TiLV threatens food security

Rome, Italy.- An estimated 180 000 tonnes of tilapia (whole and fillet frozen) were traded in the international market during January-March 2017, approximately 10 percent ...

Sysco, US Foods fail Greenpeace seafood sustainability ranking despite industry-wide improvements

Washington, DC.– In the second edition of its Sea of Distress report released today, Greenpeace found that some foodservice industry players — especially Sodexo, Aramark, ...

New report reveals more fish populations are in critical condition than reported by the Government of Canada

Toronto, Canada.- Today, Oceana Canada released the most comprehensive review of the state of Canada’s fisheries and the first annual assessment of how the government ...

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 ...