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US - The toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense, is a photosynthetic plankton--a microscopic organism floating in the ocean, unable to swim against a current. New research by scientists at the Un…

Nutrition along with environment and host physiology comprise the three main factors for strong gut performance. This second article in our gut health series reveals how nutrition can influence gut he…

EUROPE - With 57 per cent of EU consumption being imported from China and Southeast Asia, European producers are facing fierce competition only aggravated by depleting fish stocks. Catfish production …

NORWAY - Marine Harvest and Deep Sea Supply PLC have entered into a Heads of Agreement to establish a 50/50 owned aquaculture shipping joint venture that is to build, own and operate aquaculture vesse…

UK - Fifty-nine finfish species have 'disappeared' from fishermen's catches in the world's most species rich and vulnerable marine region, new research has shown.

NORWAY - Scientists around the world are now pooling their knowledge and capacity in order for the European fisheries and aquaculture industry to tackle climate change in the best possible manner.

SWEDEN - Plastic accounts for nearly eighty per cent of all waste found in our oceans, gradually breaking down into smaller and smaller particles. New research from Lund University in Sweden investiga…

NORWAY - Fish can adjust to warmer ocean temperatures, but heat waves can still kill them, a team of researchers from Sweden, Norway and Australia reports in an article published in Nature Communicati…

The aquaculture industry has developed significantly over recent decades and is, today, one of the fastest-growing food production sectors in the world. One of the most important problems that affect …

CANADA - Using tags surgically implanted into thousands of juvenile salmon, UBC researchers have discovered that many fish die within the first few days of migration from their birthplace to the ocean…

UK - Researchers from Iceland, Norway, Scotland and Finland are working on a joint project called Smart-Fish that will be presented at the Aquaculture UK conference in the Strathspey Suite, MacDonald …

GLOBAL - The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has expanded the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program with the completion of the new BAP mollusc farm standards.

CANADA - The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) has welcomed news from Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), that wild Atlantic salmon stand to benefit from the investment of $197.1 mil…

US - Quixotic Farming, a family-owned, sustainable seafood company that raises traceable, United States tilapia, has begun its expansion of its Missouri farm by purchasing 27 new fish tanks for the fa…

UK - BOC, the UK & Irelands largest supplier of industrial gases and related equipment, is showcasing its range of tailored solutions for the fish farming industry at Aquaculture UK 2016, stand 63.

GLOBAL - Friend of the Sea has recently introduced a new standard for the certification of seaweed from sustainable harvesting and farming. This standard aims to protect from overfishing wild seaweeds…

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food-production sectors but the economic impact that parasites and bacterial, fungal and viral diseases have on the industry is highly significant for the man…

UK - Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have been maintained at the University of Sheffield since 1997. Today, the Bateson Centre Zebrafish Facility (BCZF) has the capacity to hold over 112,000 fish and is one o…

Most stream-resident fish stay throughout winter despite the ice. This has been shown by Christine Weber, previous researcher at Ume University, by tagging trout and sculpins with transponders to foll…

UK - Scotland is the largest producer of Atlantic salmon in the EU, and the third largest in the world. The importance of salmon aquaculture to Scotlands economy, particularly for coastal and rural co…