Health & Welfare
Aquaculture tech firm to trial novel fish welfare technology with Mowi Canada West
Novel "ecosystem-supporting" technology may improve fish welfare and performance, and reduce interactions between wild and farm-raised fish.
Responsibility
Study: Aquaculture sector shows ‘enormous potential’ to generate circular economy initiatives through plastics recycling
Plastic recycling from the aquaculture sector can be a commercially viable circular economy initiative, concludes SINTEF researchers.
Health & Welfare
Fish health company launches continuous barrier monitoring for aquaculture
Biotech pioneer QuantiDoc's Veribarr tool gives an objective, quantitative measure of the strength of a farmed fish's skin, gills and guts.
Intelligence
New tool helps implement global industry standards on seafood traceability
A new tool from GDST is designed to help assess progress in implementing seafood traceability standards across the supply chain.
Intelligence
Alaska salmon processors trialing CQF’s portable quality-measuring device
Salmon processors are using a bioelectrical impedance analysis device as part of a wider commitment to improving product quality.
Innovation & Investment
Can a genomic chip in Galician mussels lead to improved seafood traceability?
A new genomic chip guarantees the authenticity of Galician mussels, leading to improved seafood traceability and food fraud prevention.
Health & Welfare
Good news, shrimp allergy sufferers: Scientists say reverse-pressure sterilization can produce a less-allergenic shrimp
A new method using pressure and steam can produce a less-allergenic shrimp product, which is good news for people with a shrimp allergy.
Innovation & Investment
New artificial intelligence technology can detect early stress symptoms in farmed shrimp
A new artificial intelligence-based computer vision system can count and measure shrimp with up to 95 percent accuracy.
Intelligence
Successful initiative using solar-powered oyster production technology to expand
Survival rates of over 90 percent were observed using solar-powered oyster production technology, leading to the placement of a second spat.
Responsibility
Study: More than 90% of global aquaculture faces substantial risk from effects of climate change
Aquatic food producers are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with USA, China and Thailand at the most risk, a UCSB study finds.
Nordic nutrition guidelines recommend eating more fish for health benefits and climate-friendly diet
Responsibility
Nordic nutrition guidelines recommend eating more fish for health benefits and climate-friendly diet
New guidelines advise eating more fish and plant-based foods while cutting down on red meat to achieve a healthy, climate-friendly diet.
Health & Welfare
UBC researchers question whether viruses are keeping sea lice at bay in wild salmon
Viruses may prevent "explosions" in sea lice populations, offering a natural control agent for salmon parasites, according to a UBC study.
Fisheries
Peru enables 930 artisanal fishing vessels to access mahimahi, squid
Peru last week issued a decree to enable fish-harvester cooperatives to legally register for its mahimahi and jumbo flying squid fisheries.
Responsibility
Seagrass at risk of decline from the effects of climate change, study concludes
Scientists project seagrass to decline in abundance and composition from the effects of climate change, even in a “best case” scenario.
Health & Welfare
Report sheds light on aquatic animal health in sub-Saharan African aquaculture
Findings from a new report could help prevent or reduce risks from aquatic animal disease across sub-Saharan Africa in the future.
Fisheries
ProtectedSeas releases global interactive map of marine protected areas
A "one-of-a-kind" interactive map consolidates regulatory information for more than 21,000 marine protected areas worldwide.