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Can commercial shellfish withstand climate change?

UK.- Warmer and more acidic oceans can negatively impact shellfish, especially commercially important species like oysters, scallops, mussels and clams. More research will shed light ...

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on effort to help bolster U.S. shellfish market by taking mutually beneficial steps to resume shellfish trade with the EU

USA.- FDA announces proposed EU shellfish equivalence determination that imported molluscan shellfish from Europe is as safe as what we produce in the U.S. It ...

Marine charities net more than iconic fishery

US.- Massachusetts boasts one of the most iconic fisheries in the U.S., but new research suggests that protecting marine coastlines has surpassed commercial fishing as ...

Aqua-Spark Announces Investment in Global Accelerator for Aquaculture: Hatch Accelerator 1.0

Aqua-Spark, the first investment fund focused exclusively on sustainable aquaculture, today announced its investment in Hatch Accelerator 1.0, the first-ever global accelerator program dedicated to ...

Successful Demo Project Brings First In-Pond Raceway System to Latin America

USA.- A tilapia farm in Campeche, Mexico, is the first aquaculture operation in Latin America to experience labor savings and enhanced production from the In-Pond ...

FDA Refuses Contaminated Chinese Shrimp and Continues to Reject Indian Shrimp for Salmonella

USA.- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now made public information regarding import refusals for February 2018. Last month, the FDA reported that ...

Peru: Fishing sector to grow 38% in 2018

Lima, Peru (Andina).- Peru’s fishing sector will expand 38% in volume in 2018 due to higher catches of anchovy destined for the production of fish ...

Staying clean keeps seafish smart

Montreal, Canada.- A team of international researchers led by a Canadian biologist has found that infection with parasites makes it harder for seafish living in ...

Government steps up efforts to develop aquaculture as a viable and profitable industry

Ghana.- As part of efforts to attract more investments into Ghana’s budding cage farming industry, the Fisheries Commission has gone all-out to developed the much ...

To Help Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms, Limit Nitrogen and Phosphorus

By: Brad BuckGainesville, USA.- Algal blooms can kill fish and harm a lake’s ecosystem, but by reducing two nutrients together such as nitrogen and phosphorus ...