Genetic barcodes are used to quantify crucial populations in a coral reef ecosystem

Rehovot, Israel.- Almost all the wildly varied, colorful fish that populate coral reefs start life as tiny, colorless, tadpole-like larvae. Telling one from the other ...

Vietnam shrimp sales to go on the rise in QIV

After a reduction in the first quarter, Vietnam’s shrimp exports in QII and QIII/2017 showed the possitive growth. Of that, exports in QII increased by ...

ELSTAT announces the results of the Survey on Aquaculture for 2016

Piraeus, Greece.- The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces the results of the Survey on Aquaculture for the reference year 2016.

Self-fertilizing fish have surprising amount of genetic diversity

USA.- As weird animals go, the mangrove killifish is in a class of its own. It flourishes in both freshwater and water with twice as ...

Weekly Fish Consumption Linked to Better Sleep, Higher IQ, Penn Study Finds

USA.- Children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are 4 points higher, on average, than those ...

Research reveals how climate change may affect Hawaiian fishpond aquaculture

USA.- For centuries, indigenous peoples of the Hawaiian Islands practiced sustainable aquaculture by building walled fishponds in coastal estuaries. Historical records estimate that, in the ...

Best Aquaculture Practices Completes GSCP Equivalence Process

USA.- The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), a division of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, announced today that it has successfully completed the Global Social Compliance Programme ...

Keeping trawl catches alive in filleting factories

Norway.- After six hours in purpose-built tanks on board the trawler’s production deck, 90 per cent of the cod were still alive and in good ...

Strong growth of labelled products brings certified seafood to the forefront in the Netherlands

A Dutch consumer survey has revealed that the consumption of certified products is continuing to gain mainstream popularity in the Netherlands. The ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship ...

Robust growth in the value and production of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture industry

Australia.- The gross value of Australian fisheries and aquaculture production (GVP) increased by 9 per cent to $3 billion in 2015-16, according to the ABARES ...