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The AquaFish Innovation Lab has conducted research using value chain analysis as a tool to increase income and nutrition for small-scale fish farmers through improved market participation and efficiency. 

Typical electric immersion heaters used in aquaculture use resistance wire as the source of heat. When the “hot zone” of a resistance heater operates in air or becomes covered with deposits, the rapidly rising temperature can potentially damage plastic tanks and liners. 

Tilapia production in Asia focuses on either fresh whole fish or larger frozen whole fish or fillets, depending on farm size, cash flow and other factors. 

With forced convection, shrimp are cooked in a sealed chamber where a mixture of steam and air at lower temperature flows over them for a longer period to ensure product safety. 

For shipping temperature-sensitive seafood like pasteurized crabmeat, current guidelines have pointed to a HACCP critical control of no more than four hours at a temperature limit of 4.4 degrees-C during shipping and storage. 

While freez­ing, salting, smoking and irradiation can minimize growth biogenic amine formation, special care from harvest through consumption can prevent scombrotoxin poisoning. 

Thailand is one of the top shrimp exporters but if it is to retain confidence in the safety and quality of its products, significant measures must be taken. 

Grupo Granjas Marinas built a shrimp-cooking facility adjacent to its processing facility in Honduras and replaced its refrigeration equipment. 

Study uses a simple multispectral imaging system to assess various spoilage and predict freshness in rainbow trout fillets during storage for 12 days. 

It’s been a trying year for Ecuador’s shrimp industry, which is fighting low prices, supply issues to China – its top market – and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

BlueTrace won a $500K grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to develop an innovative Tide to Table Traceability and Marketing System. 

In a study, L. vannamei shrimp showed rapid absorption elimination of the sedative eugenol. Results include recommended withdrawal periods. 

The Fukushima water release is set to start in a few months, but with growing concerns, IAEA experts will review Japan's final plan first. 

Innovative CRISPR gene editing technology tailored for aquaculture improves safety and unimpeded legal accessibility compared to CRISPR-Cas9. 

Authors analyzed the role played by fish and fishery products – from aquaculture or from wild capture fisheries – in the diets of the richest and poorest countries. Fish and fishery products have an essential function in human nutrition. 

A new interactive online tool and analysis shows how leveraging aquatic foods can help policymakers address multiple global challenges. 

Seafood has played a prominent role in Japan’s food history. The country helped spread sushi, surimi and tempura, and fish consumption by the Japanese is still among the highest in the world. Their taste for seafood also contributes to better health. 

Collaboration between Maine's seafood sector, food banks and schools addressed food insecurity and infused millions into the local economy.