New Benchmark for American Aquaculture
US - The American aquaculture industry has been given a new sustainability benchmark.

Contamination of Fish in US Lakes and Reservoirs Revealed
US - A new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study shows concentrations of toxic chemicals in fish tissue from lakes and reservoirs in nearly all 50 US stat...

Taste Testing Catfish in Mississippi
MISSISSIPPI, US - Consumers expect nothing less than the best from Mississippi’s pond-raised catfish industry, and this keeps researchers at Mississippi State University’s...

Using Fish Protein to Study Obesity And Diabetes
US - The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has analysed the nutritional content of hydrolysed fish protein from Atlantic salmon, cod and...

Fish Oils Make for a Healthy Heart
US - Omega 3 fatty acids from fish or fish oil supplements not only help prevent cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals, but also reduce the incidence...

Maryland Unveils Green Recirculating Aquaculture
MARYLAND, US - New research to come from a Maryland university has led to the creation of a recircuating marine aquaculture system which filters and recycles...

Whole Foods to Source all Catfish from One Place
US - Carolina Classics Catfish, recently became Whole Foods Market's exclusive source for farm-raised channel catfish.

Bell Aquaculture Names New Vice President
US – Norman McCowan has been named Vice President of Operations for Bell Aquaculture, owner/operator of the nation’s largest yellow perch (Perca flavescens)...

Fish Oils: No Benefit for Heart Attack Patients
US - Omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in the organs of oily fish including salmon and sardines, didn’t help heart attack patients prevent another cardiac event, a...

US Committee to Review Fish and Shrimp Needs
US - The US National Academies has announced a new project to evaluates current scientific literature on the nutrient requirements of fish and shrimp in all stages...

Drug Residues Found in Fish Flesh
CHICAGO, US - A new study showed prescription drugs used to treat depression, high blood pressure, seizures and other ailments were found in fish caught near wastewater...

Artificial Hormones Put Chesapeake Fish in a Spin
CHESAPEAKE BAY, US - A plague of hormone-mimicking compounds and other contaminants are adversely affecting Chesapeake Bay fish.

Kona Kampachi Holds Answer to Sustaining Oceans
US - Kona Blue Water Farms have released an analysis arguing that sustainably maricultured fish actually have 60 times less ecological footprint on the ocean than...

Troutlodge and University Team up on Aquaculture
MIAMI, US - The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science has entered into an agreement with Seattle-based Troutlodge Marine...

Elevated Mercury Levels in Colorado Fish
DENVER, US - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Colorado Division of Wildlife are announcing fish consumption advisories for Rifle Gap...

Implementation of COOL Law Announced
US - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the final rule for the Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) programme will go into effect as scheduled on...

DDGS Trial Proves Successful as Fish Feed
US - The U.S. Grains Council recognized an opportunity to increase the utilization of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of U.S. ethanol...

Inland Cobia and Pompano: Future Foods for Florida
FLORIDA, US - An ongoing project in the US aims to bring the highly regarded salt water fishes - cobia and Florida pompano - to inland farms.

Bell Aquaculture's Bell Perch Back On The Menu
US - Under sponsorship of the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA), Bell Aquaculture is helping bring fish back to the menu at Purdue University's Agricultural Alumni...

Hubbs Proposes Offshore Aquaculture Project
US - Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute is proposing to establish the first commercial-scale, offshore aquaculture demonstration project in federal waters of the...

New Blog Makes a Splash About Salmon
US - Ocean farmed salmon trade association, Salmon of the Americas, recently announced that it has launched a blog to generate further awareness of the facts behind...

The Fraudulent Fish of America
US - Fish is the most frequently faked food Americans buy. In the business, it's called "species adulteration" — selling a cheaper fish such as pen-raised Atlantic...

Seafood Science to Improve Image in US
US - President of IAFI, Jayne Gallagher, has welcomed news that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised the USA Government to amend its seafood advisory...

Whole Foods Market Hailed for Seafood Sustainability
US - Whole Foods Market has again been named the nation’s number one retailer in seafood sustainability by Greenpeace.