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In the present report, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur, identifies the challenges facing global fisheries and examines how the individuals most vulnerable to negative impacts (the residents of developing coastal and island countries, especially low …

The Asian region is a major supplier of fish products to the EU market. Over the period 2005-2010 in particular, the aquaculture sector in some Asian countries became an important producer as well as exporter of whitefish and shrimps.This article provides a su…

As part of the Chichester Harbour Oyster Partnership Initiative, this article by Lawrence Eagling and Antony Jensen, University of Southampton, analyses the reproductive success of oysters in Chichester Harbour, UK.

Jun Qiang, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, and Hong Yanga look at the interacting effects of water temperature and dietary protein levels on hematological parameters in Nile tilapia juveniles and mortality under Streptococcus iniae infection.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on mycobacterial infections of fish.

This report by authors from the University of Sterling and Hendrix-Genetics looks at the hepatic transcriptome analysis of inter-family variability in flesh n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content in Atlantic salmon.

Meiotic maps are a key tool for comparative genomics and association mapping studies. Meredith V. Everett, James E Seeb, University of Washington, and Michael R Miller, University of Oregon, look at the development of meiotic maps of sockeye salmon which are d…

Professor Jeff Shields and colleagues at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have succeeded in their 15-year effort to unravel the life history of Hematodinium, a single-celled parasite that afflicts blue crabs and is of growing concern to aquaculture ope…

Teagasc researchers are looking to seaweed for proteins with health benefits for use as functional foods. Historically, edible seaweeds were consumed by coastal communities across the world and today seaweed is a habitual diet in many countries, particularly i…

This report by Silje Brenna-Hansen et al, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, looks at the chromosomal differences between European and North American Atlantic salmon discovered by linkage mapping and supported by fluorescence in situ hybridisation analysis…

This article by Peggy Reed, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Ruth Ellen Klinger, and Denise Petty, from the University of Florida, looks at monogenean parasites of fish. Monogeneans are a class of parasitic flatworms that are commonly found on fishes and lower aquatic inve…

This thesis from S. Soares and M Green et al from the University of Stirling looks at creating a baseline method for benchmarking mortality losses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) production.

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of supplies, overseas trade and marketing of the UK fishing industry in 2011.

This study, by A. Sanseverino, D. Bastviken, I. Sundh, J. Pickova and A. Enrich-Prast, demonstrates the presence of specific fatty acids synthesized by methane oxidizing bacteria in fish tissues having low carbon stable isotope ratios by analysing fatty acids …

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the UK fishing industry landings in 2011.

This report led by Saraya Tavornpanich, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, looks at the spatial determinants of pancreas disease in the marine phase of Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming sites, and maps the disease risk areas.

The amount of time before the fish is bled is more important than the choice of bleeding method. This is among the conclusions of the Nofima scientists who have carried out experiments involving bleeding methods and the impact of the time interval from capture…

This article by authors from the University of Padova, Italy, looks at the first evidence of immunomodulation in bivalves under seawater acidification and increased temperature.

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the structure and activity of the UK fishing industry in 2011.

In 2011, Viet Nam exported almost US$380 million worth of tuna, up 29.4 per cent over 2010, to 87 countries and territories. Growing demand in the world market has prompted the industry to consider ranching this high value fish, writes Tran Duy for Vietfish In…

This report by Tiago S Hor et al, Memorial University of Newfoundland, looks at how a moderate increase in ambient temperature modulates the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) spleen transcriptome response to intraperitoneal viral mimic injection.

Leuven scientists are using zebrafish as a model in their search for genes that play a role in the mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). As a result, they have identified a molecule that could be the target for a future ALS treatment.

This article consolidates the findings of a report by the FAO which looked at the reduction of dependence on the utilisation of low-value fish as feed for aquaculture of marine finfish in the Asian Region.

This publication by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a preliminary report for 2011 on commercial fisheries and a final report for recreational fisheries of the United States with landings from the US territorial seas, the US Exclusive …

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the UK fishing industry in 2011.

This article by Nathan K Lujan et al, Texas A&M University, looks at trophic diversity in the evolution and community assembly of South American loricariid catfishes.

The average UK adult is eating more fish than a generation ago. Trend data from the National Food Survey (NFS) and Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS) show how per-head consumption of fish is now around two per cent higher than in 1975, according to a report com…

Overfishing in Europe is a huge economic and environmental problem. It is also eminently solvable by fishing less for a short period of time we can rebuild fish stocks permanently. Research by the New Economics Foundation quantifies the short-term costs of res…

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the world fishing industry in 2011.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Scalloped spiny lobster.

In a study led by R. Robles, Centro Tecnolgico de la Acui, Spain, the performance of gilthead sea bream juveniles fed diets with no fishmeal was compared to that of bream fed diets with 30 or 10 per cent fishmeal. Taken from the Global Aquaculture Advocate (Se…

'The UK Fishing Industry in 2011: Landings' provides a comprehensive overview of the quantity and value of species landed by UK and foreign vessels into the UK and by UK vessels abroad. This new annual release provides users with advance access to information …

There has been increasing reports of tropical species in southern waters, indicating that pelagic fish distributions may be expanding south, according to Alistair Hobday, author of the Pelagic fish section of the Marine Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation R…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming red claw crayfish.

Neil Wendover, MSD Animal Health, Singapore, uses field experiences from Asia to look at the implications of vaccine development for streptococcus in tilapia. Taken from the MSD Animal Health 'Bacterial Disease in Warmwater Fish: New Strategies for Sustainable…

When mercury is dumped into rivers and lakes, the toxic heavy metal can end up in the fish we eat and the water we drink. To help protect consumers from the diseases and conditions associated with mercury, researchers at Northwestern University in collaboratio…

Global losses due to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) or pirate fishing are estimated to be between US$10 billion and US$23.5 billion per year. West African waters are estimated to have the highest levels of IUU fishing in the world, representing up t…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Pike-perch.

NOAA researchers are getting a comprehensive view of the ocean floor using a new instrument, and have confirmed that there are high numbers of young sea scallops off of Delaware Bay.

Ballan wrasse are picky eaters when young. As adults, they eat sea lice off the skin of salmon which makes them valuable to fish farmers. But as juveniles, wrasse want to be served shrimp, states research from The Research Council of Norway.