GENERAL - New data to be released by ICES, the independent international scientific body, will reveal that numbers of cod in the North Sea sufficiently mature to reproduce are now 40 per cent higher…
EU - In a meeting with European Commissioner Joe Borg at todays Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, Mr. Tony Killeen TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with…
The Soil Association has released their organic market report for 2009, which says that demand and production of organic aquaculture remains strong. However, environmental issues are beginning to…
IRELAND - Fisheries scientists from the Marine Institute in Galway, Ireland are asking fishermen and fish merchants to keep an eye out of any of the 6,500 specially tagged cod that have been released…
Continuous advancements in the science of aquaculture has enabled farmers to produce ever greater varieties of fish. But whilst this allows industries to meet consumer demands, an unquenchable desire…
Disease is one of the most important limiting factors in aquaculture. Optimal husbandry and general management - including biosecurity, nutrition, genetics, system management and water quality - are…
Farmed cod have recently been hit by a serious disease caused by an unknown bacterium. In his doctorate, Jarle Mikalsen, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science contributed to the identification of…
Anoxic or "dead" zones have become markedly distinct in the Baltic Sea over the years. The continuous formation of these oxygen-deprived areas is proving to be more and more detrimental to aquatic…
IRELAND - In a milestone for the development of aquaculture in Ireland, 20,000 juvenile fish have been moved from land-based facilities to sea cages by marine scientists at the National University of…
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