News tagged with aquaculture
Marine aquaculture could feed growing world population
Dec 01, 2009 |
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The oceans could become the source of more of humanity's food if steps are taken to expand and improve marine aquaculture, according to a study published in the December 2009 issue of BioScience.
Insight into fish disease to help protect farmed fish stocks
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have gained a key insight into a disease that is devastating the UK's fish farming industry. The researchers have discovered that fish ...
Aquaculture's growth seen as continuing
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Jan 02, 2009 |
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Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025, according to an assessment published in the January 2009 issue of BioScience. The assessment, by Jam ...
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Aquaculture concept leaves judges 'goggle eyed'
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Ronald Hoenig and Aaron Welch, both graduate students at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine UM Rosenstiel School students take home top prize in B-School's 6th Rothschild Entrepreneurship Competitionand ...
Global trade in tiger shrimp threatens environment
Feb 14, 2008 |
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The cultivation of shrimp and fish in tropical coastal areas is often described as an environmentally friendly way to alleviate poverty, but in fact this cultivation has negative consequences for both the local population ...
Researchers Find Aquaculture Promising Method to Grow Black Sea Bass
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Black sea bass is an important recreational and commercial fishery along the Atlantic coast of the US, but landings have decreased in recent decades as the demand for this tasty fish in seafood and sushi markets ...
Researchers uncover the potential for super-sized abalone
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Designer abalone could be an option in the foreseeable future, thanks to a project conducted at UQ's Heron Island Research Station and the St Lucia campus.
Dramatic declines in wild salmon populations are associated with exposure to farmed salmon
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Feb 12, 2008 |
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Since the late 1970s, salmon aquaculture has grown into a global industry, producing over 1 million tons of salmon per year. However, this solution to globally declining fish stocks has come under increasing ...
Half of the fish consumed globally is now raised on farms, study finds
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Aquaculture, once a fledgling industry, now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally, according to a new report by an international team of researchers. And while the industry is more efficient ...
Prawnography shows captive bred prawns lack lust
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A Queensland University of Technology researcher has filmed hours of prawn "sex tapes" to find out why prawns bred in captivity did not go on to breed well.
Queen's marine biologist investigates aliens beneath the waves
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Jun 16, 2008 |
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Queen's University Belfast is appealing for help from the public in looking at ways to detect and stop the spread of marine aliens.
DNA tests could help predict, prevent harmful algal blooms
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Sep 30, 2008 |
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A paper published in the current issue of the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, explains how a DNA test can be used to detect harmful algal blooms across the globe. The approach outlined could help reduce ...
MIT tests self-propelled cage for fish farming
Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A self-propelling underwater cage developed and recently tested by an MIT researcher could not only cut costs for offshore ocean-based fish farms but also aid the movement of such operations into the high ...
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