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

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 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.

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

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…

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…

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.

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…

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

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…

'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 …

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…

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…

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…

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

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.

The latest GLOBALG.A.P. Standard, Integrated Farm Assurance Version 4, is the result of four years of research and consultation. Released in March 2011, Version 4 now covers a wider diversity of fish, crustaceans and molluscs and extends to include all hatcher…

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.

Mark Gaikowski, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, US, determines the depletion of florfenicol (FFC) in water and florfenicol amine (FFA), a marker for FFC residue, from the fillet of market-weight tilapia in a recirculating aquaculture system (rAS) …

Based on extensive studies carried out in the last five years, University of Maine Ph.D. student Kevin Neves and the University of Maines Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) Director Nick Brown have determined that cod living at high densities a…

This article by Luca Tacchi, University of Aberdeen et al looks at the transcriptomic and physiological responses to fishmeal substitution with plant proteins in formulated feed in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Orange-spotted grouper.

Kudoa is a microscopic parasite found in several marine fish species worldwide. Enzymes produced by these parasites can make fish flesh soft or even gel-like, a condition commonly referred to as soft flesh. The parasite does not infect humans. NIFES has previo…

Most of us do not buy fresh fish that was caught more than three days ago. But if we do not know the date of capture, we are devouring fish that is often far older, says Nofima Scientist Jens stli, and colleagues, who invited over 400 fishing customers in Norw…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming North African catfish.

This report presents the results of a research exercise commissioned by WWF and conducted by Brook Lyndhurst during the latter part of 2011 and early part of 2012. The research was designed to investigate the business case for retailers to further support and …

New microscope technology can portray fish in a new light, through a mix of biology, handicraft and art. This can help researchers understand whats going on inside the fish.

Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is one of the most economically important freshwater fish, but its production is often affected by diseases that cause serious economic losses, report researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Japanese sea cucumber.

Fluctuating asymmetry (defined as small random deviations from the ideal bilateral symmetry) in isolated stickleback populations has been hypothesised to increase in response to both genetic and environmental stress experienced by a population, writes Nina Tro…

This report by the New Economics Foundation highlights Europes reliance on fish products originating from external waters for its fish supplies, and provides pointers towards a more sustainable future for dwindling global fish stocks.

Purdue University student Zeran Li's research project related to zebrafish eye development could lead to a better understanding of vision problems that affect billions of people worldwide.

Ranaviruses cause systemic infection in fish, amphibians and reptiles. Disease outbreaks associated with ranaviruses have been reported worldwide, and their harmful impact on aquaculture and natural populations of host animals has drawn attention to this group…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Japanese carpet shell.

Salmon can play a part in increasing the amount of the healthy omega-3 fatty acids we need by converting short fatty acids from plants to the long, marine omega-3 fatty acids that we want.

Fish are constantly being moved and transported, having both an affect on their health and on their meat quality. Hans Van de Vis, from the Netherlands Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies has looked at the stress response in farmed African c…

Over the next few decades Africas population is expected to expand to more than that of China or India, constituting about 23 per cent of the global population by 2050. It is also expected that Africas urbanisation will continue to increase, following trends w…