Tuna supply is expected to increase somewhat but demand is hurt by high prices, according to the FAO Global Food Outlook.
While Nile perch popularity in the German market was enhanced by Naturland certification, the US will probably face strong competition from Australian barramundi.
The herring has much to learn from potatoes and coffee when it comes to marketing and developing new products, according to Audun Iversen, Research Scientist at the food research institute Nofima
Management of the goliath grouper, the largest member of the seabass family, has become an intensely debated issue in recent years. The University of Florida has been looking at the most recent science-based information on the biology and ecology of goliath...
With outbreaks of Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) in Tasmania, the New South Wales government (Australia) has implemented a temporary suspension on imports of live abalone from Tasmania. TheFishSite.com looks at what the disease is and how the disease...
With high live feed costs for fish larvae in marine aquaculture, much effort has gone into replacing live feeds with inert microdiets. The ingestion and breakdown of carrageenan and alginate microdiets in Senegalese sole, post-larvae, were discussed at...
With sea lice being a major challenge for the salmon industry, at Aquaculture Europe 2011, Herve Migaud from the University of Stirling looked at what factors are limiting wrasse production. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
Unlike smaller species, broodstock management for large pelagic finfish such as tuna involves many difficulties, said Christopher Bridges, Heinrich-Heine Universität, at Aquaculture Europe 2011. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
Anna Merlinna T. Fontanilla from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 4A (BFAR), Philippines, discusses the value in the cultivation of Silver Pompano, a local salmon equivalent.
After an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) identifies that nearly one in 10 products sold at major markets in Spain are mislabelled, Europe’s largest department store pulls fish from its shelves. Fish...
A glance at the sex organs in the body cavity of a fish reveals both its sex and maturity.
Scientists from the Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) have once again obtained viable bluefin tuna spawnings in their facilities in Murcia without the need for hormonal induction.
A study carried out by the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has analysed the greenhouse gas emissions of Galicia's fishing industry by species and fishing method.
Norway and the EU finally reached an agreement on mackerel quotas and the management regime for North Atlantic mackerel in early December 2010, after long and hard negotiations, which in some quarters were dubbed “the mackerel war”, writes Globefish....
The more anchovies grow, the greater the probability of their survival, and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth.
















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