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Salmon farming expansion plans could cause “irrecoverable” environmental damage

By: Clare Fischer A damning report from the Scottish Parliament’s Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee has concluded that expansion of salmon farming ...

Call for new tech in the norwegian salmon industry

Ireland.- At the beginning of the Norwegian salmon adventure fish farmers could take a walk around their fish cage and use gut instinct to make ...

Research Finds Marine Reserves Sustain Broader Fishing Efforts

Melbourne, USA.- New research from Florida Institute of Technology finds that fish born in marine reserves where fishing is prohibited grow to be larger, healthier ...

Transnational access in European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster

EMBRIC, the European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster opens its second call for Transnational Access (TA) for maturation of research projects in marine biotechnology to ...

Market competition between farmed and wild fish

Rome, Italy.- The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the market interactions (competition) between wild and farmed species in Mediterranean fish ...

Advanced spatial planning models could promise new era of sustainable ocean development

USA.- Earth’s vast oceans brim with potential for commercial activities ranging from tourism to shipping to alternative energy, but planning for the sustainable coexistence of ...

Aquaculture the answer to an island’s food shortage

New Zealand.- A small, bony, oily fish holds great hope for Solomon Islands communities, who are working with Wintec to enhance aquaculture productivity through education ...

Cargill’s iQShrimp helps farmers manage risk, make better decisions

Minneapolis, USA.- Shrimp farmers can tap into the first cloud-based solution in the aquaculture industry thanks to Cargill’s iQShrimp. The predictive software uses machine learning ...

Jellyfish adapt their venom to accommodate changing prey and sea conditions

Israel.- Many animals use venom to protect themselves from predators and to catch prey. Some, like jellyfish, have tentacles, while others, like bees and snakes ...

Large smolt not always best

Norway.- Researchers at CtrlAQUA are working on the basis of a hypothesis that an extended phase in recycling facilities on land will improve the fish’s ...