Cold water

Less expensive fish species are being labelled and sold as cod in Ireland, while the environmental impact of purchases is being concealed by product labels, according to a study published in the journal Fish and Fisheries.

Dorothy-Jean McCoubrey, writes for Aquaculture NZ, about the devastating impacts of the oyster herpes virus.

The negative effects of releasing fish and the possible fragmentation of natural fish stocks in connection with hydropower regulations may be fewer than at first feared, says the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.

Adult cod seem to have the entire ocean at their disposal, and yet each individual cod still chooses their own local shipwreck, which they swim back to faithfully day after day. This is just one of the fascinating results from research using acoustic tags whic…

Steps are being taken in the shellfish industry together with the Food Standards Agency in the UK to improve the classification system for bivalve beds around the British coastline, writes TheFishSite Editor in Chief, Chris Harris.