Australia and Vietnam working together to combat illegal fishing

Australia and Vietnam will commence an in-country public information campaign to educate Vietnamese fishers about the consequences of illegally fishing in Australian waters and the ...

International science prize aims to keep shrimp on the menu

UK-Thai scientists have won the Newton Fund Chairman’s Award 2017 to further develop their pioneering research to diagnose disease and protect farmed seafood.

Benchmark participates in gene editing research to develop disease resistance in salmon

UK.- Benchmark, the aquaculture health, nutrition, and genetics business, is pleased to announce its participation in an important gene editing research project. Third party funded ...

From Tank to Table: Aquaponics Research at USM

Portland, USA.- The leaves may have fallen outside, but inside, students in USM’s Environmental Science and Policy program have been seeing green all semester long.

New vessel biofouling rules on their way

New Zealand.- International vessel operators need to be aware of strict new rules for managing biofouling that will come into force early next year, says ...

Seaweed could hold key to environmentally friendly sunscreen

UK.- A compound found in seaweed could protect human skin from the damaging impact of the sun without causing harm to marine ecosystems.

Wild fisheries landings decline while aquaculture surges

Landings of wild-caught fish in OECD countries are 40% below their late 1980s peak and continue to decline, while aquaculture production has been increasing at ...

Genetics improves fish resistance

Norway.- The combination of three genetic markers on three chromosomes can be the key to high survival after viral infection in salmon farming.

A new solution to cleaning wastewater on shrimp farms

By Jeanine MoyerGuelph, Canada.- Ontario shrimp farmers could soon be going green – with algae. New research is using algae to naturally clean recirculating saltwater ...

New European alliance to save the European flat oyster

UK.- Marine Biologist Dr Joanne Preston has helped to establish a European alliance for the conservation of the European flat oyster. If successful, it could ...