Seafood exports are predicted to hit a record $2 billion annually by 2020

New Zealand.- Export revenue for the year to June 2017 is expected to be $1.8 billion, broadly in line with last year, before steadily increasing.

Potentially dangerous parasite found in farmed fish from Vietnam

Norway.- NIFES scientists were surprised to find the parasite Chinese liver fluke in farmed Pangasius in Vietnam. At worst, the parasite can cause serious liver ...

A report examining trends in the UK aquaculture sector

UK.- The report “Future of the sea: trends in aquaculture” examining trends in the UK aquaculture sector and their implications for the future.

Vietnam – Australia´s largest supplier of processed shrimp

Vietnam.- Australia is a potential market of Vietnam thanks to high demand for shrimp. From 2007 to 2011, Vietnam’s shrimp exports to Australia ranged from ...

Baby Fish Exercising, a Surprising Source of Adaptive Variation in Fish Jaws

Amherst, USA.– An unspoken frustration for evolutionary biologists over the past 100 years, says Craig Albertson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is that genetics ...

Shellfish aquaculture from space

France.- Since the launch of the Sentinel-2A and 2B satellite constellation by the European Space Agency, new opportunities opened for aquaculture monitoring from Space. Due ...

Catch the How-to Video Series “UKNOW: Aquaponics”

By Allen Pattillo, Grant WallAmes, USA.- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Aquaponics and Fisheries Specialist Allen Pattillo has released a series of videos that ...

A national label for small-scale fisheries products – one way to improve competitiveness

France.- How best to defend the rights of small-scale fishermen, ensure they receive fair pay and boost their competitiveness? The EU-funded SUCCESS project thinks one ...

Seafood Import Monitoring Program for Shrimp Moves Ahead

Washington, USA.- Today, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) confirmed that they added ...

Special Virtual Issue free of JWAS for Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2017

To celebrate the opening of the WAS Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2017 convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 24-27, 2017, the Journal of the World Aquaculture (JWAS) ...