Global workshop closes with commitment to enabling environment for new research on fish for nourishment

Participants at the Global Workshop on Nutrition-sensitive Fish Agri-food Systems which closed 8 December in Siem Reap, Cambodia agreed that while evidence is mounting that ...

Innovative Solutions for Nutritious, Safe and Sustainable Seafood in Europe

Ireland.- SEAFOODTOMORROW is a new, €7m European Union Horizon 2020-funded project that aims to develop innovative sustainable solutions for improving the safety and dietary properties ...

Automatic weighing for catches recommended

Norway.- Nofima’s researchers are clear that the current regulations for landing fish hamper efficiency. They also know what it will take to curb accusations of ...

New leader for CtrlAQUA

Norway.- Åsa Espmark is the new Centre Director of CtrlAQUA. She takes over from Bendik Fyhn Terjesen who has headed the Centre from its inception ...

Thailand hides big numbers when it comes to its fish catches in neighbouring waters

USA.- Fish catches by Thailand’s distant-water fleet fishing throughout the Indo-Pacific are almost seven times higher than what the country reports to the Food and ...

First brown shrimp fishery achieves MSC certificate for sustainability

UK.- The North Sea brown shrimp fishery (Crangon crangon) — operating in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands — has achieved MSC certification following a collaboration ...

Supreme Court Rejects Request to Review Commerce’s Authority to Apply High Antidumping Duties in Response to Exporters’ Fraud

USA.- In multiple administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on Chinese shrimp, the Chinese shrimp producer and exporter Hilltop International provided false information to ...

New procedure for faster detection of environmental impacts from salmon farms

In order to meet the demands for salmon, many salmon farms have developed along the coasts of Scandinavia and Scotland. These operations are governed by ...

Seaweed food packaging could eliminate the need for plastic

Sydney, Australia.- Fish and chip packaging made of seaweed and a documentary about council clean-ups are among projects by UNSW design students at the Australian ...

EU award for Stirling-led aquaculture project

Scotland.- A research project coordinated by the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture has received a prestigious award in recognition of its work in the ...