Tag: marine science
New special advisor for American Seafoods. A former top administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Chris Oliver has been added to the American Seafoods regulatory division as Special Advisor on Government Affairs. ...
‘Our priority is the ocean’ – Australia’s seafood industry welcomes World Oceans Day. Australia’s seafood industry welcomed World Oceans Day (Tuesday, June 8), by affirming their commitment to caring for Australia’s oceans, and working with ...
EC moves to reduce fishing gear marine litter. The European Commission has provided guidance on the EU rules on single-use plastics and adopts an Implementing Decision on the monitoring and reporting of fishing gear placed on the market and waste fishing ...
Salmon virus spreads to British Columbia. Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) – which is associated with kidney and liver damage in Chinook salmon – is continually being transmitted between open-net salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon ...
ASC to co-organise Climate Change Seminar at North Atlantic Seafood Forum. ASC is notching up a first this month, by collaborating with Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), to co-organise a seminar ...
Fishing into the Future encourages co-management. Following their relaunch event, the industry-led charity Fishing into the Future (FITF) has published an event summary that encourages a commitment to the language of co-management in future fishing policy. The ...
Genetic discovery in fight against fish disease. A team of international aquaculture researchers has made a significant breakthrough with the identification of two new genetic markers that indicate greater resistance to a bacterial infection in ...
Driving sustainability through policy development and the MSC Fisheries Standard. As they enter the final stages of their current Fisheries Standard Review, MSC Chief Science and Standards Officer, Dr Rohan Currey explains the approach to ...
Prepare for displacement. Lords appointment triggers NFFO change to MPA Policy. The appointment of Richard Benyon as Defra minister in the House of Lords has prompted a rethink within the NFFO on its approach to ...
How much is a clam worth to a coastal community? A new study estimates that oyster and clam aquaculture provides $2.8–5.8 million in services that remove excess nitrogen from the coastal waters of Greenwich, Connecticut. ...
NZ fishing companies join partnership to save rare dolphin. An unique partnership is launching a way to watch Māui dolphins from the skies, catalysing efforts to bring them back from the edge of extinction. Only ...
Algae study can help shellfish industry to grow. Marine scientists in Scotland have developed a way of creating ‘designer’ algae that could signal a breakthrough in how shellfish larvae can be produced for the aquaculture ...
Environmental effects of purchasing, consuming mislabelled fish. Seafood is the world’s most highly traded food commodity, and reports of seafood mislabelling have increased over the past decade. However, proof of the environmental effects of mislabelled ...
WWF-UK Comment on ICUN Red List – New assessments by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released yesterday show 316 chondrichthyan species – sharks, rays and skates, and chimaeras – are now threatened with extinction. ...
EU stresses need for post-Covid recovery strategy that keeps oceans healthy. On 8 December, the UN General Assembly debated two resolutions on Oceans and Law of the Seas and on Sustainable Fisheries. In this context, ...
SeaBOS commits to time-bound goals for a healthy ocean. For the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have committed to a set of time-bound ...
Could a ‘Sacabout’ help fishermen cut plastic pollution? With governments across Europe rushing to outlaw wasteful single-use plastics, attention is moving to another source of plastic pollution along our coasts and beaches. A new invention ...
Sharks functionally extinct from many reefs – A new landmark study published in Nature by Global FinPrint reveals sharks are absent on many of the world’s coral reefs, indicating they are too rare to fulfill ...
New director for prestigious oceanographic institution – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has announced that Dr. Peter de Menocal has been named the eleventh President and Director of the Institution. De Menocal is a marine ...
Health supplements powered by the Ocean – Fish have long been part of the human diet and often considered as ‘brain food’. Recent research in this area suggests that eating fish is good for early ...
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