Flagship Fisheries Bill Becomes Law The Fisheries Bill receives Royal Assent after 10 months in Parliament The new Act allows the UK to take back control of its waters out […]
Potential of Fish Sludge – Research report from NIBIO confirms commercial potential of fish sludge from Andfjord Salmon Dried fish sludge from Andfjord Salmon’s land-based aquaculture facility has the potential […]
EU offshore renewable energy strategy To help meet the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050, the European Commission has presented the EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy. The Strategy […]
How genetics is helping to determine spiny dogfish predation on cod – As dogfish populations recover from overfishing, questions remain about how much Atlantic cod they are eating and its […]
Training the next generation of marine scientists. The Marine Institute is pleased to announce funding of €700,000 for seven new Cullen PhD Scholarships to run over the next four years. […]
WWF Calls for Camera Monitoring to Help Reduce Fishery bycatches Hundreds of thousands of endangered marine animals are dying unnecessarily every year as a result of being accidentally caught in […]
Salmon farmers potential to lead BC’s economic recovery. An independent report out indicates British Columbia’s (BC) salmon farming industry in Canada has the potential to be a leader in BC’s […]
Marine fisheries will not offset farm losses after nuclear war. After a nuclear war, wild-catch marine fisheries will not offset the loss of food grown on land, especially if widespread […]
Canada invests in mussel research and breeding programme The Government of Canada and the Province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) have announced funding to support a project by the PEI […]
Fossil faeces shows fishy lunches from 200m years ago. A new study of coprolites, fossil faeces, shows the detail of food webs in the ancient shallow seas around Bristol in […]
Acquisition of Clearwater Seafoods. Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated to be acquired by Premium Brands Holdings Corporation and a Mi’kmaq First Nations coalition. Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (“Clearwater” or the “Company”) (TSX: CLR) is […]
Shifts in water temperatures affect eating habits of larval tuna Small shifts in ocean temperature can have significant effects on the eating habits of blackfin tuna during the larval stage […]
Baader and Skaginn 3X join forces. Fish processing equipment manufacturers Baader and Skaginn 3X have announced that they will be joining forces from 2021. Closing the transaction, Baader will acquire […]
Launching globally in the coming months, Vitalis PRIMA is a new marine broodstock diet from Skretting that supports the health of parent fish and young fry, thereby improving the performance of hatchery systems globally. […]
Friend of the Sea, the preeminent global certification standard for products and services that respect and protect the marine environment, has created the world’s first sustainable scuba diving standard. The […]
To address the challenge towards achieving a national baseline of intertidal seaweed resource distribution in Ireland, the Marine Institute and Enterprise Ireland have awarded Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research […]
Photo Helge Skodvin/ Nofima Drawing on the natural abilities of Pacific salmon to fight sea lice Do Pacific salmon species carry a secret they could share with Atlantic salmon? What […]
WWF’s River Dolphin River Initiative includes new Amazon river dolphin dashboard, collating two decades of population surveys and tagging On World River Dolphin Day, conservation group WWF is revealing the […]
The UK Government is calling for evidence to examine whether monitoring technology could be used more widely on fishing boats operating in English waters to help support the sector by […]
Krill is rapidly gaining popularity. The small shrimp-like organism from the Antarctic is used as fish food in aquaculture and increasingly in dietary supplements and healing ointments. Although the krill […]