Lucy Towers

CANADA - The Government of Canada is committed to reinvesting funds in support of science programs to help protect the health of fish stocks and support responsible and sustainable aquaculture in the coastal regions of C…

JAPAN - A Japanese research group has used a new technology that identifies multiple fish species populating local areas by analyzing DNA samples from seawater, and proved that this method is accurate and more effective …

UK - The UK government recently released its White Paper looking at the country's exit from the EU. The paper has been met with mixed response.

POLAND - In 2015 the total fish catch for Poland was 180,717 MT, which included the Baltic Sea and long-distance fisheries.

GLOBAL - Fact: More carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air also acidifies the oceans. It seemed to be the logical conclusion that shellfish and corals will suffer, because chalk formation becomes more difficult in more acidic s…

AUSTRALIA - Thanks to loan from the Western Australia government, Geraldton Fishermens Co-operative will now be able to build a 80-tonne live lobster holding facility to increase exports to China.

NEW ZEALAND - Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is seeking public comment on a proposal to relocate up to six salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds to locations with better environmental and economic outcomes.

UK - Registration is now open for the Fish Vet Societys annual Spring Conference being held at the Norton House Hotel, Edinburgh airport, on Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 March.

NETHERLANDS - The Taskforce Circular Economy in Food, launched during the National Food Summit in the Netherlands, aims to prevent and reduce food waste and become an international frontrunner in the valorisation of agri…

US - The first of a kind footage of a living stylodactylid shrimp filter-feeding at depth of 4826 m has been captured on high-quality video during the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's '2016 Expl…

NORWAY - A solution is in sight for Norwegian organic salmon after Iceland dropped its requests for adaptations to the EU rules.

ANALYSIS - A new species of catfish has recently been discovered in Myanmar.

SCOTLAND, UK - Abertay University has launched a 5 million research funding bid that could transform the lives of millions of Vietnamese fishermen.

GLOBAL - The Fish 2.0 2017 business competition for sustainable seafood enterprises launched on Wednesday with a new track structure that will build seafood innovation networks in coastal regions around the world and cre…

VIETNAM - Total area for aquaculture in Hai Phong province, Vietnam, hit 11,748.1 hectares in 2016, down 2.5 per cent compared with the previous year.

ST HELENA, UK - The island, which has a maritime zone encompassing 172,439 square miles of open-ocean habitat, is situated within a region rich with marine fauna and has a long tradition of responsible small-scale pole-a…

US - The International Pacific Halibut Commission was here in Victoria B.C. last week discussing the catch limits for the 2017 Halibut fishery, reports Rob Reierson in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute market Insight.

From kids walking on the beach to major museums, the amazing diversity of conch shells have captivated the eyes of collectors. And with more than 50,000 estimated living species bearing a shell, scientists who study the …

GLOBAL - A groundbreaking new report finds the ocean assets of the Western Indian Ocean region are valued conservatively at US$333.8 billion but foreshadows significant challenges for the regions ocean-based economies an…

NETHERLANDS - Wageningen University is planning to further expand its eel research in 2017.