ANALYSIS - In this week's news, outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America for decades can now be explained by the spread of…
GLOBAL - By the end of the century it is predicted that levels of acidity in the oceans will have a pH value of around 7.8 on average, and this will bring with it some serious effects for the…
ANALYSIS - Aquaculture production in Oman is set to rise from 353 tonnes to 7,330 tonnes annually thanks to three new projects, writes Lucy Towers, TheFishSite Editor.
IRELAND - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has confirmed that the hot-water stretch in Lanesborough, Co. Longford has re-opened to angling, under strict bio-security conditions.
AUSTRALIA - One of the largest fisheries enforcement operations undertaken in Victorias history has cracked an alleged seafood trafficking syndicate operating in Melbournes western suburbs.
US - Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences dug into the last 70 years of peer-reviewed publications about protozoan parasites that infest bivalve mollusks and found that when an…
IRELAND - The recent discovery by a local angler of the decaying remains of an exotic fish specimen in the River Suck at Correen Ford in the Midlands has raised further concern of the threat to our…
SCOTLAND, UK - Tougher licensing measures have been brought in to clamp down on the illegal practice of electro-fishing for razor clams. It follows an increase in complaints received by Marine…
AUSTRALIA - The Department of Environment and Primary Industries has set the Total Allowable CommercialCatch (TACC) for abalone and ocean scallops for the 2014-15 fishing season.
Multi-decadal increase in shell removal by tourists, a process that may accelerate degradation of natural habitats, was quantified via two series of monthly surveys, conducted thirty years apart…
CHINA and US - China has suspended imports of shellfish from the west coast of the United States, an unprecedented move that cuts off a $270 million Northwest industry from its biggest export market.
UK - The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) has won a prestigious Food Manufacturing Excellence Award in recognition of its innovation and investment that has resulted in market expansion and…
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