Archivos mensuales: noviembre 2018

  Photo: fish farming in Nova Scotia Models that suggest the carrying capacity of aquaculture in both marine cages and inland ponds have been developed as part of a new project. By The Fish Site The members of the MIMECCA project, which aims reduce the aquaculture sector’s impact on the environment […]

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has unveiled its National Youth Council, to showcase the growing presence of young people in the sustainable future of farming the oceans. By SeaWestNews The Council members convened their first face-to-face meeting at Canada’s Farmed Seafood Policy Conference 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario today. “Seafood […]

Nineteen postgraduates presented their marine research highlighting the innovation and contributions being made towards the growth of the marine sector in Ireland at the Cullen Fellowship Programme’s two-day annual meeting last week. By Afloat.ie Dr Peter Heffernan, chief executive of the Marine Institute which hosted the meeting in Oranmore, had […]

This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who depend on them. By Reuters/ voanews Norway has built the world’s biggest salmon-farming industry. But it wants to go bigger. With their lucrative oil fields now in decline, Norwegians have ambitious […]

Mississippi State University will lead a new $15 million federal initiative to reduce poverty and improve living standards for impoverished populations dependent on aquaculture-led economies, the university announced in October. By Avma U.S. Agency for International Development funding over the next five years will support the Feed the Future Innovation Lab […]

First harvest of farmed salmon from mega ocean farm expected at next Chinese Lunar New Year China’s first batch of farmed salmon will hit the market ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, next February, according to state media Xinhua. By SeaWestNews The fish is from the […]

As the pressure grows on the world’s arable land, aquaculture must play a bigger role in food production if we are to feed a population of 9.8 billion by 2050, as estimated by the United Nations, says University of Cape Town (UCT) Emeritus Professor John Bolton. By Helen Swingler and […]

We learn about new ways of growing our food. There’s aquaculture; growing fish and crops in coastal waters and the open ocean. At the mouth of the Piscataqua River, a UNH-led team has designed a raft that serves as a pen for steelhead trout, with mussels and sea kelp that […]

Underwater robots roving about as ranch hands of the sea, their electronic eyes recording the health, size and numbers of fish swimming in offshore corrals. Automatic feeders activated by the sound of hungry shrimp. By Monica Jain Ultraviolet light, ultrasound and other drug-free treatments that keep salmon in the pink. […]

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development. According to the World Health Organization, immediate changes are needed to prevent a post-antibiotic era when simple—and previously treatable—bacterial infections can kill and when routine medical procedures, such as joint replacements and chemotherapy that rely […]