Aid for oceans and fisheries in developing world drops by 30 percent

Canada.- Financial aid to fisheries in developing countries has declined by 30 percent, finds a new study from UBC and Stockholm Resilience Centre researchers, published ...

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The rise of turfs – flattening of global kelp forests

Australia.- Research published today into the state of kelp forests around the world shows they are being degraded into flat seascapes carpeted by short, unwanted ...

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Minnesota Sea Grant Releases Food-Fish Aquaculture Workshop Summary

USA.- Minnesota Sea Grant announces the release of a report from the state’s first-ever food-fish aquaculture workshop at which Sea Grant brought aquaculture experts from ...

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Using light to find blood in fish

Norway.- An advanced light meter developed by Nofima is set to revolutionise the processing of fish. White fish can be sorted according to the amount ...

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Aquaculture Team of IPB Researched the Effect of Electric Field on the Development of Gonad of Comet Fish

Indonesia.- Attempts to produce the comet fish were still done in the traditional way with the low spawning success rates. The spawning failure was thought ...

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Aquatic export expected to hit 9 billion USD in 2018

Hanoi, Vietnam.- The Directorate of Fisheries has set a seafood export value of 9 billion USD for 2018, as heard at a conference held on ...

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Scale-eating fish adopt clever parasitic methods to survive

USA.- A small group of fishes — possibly the world’s cleverest carnivorous grazers — feeds on the scales of other fish in the tropics. The ...

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Research shows streams can be used as diagnostic tools for ecosystem health

USA.- When excess fertilizer from farms and cities runs off into water supplies, it can lead to severe human health and economic consequences. Utah County ...

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Nanowrinkles could save billions in shipping and aquaculture

Australia.- Sydney scientists have developed nanowrinkled coatings that could avoid the build-up of damaging biological material and save some of the $320 million annually spent ...

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Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants force fish to work much harder to survive

Canada.- Pharmaceuticals and other man-made contaminants are forcing fish that live downstream from a typical sewage treatment plant to work at least 30 per cent ...

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