EC seeks comments on revision of EU state rules for fishery sector. The European Commission is inviting all interested parties to comment on proposed revised State aid rules for the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors. The […]
Wild salmon protection zones and sea lice thresholds proposed for Scotland. Protecting Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon is a ‘national priority’, said SEPA – Scotland’s environmental watchdog, launching a consultation recently […]
New bioinformatics tool will aid tilapia aquaculture. A new genomics marker tool has been shown to accurately identify tilapia species and tell apart their hybrids, providing a novel resource to […]
Forests could be key to estuarine fish conservation. The diversity of threatened fish in estuaries increases when surrounded by forest cover, whereas estuaries surrounded by farmland show the opposite effect. […]
Help wanted for study on Scottish salmon captures. Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS) is collecting information from its members, anglers and others through a data collection tool. The purpose of the app […]
Europêche slams EU biodiversity proposal. Europêche, the European catching sector’s representative body, has criticised the EU’s new Biodiversity proposal for failing to recognise the importance of fisheries in food supply […]
Fish stress research has welfare implications For years, aquatic researchers have sought an easy way to determine when wild fish are under stress. Now University of Guelph researchers have shown […]
Pink salmon fishing in Scotland. Fisheries Management Scotland have produced an advisory note regarding Pacific pink salmon which may make a return to Scottish waters this year. In Scotland under […]
Europêche criticises UN biodiversity report. A new report from the UN expert group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has found that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in […]
Vietnam cracks down on crawfish trade. The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has urged local authorities, the General Department of Vietnam Customs and the Market Watch General Department […]
Funded Project to Boost European Aquaculture – EU funded Aquaculture is seen as one of the fastest growing food sectors and already produces half of the fish consumed around the […]
Entangled whales endure sky high stress levels. In a new study published this week in Endangered Species Research, North Atlantic right whale scientists found that whales who undergo prolonged entanglements in […]
Drones aid new marine mammal research – The effects of climate change, human activities and prey availability on whales and dolphins are new areas of focus for the University of Hawaiʻi at […]