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…Ph.D. students from the universities of Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt, launched a company, Blue Remediation, to study the efficiency of sea cucumbers in absorbing aquaculture biomass. Using wild-caught sea cucumbers, the…

…the sea cucumbers during the study showed that adding sea cucumbers directly to abalone cages may be a feasible production technique. Compared to production in land-based facilities, tidal ponds or…

…presents environmental and economic opportunities.” In Asia, sea cucumbers are in high demand but supply is short, leading to overfishing in some areas, the institute said. Sea cucumbers also have…

…those found in the purple sea urchin. Invertebrates such as sea urchins and sea cucumbers have been widely consumed throughout Asia for centuries and are of growing importance as a…

Expanding, eco-friendly industry supplies Asian markets After about six months, sea cucumbers – Holothuria scabra, left, and H. lessoni – are grown out in the sea or ponds for eventualsale…

Malfunction of digestive ducts coincides with difficult molting stages In multi-phase testing, the addition of probiotics significantly increased the yield and robustness of juvenile sea cucumbers. The history of the…

…Rodriguez, Jr. Lying seemingly “helpless” in the sand and gleaned quite easily by women and children in the tropics, sea cucumbers are under extreme fishing pressure. At $300-500/kg when dried,…

…history of heavy exploitation of sandfish and other sea cucumbers in Fiji and more broadly the south Pacific region, insights gained through this study may be applied to other taxa…

…is that the diver is able to see, and to some degree, avoid catching large organisms such as sea cucumbers. The suction handle made it easier to maneuver in between…

…hatchery, farm and processing plant. Because sea cucumbers rely on the natural productivity of their surrounding environment for feeding, Bangchuidao is authorized to use the BAP four-star logo, indicating that…

Blue Ventures’ revamped aquaculture program helps marine conservation in an impoverished nation Tampolove’s Bay of Assassins in Madagascar, north of Toliara, has optimal growing conditions for sea cucumbers, with shallow…

…of tiger shrimp larvae compared to controls. Biological control One example is the successful use of certain surface-associated bacteria recovered from sea cucumbers to control V. harveyi disease in brown-marbled…

…as food sources for the sea cucumbers. The sea cucumbers grew well when cultured below scallops maintained in lantern nets, suggesting the potential for production of an additional, high-value harvest…

…other components (e.g., crustaceans in midwater reefs; deposit feeders such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins and polychaetes in bottom cages or suspended trays; and bottom-dwelling fish in bottom cages) to…

…trials with the same approach for pathogen control in invertebrates, like WSSV in penaeid shrimp and with encouraging results; in oysters for the herpes virus; and with sea cucumbers for…

…culture of endemic species like keyhole limpets, octopuses, clams, sea urchins, whelks, Chilean abalones, sea cucumbers, and giant barnacles – creatures currently cultivated only on an experimental or pilot scale…

…all in close proximity to one another. Sea plants like kelp can sequester carbon, while extractive species – detritivores like sea cucumbers – or filter feeding shellfish can remove some…

…members, wants to ensure that the state moves forward with something that Alaskans want. Geoducks, sea cucumbers, oysters, mussels, littleneck clams, scallops and various species of seaweed are all on…