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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 ...

Marine Institute Lead New Project in Predicting Shellfish Safety

Ireland.- Predicting risk and impact of harmful algal bloom events that cause impact to the shellfish aquaculture sector (PRIMROSE) is a new 2.7 Million Euro ...

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 ...

How healthy is farmed salmon?

By: Ingrid P. Nuse*Norway.- Health authorities in many parts of the world are urging people to eat more fish for dinner, preferably two to three ...

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 ...

Risk Assessment Finds Minimal Risk of Pathogen Transfer to Wild Salmon

Ottawa, Canada.- Scientific research plays an important role in informing our policy choices on sustainable aquaculture activities and management. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) released ...

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 ...

Province to improve environmental protections for coastal areas

Victoria, Canada.- The provincial government is moving to protect the environment and health of wild salmon by strengthening the requirements for fish processing and finfish ...

Drive to improve health and safety for global aquaculture workers

Scotland.- Protecting the health of the world’s 18 million aquaculture workers will be the focus of a new project led by a University of Stirling ...