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Farmed seafood and livestock stack up differently using alternate feed efficiency measure

USA.- A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future found that, contrary to widely ...

New recommendations for growth of organic aquaculture

Norway.- Europe’s organic aquaculture industry has received a boost, thanks to an EU-funded initiative that revised the current EU regulatory framework. Not only will this ...

USDA Charts Course for Strengthening World Aquaculture

By Jan Suszkiw*Charting a course ahead for the conservation and sustainable farming of freshwater and marine species is a chief focus of the first State ...

SEAFDEC to shrimp farmers – Don’t stock during cold months

The Philippines.- A study by SEAFDEC/AQD scientist Dr. Eleonor Tendencia has shown that a drop in temperature weakens the immune response of shrimp making them ...

Substances used in household goods affect the immune system of a coastal mussel

Singapore.- Perfluoalkyl substances (PFAS) is shorthand for a group of fluorinated compounds that have been used extensively in household products such as non-stick cookware, stain-resistant ...

USM Professor Testifies Before U.S. Senate on Future of Aquaculture

USA.- Dr. Kelly Lucas, Director of The University of Southern Mississippi’s Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center, spoke in Washington recently on the importance of aquaculture ...

Orleans project uses shellfish to reduce water nitrogen levels

USA.- As part of a three-year project that could pave the way to state approval of similar efforts, Orleans is using oyster farming to reduce ...

2017 PH fisheries output dips but aquaculture resurfaced

Manila, The Philippines (PNA).- The local aquaculture sector rebounded in 2017 from its 6.27-percent drop in 2016, a complete opposite of the entire Philippine fisheries’ ...

UNE and United States Naval Academy launch DOE funded seaweed aquaculture research

Biddeford, USA.- Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor of Marine Sciences, and David Fredriksson, Ph.D., professor at the United States Naval Academy ...

Minister LeBlanc announces independent expert panel on aquaculture science

Ottawa, Canada.– The Government of Canada is committed to regulating a responsible and sustainable aquaculture sector. Robust and credible science helps the Government make evidence-based ...