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Underutilized marine organisms as potential aquaculture feed ingredients
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/underutilized-marine-organisms-as-potential-aquaculture-feed-ingredients/?_rt=MTQ1fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=396d2c0130…be used as the sole food for Pacific white shrimp postlarvae. Cultured amphipods have much potential as aquafeed ingredients. Photo by Michal Maňas, via Wikimedia Commons. Seaweeds Some macroalgae (seaweeds)…
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Assessing the effect of four macroalgae inclusions in diets of Pacific white shrimp
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/assessing-the-effect-of-four-macroalgae-inclusions-in-diets-of-pacific-white-shrimp/?_rt=MTQ2fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=c3c74d399cStudy shows beneficial impact on shrimp growth, immune response, intestinal microbiota Results of this study showed that various macroalgae like red seaweeds (Gracilaria sp.; left) and Asian kelp or wakame…
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Quantitative SWOT analysis of key aquaculture species in South Africa
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/quantitative-swot-analysis-of-key-aquaculture-species-in-south-africa/?_rt=MTQ3fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=5f2fd53b40…are cultured. The mariculture sector mostly produces finfish, molluscs, crustaceans and seaweed species in the coastal provinces of Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape. Finfish culture consists of…
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The Nature Conservancy defines restorative aquaculture in new study
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/the-nature-conservancy-defines-restorative-aquaculture-in-new-study/?_rt=MTQ4fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=e1042a61b7…bivalves and seaweed requires almost no feed, freshwater or land and results in minimal greenhouse gas emissions, making it a near-zero input form of farming. “We want to synthesize that…
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Norway pledges $5 million for IFAD aquaculture projects in East Africa
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/norway-pledges-5-million-for-ifad-aquaculture-projects-in-east-africa/?_rt=MTQ5fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=1512b076e8…and quality fish products available to at least 100,000 people. The project will focus mainly on inland aquaculture, except in Tanzania where attention will be given also to seaweed value…
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Quantifying habitat provisioning at macroalgae cultivation locations
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/quantifying-habitat-provisioning-at-macroalgae-cultivation-locations/?_rt=MTUwfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=5eb5dab5d1…ecological valuation of macroalgal cultivation locations to better enable an ecosystem approach to aquaculture. Image shows a woman working on a seaweed cultivation line in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Photo by Rachel…
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Assessing the stocking density ratio of Pacific white shrimp to three edible halophytes in a marine aquaponics system
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/assessing-the-stocking-density-ratio-of-pacific-white-shrimp-to-three-edible-halophytes-in-a-marine-aquaponics-system/?_rt=MTUxfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=d8582f7286…(Atriplex hortensis), okahijiki or land seaweed (Salsola komarovii) and minutina (Plantago coronopus) are edible halophytes that possess high nutrient concentrations (protein, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals) and have been successfully…
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World Bank loan to Morocco will help launch its Blue Economy program
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/world-bank-loan-to-morocco-will-help-launch-its-blue-economy-program/?_rt=MTUyfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=3a8195ea09…than 50 percent of GDP and jobs in the country, and there is more untapped potential in both existing and emerging blue sectors like aquaculture, seaweed farming, and renewable marine…
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Irish government injects millions into aquaculture projects
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/irish-government-injects-millions-into-aquaculture-projects/?_rt=MTUzfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=e6442e37ac…sustainable growth of the country’s aquaculture sector. Up to 50 percent support will be offered for capital projects in climate change, seaweed production, Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture and Recirculating Aquaculture Systems….
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Researchers suggest recycling marine waste from inactive oil platforms into aquaculture feed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/researchers-suggest-recycling-marine-waste-from-inactive-oil-platforms-into-aquaculture-feed/?_rt=MTU0fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=a233750e8c…growth (such as seaweed, algae and coral) found on the legs (or “jackets”) of inactive oil and gas platforms could be used for livestock and aquaculture feed. CessCon Decom, a…
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Kelp farms believed to help reduce coastal marine pollution
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/kelp-farms-believed-to-help-reduce-coastal-marine-pollution/?_rt=MTU1fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=4ba4cdd47aNew study finds seaweed species may have different capabilities to remove nutrients from surroundings Sugar kelp grows at an experimental farm near Juneau. Photo by Schery Umanzor. The water-filtering abilities…
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Macroalgae aquaculture as a potential carbon dioxide removal strategy
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/macroalgae-aquaculture-as-a-potential-carbon-dioxide-removal-strategy/?_rt=MTU2fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=f576ad9cee…applied to cultivated macroalgae. Photo of seaweed farms by Hassan Abdel-Rahman, via Wikimedia Commons. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is gaining recognition as a necessary action to prevent some of the…
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Study: Aquaculture can be ‘part of the solution’ to marine ecosystem restoration
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/study-aquaculture-can-be-part-of-the-solution-to-marine-ecosystem-restoration/?_rt=MTU3fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=8b9ef62d84…According to Overton, millions of tons of fish, shrimp, shellfish and seaweed are farmed for food each year, with some of this industrial production providing benefits to the environment when…
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Study: Communicating positives about aquaculture can convert ‘naysayers’ into supporters
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/study-communicating-positives-about-aquaculture-can-convert-naysayers-into-supporters/?_rt=MTU4fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=62b0365039…can persuade consumers. Photo by DeLuca G. A new study reveals how perceptions of seafood and seaweed farming can change in respondents and who they saw as the most trusted…
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Does rabbitfish farming offer a solution to food waste in Japan?
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/does-rabbitfish-farming-offer-a-solution-to-food-waste-in-japan/?_rt=MTU5fDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=802b38bcfc…impacts such as the amount of fishmeal that is used as feed. Marine herbivores like rabbitfish, by contrast, feed low in the food chain on filamentous algae, seaweed and seagrass,…
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How spotted wolffish could be the ‘whitefish of the future’
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/how-spotted-wolffish-could-be-the-whitefish-of-the-future/?_rt=MTYwfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=4eae0bc0a3…the country produced nearly 1.4 million metric tons (MT). Trout, shellfish and seaweed are also produced commercially, but there is a growing focus on farming other marine species that are…
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¿Puede el cultivo de kelp arreglar el planeta? Los expertos opinan sobre las promesas y las dificultades
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/puede-el-cultivo-de-kelp-arreglar-el-planeta-los-expertos-opinan-sobre-las-promesas-y-las-dificultades/?_rt=MTYxfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=76e9c047bd…Clark, psicóloga y directora científica de Cascadia Seaweed, el mayor cultivador de kelp en Canadá. “Todos quieren que las algas marinas sean la panacea que alimentará al mundo y resolverá…
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Seafood byproducts reel in a new wave of innovators
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/seafood-byproducts-reel-in-a-new-wave-of-innovators/?_rt=MTYyfDl8c2Vhd2VlZHwxNzc2NjEyMTg0&_rt_nonce=14c1ae85b9…redesign goods and turn once-discarded materials into new products. In the seafood industry, fish waste, shellfish shells and seaweed byproducts are among the “waste” products that have led to a…