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Hydroponics and aquaculture: New systems for efficient food production
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/hydroponics-and-aquaculture-new-systems-for-efficient-food-production/?_rt=NzN8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=bfb341b97a…under roof. It currently produces an average of 100,000 heads of lettuce and 20,000 cucumbers, as well as several thousand pounds of tilapia fish, every month of the year. Hydroponics…
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Fisheries in Focus: How the mystery of the great eastern Bering Sea snow crab die-off was solved
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/fisheries-in-focus-how-the-mystery-of-the-great-eastern-bering-sea-snow-crab-die-off-was-solved/?_rt=NzR8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=c26ebede55…Bering Sea raised ocean temperatures to the sea floor. Marine heatwaves sometimes stay on the surface or at particular depths, but this particular one was felt throughout the water column….
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What can coho salmon teach us about sea lice resistance in Atlantic salmon?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/what-can-coho-salmon-teach-us-about-sea-lice-resistance-in-atlantic-salmon/?_rt=NzV8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=a69bfdea69…could be developed to improve Atlantic salmon’s sea lice resistance. While Atlantic salmon are highly vulnerable to sea lice, coho salmon exhibit natural resistance. In coho salmon, sea lice attachment…
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Can solar-powered net lights cut sea turtle bycatch without reducing target catch?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/can-solar-powered-net-lights-cut-sea-turtle-bycatch-without-reducing-target-catch/?_rt=NzZ8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=8c99fad69d…sea turtle bycatch while maintaining target fish catch. Controlled fishery experiments in Mexico’s Gulf of California revealed that solar-powered illuminated nets significantly reduced predicted mean sea turtle bycatch rates by…
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Putting IUU fishing on the map: Global Fishing Watch intends to bring the invisible into view
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/putting-iuu-fishing-on-the-map-global-fishing-watch-intends-to-bring-the-invisible-into-view/?_rt=Nzd8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=10d6ff3fab…its “first significant dataset” of non-fishing activities to the public and begin collaborating with partners to expand its impacts to include small-scale fisheries, high-seas management, ocean-climate solutions and deep-sea mining,…
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Fishmeal, fish oil replacements in sea bream, sea bass diets need nutritional compensation
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/fishmeal-fish-oil-replacements-in-sea-bream-sea-bass-diets-need-nutritional-compensation/?_rt=Nzh8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=7c19cc406b…with gilthead sea bream and European sea bass. Experimental diets Fig. 5: Effect of nutrition supplement on the transanimase activity of sea bass fed low levels of fishmeal and…
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Sea birds pose threat as vectors of penaeid shrimp pathogens
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/sea-birds-pose-threat-as-vectors-of-penaeid-shrimp-pathogens/?_rt=Nzl8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=7a291b5bbdStudies have illustrated viral transmission in fish hatcheries Sea birds can spread diseases from pond to pond and farm to farm. Here, birds feed from a pond after a TSV…
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Commercial production of sea bream fingerlings in Spain
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/commercial-production-of-sea-bream-fingerlings-in-spain/?_rt=ODB8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=6d92d18035…25 years ago, but commercial production only started about 12 years ago, based on the culture of sea bream (Sparus aurata). Companies that pioneered sea bream culture had to develop…
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NASF kicks off with a focus on sea lice and aquaculture innovation
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/nasf-kicks-off-with-a-focus-on-sea-lice-and-aquaculture-innovation/?_rt=ODF8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=8afd0242afPerformance of salmon-supporting technologies featured on day one of the world’s largest seafood business conference Sea lice prevention technologies are big business in Norway. Several solutions were on display at…
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2024 marked most challenging sea lice season in more than a decade for Norway, report finds
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/2024-marked-most-challenging-sea-lice-season-in-more-than-a-decade-for-norway-report-finds/?_rt=ODJ8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=e7ae817db0…estimated 31 million more female sea lice than average across the country. “Looking back at 2024, it was one of the most difficult sea lice seasons in over the last…
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Using high-resolution acoustic data to explore fish interactions with offshore platforms
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/using-high-resolution-acoustic-data-to-explore-fish-interactions-with-offshore-platforms/?_rt=ODN8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=d9bfb713f8…and gas platforms and associated infrastructure throughout the North Sea, searching for relationships between fish and platform areal densities using high-resolution fisheries acoustic data. Data were collected in the waters…
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Sustainable and profitable shrimp farming in Saudi Arabia
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/sustainable-and-profitable-shrimp-farming-in-saudi-arabia/?_rt=ODR8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=779e03b08cRed Sea Shrimp Farm produces black tiger prawns and white Indian shrimp The Red Sea Shrimp Farm produces 15mt/ha of shrimp in full strength seawater. In 1991, Groupe Consultatif International…
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Government of Canada science report says salmon farms don’t spread sea lice to wild fish
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/government-of-canada-science-report-says-salmon-farms-dont-spread-sea-lice-to-wild-fish/?_rt=ODV8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=48d22515ab…on sea lice counts of wild salmon populations. The study looked at farm-level data to better estimate the association between sea lice on salmon farms and sea lice infestations on…
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Scotland’s salmon sector toughs out sea lice struggles, mortalities
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/trashed-fish-scotland-salmon/?_rt=ODZ8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=ab5f341cdb…10,599 metric tons (MT) in 2013 to 22,479 MT in 2016. Seal attacks, sea lice treatments, poor handling and algal blooms are among the industry’s banes. However, a growing and…
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UBC researchers question whether viruses are keeping sea lice at bay in wild salmon
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/ubc-researchers-question-whether-viruses-are-keeping-sea-lice-at-bay-in-wild-salmon/?_rt=ODd8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=cd47ff9b7cViruses may prevent ‘explosions’ in sea lice populations, offering natural control agent for salmon parasites, researchers say Viruses may prevent “explosions” in sea lice populations, offering a natural control agent…
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SAIC funds sea lice vaccination technology developed by Stirling and other partners
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/saic-funds-sea-lice-vaccination-technology-developed-by-stirling-and-other-partners/?_rt=ODh8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=76191b3cf6The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) awards $60,000 to assess efficacy of novel sea lice vaccine technology A team of scientists investigating the potential of a pioneering vaccination against sea…
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Maine oyster farmer stares down climate change, learns to adapt
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/maine-oyster-farmer-stares-down-climate-change/?_rt=ODl8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=3204b1a737…much of the building blocks for calcium carbonate is in the water. The three scenarios are: untreated seawater, seawater with the addition of carbon dioxide and seawater with the addition…
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Genetic improvement of marine fish
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/genetic-improvement-of-marine-fish/?_rt=OTB8NXxzZWEgY3VjdW1iZXJzfDE3NjUxMjMzODk&_rt_nonce=1ea509f57cMethods, values for sea bream, other species One avenue of genetic improvement is mutation. The “ebony” mutation expressed in the sea bream with dark tails above is a form of…