Fisheries
Experts: Climate change is altering fishing industry in North and Baltic seas
Climate change alters the fishing industry and the impact is already being felt, according to experts at fish international.
Innovation & Investment
France receives big financial boost to develop aquaculture and seafood sectors
France has received €567 million in funding from the European Commission to help develop the aquaculture and fisheries sectors.
Fisheries
Artificial intelligence is already helping improve fisheries, but the trick is in training the tech
Artificial intelligence is providing valuable data to fisheries, cutting costs and the need for human review. Can the technology be perfected?
Responsibility
The sounds of settlement: Marine acoustics could revitalize ecosystems and enhance fisheries and aquaculture management
Researchers consider the implications of underwater acoustics in restoring marine ecosystems, rebuilding biodiversity and improving fisheries.
Fisheries
Newly established Global Fishing Index says nearly half of global fish stocks overfished – but is it right?
The decline in fish populations is "far worse" than previously estimated, according to the Global Fishing Index, a new assessment of fish stocks. One noted expert, however, disagrees.
Fisheries
Fisheries economic performance is ultimately limited by primary production
Quantifying a direct link between primary production and fisheries economic performance apprises ecosystem overfishing limits, economic consequences.
Fisheries
Environmental groups urge UK fleet to achieve ‘climate smart’ fisheries
Three environmental NGOs publish “Shifting Gears” report to push post-Brexit UK fisheries to address climate impacts.
Fisheries
Bottom trawling linked to high greenhouse gas emissions in MPA-supporting study
A study touts marine protected areas and bottom trawling bans, but its methods and conclusions are questioned by fellow researchers and fishers.
Fisheries
Genomes of various major fish species in world fisheries and aquaculture
Study assesses the use of genetic resources and the applications and challenges of genomics in aquaculture and fisheries.
Responsibility
A wider view: At GOAL, focus steers to fisheries, food systems and the future
During the virtual event, researchers discussed the importance of aquatic foods, which billions worldwide rely on for protein and micronutrients.
Responsibility
A wider view: Consensus on seafood’s planetary and human health benefits
Several recent reports echo the message that eating sustainable seafood can help save the planet while making significant gains in public health.
Intelligence
Aquaculture leads fish production, consumption to new highs
The most recent biennial report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations stresses the growing importance that aquaculture has as new records for global seafood production and consumption were reached in 2016.
Innovation & Investment
Aquaculture Exchange: Melanie Siggs, part 1
Always seeking to understand the role of business and politics in stewarding the environment, Melanie Siggs has high aspirations for the global seafood industry and its future in helping to feed the world. The independent advisor talks to the Advocate about what makes aquaculture investible, the importance of strategic thinking and the role of NGOs.
Intelligence
Pesquerías y acuacultura: Actividades hermanas con una meta común
La acuacultura y la pesca — aunque significativamente diferentes pues una agricultura y la otra es cacería — son actividades relacionadas muy de cerca que comparten muchos componentes de sus cadenas de valor, incluyendo sus mercados y clientes. Ambas tienen muy importantes, crecientes funciones globales que desempeñar en la seguridad alimentaria en las próximas décadas.
Intelligence
Fisheries and aquaculture: Sister activities with a common goal
Aquaculture and fisheries – although significantly different as one is farming and the other one is hunting – are very closely related activities that share many components of their value chains, including their markets and customers.
Innovation & Investment
Aquaculture Exchange: Barry Costa-Pierce, UNE
University of New England Professor Barry Costa-Pierce says aquaculture is often neglected in studies examining ocean health and ecosystem and resource management. The “Ocean Prosperity Roadmap” released this summer, he said, was more of the same.