Scientists study spawning salmon through a riverbed lens

USA.- Each year on the United Nations-designated World Water Day, March 22, people around the world consider the importance of fresh water to ecosystems and ...

Five urgent water issues for policymakers

Germany.- In the run-up to the Bundestag elections in 2017, the Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Germany’s largest research center for ...

Predicting the impact of global warming on disease proliferation

Dublin, Ireland.- Scientists have devised a method for predicting how rising global temperatures are likely to affect the severity of diseases mediated by parasites. Their ...

Emergency transplanting of oyster now allowed for selected waters

Baton Rouge, USA.- Oysters in Lake Borgne and the Mississippi Sound (known as harvest areas 1 and 2) can now be transplanted to other waters. ...

Aquaculture conference brings together world experts

Las Vegas, USA.- The US Aquaculture Society, along with the World Aquaculture Society, brought together over 2,000 people from 61 countries around the world at ...

Improving occupational safety in aquaculture

By Guro Kulset Merakerås Aquaculture used to be a secondary income source for Norwegians. Now it’s become big business. Occupational safety has made steady advances, ...

Italian Acipenser obtains Friend of the Sea certification for its sturgeon

Newly acquired Italian company Acipenser Srl has been found compliant with Friend of the Sea standard for a number of species of farmed sturgeon: Acipenser ...

Seaweeds shelter calcifying marine life from acidifying oceans

Tasmania, Australia.- Seaweeds could provide a refuge for calcifying marine organisms at risk from ocean acidification, according to a new study by IMAS scientists published ...

Researchers explore an alternative pathway to fast-tracking the global recovery of fisheries

By Julie CohenSanta Barbara, USA.- Short-term pain for long-term gain. When applied to the reform of global fisheries, this strategy could yield enormous benefits. If ...

Catfish sector plans $2b export target in 2018

Can Tho, Vietnam.- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per ...