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Study: Overhauling global food systems with sustainable seafood may help boost food security and avert worsening land crisis
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/study-overhauling-global-food-systems-with-sustainable-seafood-may-help-boost-food-security-and-avert-worsening-land-crisis/?_rt=MTI3fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=e04b62aad7…emitting high levels of greenhouse gases. Seafood and seaweed, by contrast, offer nutrient-rich protein with far lower environmental costs – and seaweed needs no freshwater while absorbing carbon. https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/sunlight-seawater-and-wind-a-simple-recipe-for-ambitious-algae-grower-susewi/ Shifting…
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‘Blue biotech’ studio in Maine to move ocean innovation ‘from the lab to the market’
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/blue-biotech-studio-in-maine-to-move-ocean-innovation-from-the-lab-to-the-market/?_rt=MTI4fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=9c84f02f39…from the nation’s fastest-growing seaweed sector, positioning Maine as a focal point for emerging ocean-based industries. “Maine holds an exceptional competitive advantage to claim a global role in blue biotechnology…
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As seafood demand rises, Morocco ramps up aquaculture expansion with World Bank support
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/as-seafood-demand-rises-morocco-ramps-up-aquaculture-expansion-with-world-bank-support/?_rt=MTI5fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=080bf7c1c3…fish, clams, mussels, oysters, seaweed and shrimp. The government has identified marine areas suitable for aquaculture, introduced updated regulations and increased efforts to connect producers with international markets. Morocco has…
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New ingredients for shrimp feeds, Part 2
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/new-ingredients-for-shrimp-feeds-part-2/?_rt=MTMwfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=114f1f86fb…synthesize nucleotides that produce copies of DNA needed when cells divide. Algae and seaweeds Seaweed meals, particularly from various kelp species, provide trace minerals and vitamin A, and increase the…
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Rubino, Knapp lay out ‘political economics’ of U.S. aquaculture
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/rubino-knapp-lay-out-political-economics-of-u-s-aquaculture/?_rt=MTMxfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=03bee60e93…East Coast salmon, oysters and seaweed are examples. Most operations involve folks from fishing and seafood business families. Maine in particular has had success attracting and keeping seafood farmers.” Public…
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Alaska Mariculture Cluster awarded grants to advance Alaska’s mariculture industry
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/alaska-mariculture-cluster-awarded-grants-to-advance-alaskas-mariculture-industry/?_rt=MTMyfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=a70f50eda1…to support the local Alaska mariculture industry. This will enable shellfish and seaweed aquaculture to expand in the state. The Alaska Mariculture Cluster is one of 21 winners throughout the…
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Tasmania green-lights research into offshore kelp farming
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/tasmania-green-lights-research-into-offshore-kelp-farming/?_rt=MTMzfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=611afc084d…by Brittney Honisch. Despite the global seaweed farming boom, efforts in Australia to develop commercial-scale offshore kelp farming are in the early days. However, that reality could be changing, as…
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Aquaculture Exchange: Michael Rubino, NOAA
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/aquaculture-exchange-michael-rubino-noaa/?_rt=MTM0fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=750fe3e819…and Virginia, the small but vibrant seaweed industry growing in Maine, and the more established salmon and shellfish farming operations in Washington state and Maine. Maine aquaculture farms help to…
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Probiotics benefit three stages of juvenile rohu
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/probiotics-benefit-three-stages-of-juvenile-rohu/?_rt=MTM1fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=3bae5ecbf5…probiotics with bacteria and yeast can improve survival because they can enhance the immunity of hatchlings, and that alpha amylase and seaweed powder can have a pronounced effect. To improve…
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Can sustainable mariculture match agriculture’s output?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/can-sustainable-mariculture-match-agricultures-output/?_rt=MTM2fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=6dc6a5a9a7A global focus on macroalgae and marine plants will result in many jobs and increased food security A seaweed farmer in Nusa Lembongan gathers edible seaweed that has grown on…
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Uncertain times for oyster larvae production in North America
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/uncertain-times-for-oyster-larvae-production-in-north-america/?_rt=MTM3fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=14759627c9…One of her research facilities is located on a farm in Casco Bay, near Portland, Me., where Price and her team are using edible seaweed to perform photosynthesis. It’s a…
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A look at integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/look-at-integrated-multi-trophic-aquaculture/?_rt=MTM4fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=3f42b90598…to take advantage of synergistic interactions among species while bio-mitigation takes place. Farmers combine the cultivation of fed species such as finfish or shrimp with extractive species, such as seaweeds…
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Lobster farming in Indonesia
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/lobster-farming-in-indonesia/?_rt=MTM5fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=d1fb35044c…land and sea mariculture. Lobster farming in the south of Lombok began in 2000, when opportunistic farmers began growing juvenile lobsters that settled on their fish cages or seaweed racks….
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Mussels, scallops lead Chile’s mollusk industry
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/mussels-scallops-lead-chiles-mollusk-industry/?_rt=MTQwfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=0c4f6d9a29…salmon industry and perhaps seaweed farming in the near future. The development of a sustainable integrated aquaculture industry in Chile will require a well-thought-out modern management plan. The most relevant…
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TNC, Encourage Capital issue guidance on sustainable aquaculture investment
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/tnc-encourage-capital-issue-guidance-sustainable-aquaculture-investment/?_rt=MTQxfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=224f8abd50…operations like near-shore net pens: seaweed and bivalve culture, offshore aquaculture and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). The authors of the report hope that these systems become the primary methods of…
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A wider view: Consensus on seafood’s planetary and human health benefits
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/a-wider-view-consensus-on-seafoods-planetary-and-human-health-benefits/?_rt=MTQyfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=919fea57e5…has the lowest negative environmental impact of animal proteins; Some types of seafood, such as oysters, clams, mussels and seaweed, have positive effects on the environment; Ocean conservation and seafood…
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Use of a filamentous green alga and a microsnail as feed for black tiger shrimp
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/use-of-a-filamentous-green-alga-and-a-microsnail-as-feed-for-black-tiger-shrimp/?_rt=MTQzfDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=1d519a8594…green and red seaweed species have been shown to enhance shrimp growth and/or survival. Although attention to profitability is necessary to consider the potential implementation of innovative techniques in intensive…
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An urchin opportunity awaits in New England
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/an-urchin-opportunity-awaits-in-new-england/?_rt=MTQ0fDh8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTQw&_rt_nonce=06062e7b92…Sea Grant Marine Extension Team. Heavy seaweed gave predators cover “so even if an urchin larva does settle out and attaches to something, there are a lot of hungry things…