Chilean Students to Study Aquaculture at MTI
GLOBAL - Mahurangi Technical Institute (MTI) in Warkworth has recently signed a contract with the Chilean Ministry of Education to train students in aquaculture...

Global Aquaculture Alliance Forged by Companies
GLOBAL - Three international companies known for the specialized services they render world-wide to the aquaculture industry, have decided to combine their interests...

NACA Train Business Skills on Small-scale Fish Farms
GENERAL - The Network of Aquaculture Centres Asia-Pacific (NACA) has taken the initiative to develop and deliver a short course in business management principles...

Research with World's Largest Desert Prawn Group
GENERAL - MariCal, a privately held animal health and nutrition biotechnology company, has begun a research collaboration agreement with the National Prawn Company...

Omega-3s Aid Newborns and Menopausal Women
GENERAL - Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s), namely EPA and DHA found in seafood and fish oil, are known for their potential heart health benefits, but evidence...

Rural Fishing Communities Shackled by Global Rules
GLOBE - Sustaining natural resources is regarded as an important component of ecological resilience and commonly assumed to be of similar importance to social...

Understanding Life History and Physiology of Fish
GLOBE - Knowledge of life-history traits is increasingly recognised as an important criterion for effective management and conservation of fish, but a recent paper...

New Fish Study Spares a Thought for Welfare
GLOBE - A paper that featured in the Fish and Fisheries journal has outlined the plight of researchers to better understand accounts of fish welfare.

WWF: Next Step Towards Global Fish Sustainability
GLOBE - Comprehensive certification for sustainable aquaculture came closer to fruition today with an announcement by WWF that it would co-found the Aquaculture...

Indonesia Teams Up with Malaysia on Fish
GENERAL - Malaysia and Indonesia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral relations in the fisheries industry.

Money in Aquaculture: Preventing Poverty
GLOBE - General manager of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development M K Mudgal on Saturday said that profitability and not productivity is the...

Changing With the Climate: a Helping Hand
GENERAL - A new project has been launched which aims to strengthen the adaptive capacities of small scale and poorly resourced aquaculture operations to the impacts...

Collaboration on Genetics and Breeding
GENERAL - The development of a consortium of fish genetics and breeding has recently been proposed for to aid collaboration in the Asian finfish industry.

Scottish Workshop Explores Ways To Optimise Treatment Strategies for Sea Lice in Farmed Salmon
GLOBAL - Forty aquaculture industry professionals gathered here recently to discuss treatment of sea lice, a costly parasite to fish farms. The meeting focused on...