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A new certification programme for aquaculture operations is being established by the World Wildlife Fund, writes TheFishSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

It is well established that filter-feeding molluscan shellfish grown in production areas subject to faecal pollution may pose a human health hazard following consumption, writes Craig Baker-Austin, Rachel Rangdale and David Lees, as part of of the Cefas Shellf…

Carrying and assimilative capacity of theenvironment is fundamental to the extent towhich aquaculture can develop sustainably, writes Mark James, FRM Ltd, in a CEFAS Shellfish News publication.

The island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, is recognized by the government of Indonesia as a major area for development of mariculture, reports La Ode M. Aslan, Hotman Hutauruk, Armen Zulham, Irwan Effendy, Mhummaed Atid, Michael Phillips, Lars Olsen, Brendan Larkin, …

The UK Shellfish Industry Development Strategy(SIDS), the Seafish-funded, SAGB-facilitatedproject looking to sustainably develop wildcaughtand cultivated shellfisheries, has beenprogressing for over a year now. Tom Pickerell, in this CEFAS Shellfish News publi…

In May this year Australia's abalone farmers took an international lead role in developing environmental sustainability practices among the rapidly expanding global aquaculture industries, writes Dr Ann Fleming, Chair, Australian Abalone Growers Association.

As the global average temperature increases and CO2 within the ocean begins to reach saturation the ability of the ocean to absorb carbon will alter significantly, writes J. P. Hickey, School of Natural and Built Environs, University of South Australia.