

In recent years, value Tilapia has either fallen victim to fake news or been criticized for lower standards, both of which have been given as ...

Annual report about closed-containment aquaculture

Norway.- In its third year, scientists, farmers and technology suppliers at the CtrlAQUA Centre have researched and acquired new knowledge about farming in closed-containment aquaculture ...

How to catch a fish genome with big data

USA.- If you eat fish in the U.S., chances are it once swam in another country. That’s because the U.S. imports over 80 percent of ...

Fish have ears, so man-made noise threatens their survival

UK.- An ‘acoustic fog’ from motorboat noise, underwater construction and other man-made marine sounds can threaten the survival of fish and their ability to communicate ...