Environment

Due to concerns over the pollution they generate and the impact they have on local forage fish stocks and the fishermen who traditionally rely on them, in the last few weeks, fisheries representatives…

Marine scientists at the University of Plymouth have embarked on an ambitious project to tag juvenile seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in a bid to explain why populations are dwindling.

The Bahamian spiny lobster fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification today, making it the first fishery in the Caribbean to join the programme.

A new study suggests seafood consumers across the globe are united in thinking that the biggest threat to the oceans is pollution, followed by overfishing.

Aquaculture businesses are being encouraged to apply for funding from Sea Pact, a group of North American seafood companies dedicated to the improvement of social, economic and environmental responsib…

The EU has pledged funding to help boost the competitiveness of Ecuadorian shrimp producers and increase their exports to European countries.

Dr Juli-Anne Royes Russo of Aquaculture Innovations & Solutions Consulting Group believes aquaculture can help revive coastal communities that have been affected by overfishing, in particular in her n…

Myanmar could produce as much shrimp as Vietnam and Thailand according to one of aquaculture’s most eminent academics.

​Representatives from the seafood industry, including BioMar, and conservation groups have agreed to support the creation of marine protected areas, including large no-fishing zones in the Antarctic.

Dr Anna Kintner, analytical services manager at Europharma UK, believes that the fish farming industry needs to pay more attention to the threat posed by gelatinous zooplankton – a belief given creden…

The mandatory removal of offshore oil rigs and wind turbines when they reach the end of their shelf life rig is not always the best policy from an environmental perspective, according to new research.…

Moving fish farms away from beds of Posidonia oceanica has allowed colonies of this delicate and ecologically important seagrass species to recover, according to new research.

The Bangla adage mache bhate Bengali – ‘fish and rice make a Bengali’ – sums up the importance of fish in the diet of Bangladeshis. But with capture fisheries in decline, Bangladesh is increasingly lo…

Marks & Spencer has named Scottish Sea Farms’ salmon farming team at Wyre, Orkney as its Outstanding Producer of the year in the Farming for the Future Awards 2018.

The Scottish salmon industry is predicted to grow faster than the salmon sectors of any other country in the next three years, according to a new report.

A new initiative to help mitigate pressures on wild salmon has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Mark Bilsby has been named as the new CEO of the Atlantic Salmon Trust, replacing Sarah Bayley Slater who leaves the post after two and a half years.

Natalie Clark, nursery manager at Hoopers Island Oyster Co in Maryland, explains how plans to reseed the Chesapeake Bay with 10 billion bivalves have not only given her a dream career, but can also he…

NOAA scientists are forecasting that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or ‘dead zone’ – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – will be approximately 5,780 squar…

The arguments for moving all salmon production onto land are laced with "misinformation" according to Susan Farquharson, Executive Director of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association.