People & planet

Australian Seafood Consumers Misled by Prophets of Doom and Gloom

29 February 2012

Australia's fisheries are amongst the best managed in the world and they are without doubt sustainable, according to a report by Dr Ray Hilborn, Professor of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences,University of Washington and Dr Bob Kearney, Emeritus Professor in Fish…

Iceland Saw Fishing Vessel Increase in 2011

Sustainability Technology & equipment

29 February 2012

Pirates Threaten Deep Sea Fishing in Tanzania

Sustainability Economics

29 February 2012

Reducing Discards - How will it Really help?

Sustainability Breeding & genetics

29 February 2012

New Research Allows Early Identification of Male Tilapia

Breeding & genetics Hatcheries Tilapia / Cichlids

29 February 2012

Tilapia breeding is profitable only if it is solely focused on male populations. Hormonal inversion methods currently used to produce these populations have, however, many drawbacks. CIRAD has been investigating a genetic approach for several years and just di…

Vietnamese Tuna Recalled due to Histamine Content

Sustainability Marketing

28 February 2012

2011 Fisheries Production up 1.6 Per Cent

Sustainability Economics

28 February 2012

Salmon Disease Surveillance in British Columbia

Health Biosecurity Salmonids

27 February 2012

Defra Plans the Realignment of Unused Quota

Sustainability Politics

27 February 2012

Factors Affecting Fishers' Readiness to Exit Declining Fishery

Sustainability

26 February 2012

50 per cent of fishermen would not give up their livelihood in the face of drastically declining catches according to research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA). A new report, published by PLoS ONE, challenges previously held notions about poverty and…

Aquaponics: Recycling Fish Waste

Water quality Sustainability

24 February 2012

Using effluent from fish farming ponds to feed plants while retreating the water naturally is the basic principle of aquaponics. It is also behind an ambitious project called Apiva. It involves the Lyce de la Canourgue college in Lozre, France, ITAVI, CIRAD in…

EU & Mauritius: New Fisheries Partnership

Sustainability Politics

24 February 2012

Call for New National Aquaculture Policy

Sustainability Politics

24 February 2012

New Gov't Policy to Boost Fish Farming in Uganda

Environment Politics

24 February 2012

Vermilion Snapper Fishing Closed in South Atlantic

Sustainability Politics

24 February 2012

No Agreement Reached; But What About the Mackerel?

Sustainability Politics

23 February 2012

First Fish Hatchery Set Up in Rajasthan

Husbandry Sustainability

22 February 2012

Milkfish Farm for Community

Sustainability Hatcheries

22 February 2012

Rs2,000 Million to Develop Northern Fishing Sector

Sustainability Economics

22 February 2012

Red Tides Sighted in Hong Kong

Health Welfare

21 February 2012

President Assures Solutions to Fishing Problems

Sustainability Politics

21 February 2012

S. Korea's Fisheries Imports Rise in 2011

Sustainability Economics

21 February 2012

Canada Helps Sri Lanka Improve Shrimp Farming

Sustainability Economics Crustaceans

20 February 2012

Australian Fisheries Survey 2011

Sustainability

17 February 2012

This report presents estimates of the financial and economic performance of two key Commonwealth fisheries: the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) and the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (BSCZSF). Research by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resour…