Newly-hatched salmon use geomagnetic field to learn which way is up

By Chris BranamCorvallis, USA.- Researchers who confirmed in recent years that salmon use the Earth’s geomagnetic field to guide their long-distance migrations have found that ...

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UAPB Extension Specialist Teaches Management Practices to Young Fish Farmers in Bangladesh

USA.- Bauer Duke, Extension specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences, recently served as a volunteer ...

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U.S. Shrimp Trade Deficit Reaches $6.4 Billion in 2017

USA.- In October of last year, NOAA Fisheries published the Fisheries of the United States for 2016. For the first time, the federal agency’s yearbook ...

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Evaluators commend SEAFDEC/AQD’s Japan-funded studies

Mandaue, The Philippines.- External evaluators applauded the Japan-funded studies of SEAFDEC/AQD presented during the “2017 Annual Progress and Planning Meeting on the Promotion of Sustainable ...

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Second Transnational Access call for innovative marine biotechnology research projects

The EMBRIC project has launched today its second Transnational Access call for innovative marine biotechnology research projects for academic and industrial scientists in Europe and ...

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Scientists discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish’s 3D ‘invisibility cloak

UK.- An international team of scientists has identified the neural circuits that enable cuttlefish to change their appearance in just the blink to eye – ...

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Vietnam shrimp exports to touch US$3.8 billion

Vietnam.- As of November 2017, Vietnam’s shrimp exports reached US$3.5 billion, up 21.8% over the same period in 2016. This represented the efforts of enterprises ...

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New Aquamapper Tool Available for Aquaculture Siting in the Gulf of Mexico

USA.- NCCOS is excited to release the newly created Gulf Aquamapper, a web-based tool for exploration, permitting and siting of offshore aquaculture in the Gulf ...

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Report to Congress Highlights Effectiveness of Antidumping Duty Orders on Shrimp

USA.- Every year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is required by law to provide a report to Congress regarding enforcement of antidumping and countervailing ...

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Survival of all-female fish species points to its DNA

USA.- The very rare animals that reproduce asexually — only about one in a thousand of all vertebrate species — are thought to be at ...

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