Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Desalination: A Guide to Impacts, Monitoring and Management

Paris, France.- The first ever guidebook on the growing threat harmful algal blooms pose to seawater desalination plants has been published.

Protecting aquaculture by vaccinating fish

Netherlands.- Researchers with the EU-funded TARGETFISH project are using vaccines to help combat the outbreak of disease in farmed fish species.

New research reveals competitive males salmons can adjust sperm speed

New Zealand.- It’s a fish tale of a sexual nature that may impact our understanding of male fertility. A University of Canterbury doctoral researcher has ...

Tracking a parasite that’s ravaging fish

In Switzerland – not to mention the rest of Europe and the United States – freshwater fish are falling victim to a deadly disease that ...

Access free aquaculture course on HealthyFish platform and certify your knowledge

The Federation of European Aquaculture (FEAP) presented the HealthyFish platform, which establishes a standardized training program at European level for the aquaculture sector.

Micro solutions for a macro problem: How marine algae could help feed the world

By William Moomaw and Asaf Tzachor*Our planet faces a growing food crisis. According to the United Nations, more than 800 million people are regularly undernourished. ...

Caged blue mussels as environmental detectives

Norway.- Two researchers in a boat loaded with thousands of blue mussels, collected from a mussel farm in Lillesand. The boat heads out the Kristiansand ...

A Big Step towards Reducing Strep in Farm-Raised Tilapia

USA.- The United States annually imports nearly $1 billion worth of tilapia while producing another 30 million pounds ourselves. This makes tilapia the U.S.’s fourth ...

Helping fish fight their own battles

By Julia CleghornAustralia.- Researchers have discovered fish have an innate ability to avoid parasite infection, paving the way for new methods to prevent outbreaks in ...

Haddock quality better with live storage

Norway.- Trials with live storage of haddock are showing very promising results. If haddock is caught alive and kept in tanks up to slaughter, high ...