Cod with Personal Identity Numbers
NORWAY - There is a big baptism party at the Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre in Tromsø this autumn as 30,000 cod juveniles receive their own personal identity num...

Brazil Exports Technology for Shrimp Farming
BRAZIL - A Brazilian experience of shrimp farming is to be replicated in Cape Verde based on a partnership, an official from Brazilian fisheries sector company,...

Unregulated Fish Farms Threaten Salmon Production
US - During this year's Global Week of Action, a week devoted to farmed salmon awareness, the Pew Environment Group raised concern about the creation of...

Locally Produced Seafood A Possibility?
US - Attemping to produce freshwater prawns at the University of Missouri (MU, Ray Wright hopes to encourage local seafood production.

Korea Looks to Pacific Nations for Tuna Supply
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea will introduce a plan to foster the farming of tuna, one of its main fishery exports.

Bluefin Tuna Face Extinction
WASHINGTON - An International fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge...

Salmon Spawning Efforts Complete
US - Fisheries crews have completed an annual salmon spawning operation on Lake Sakakawea after surpassing a 700,000-egg goal.

'Extinct' Oysters Return to Forth
SCOTLAND, UK - Live oysters have been found in the Firth of Forth - decades after they were declared extinct in the area.

Prawn Growth Boost by Selective Breeding
AUSTRALIA - A co-operative effort between prawn farmers and CSIRO has shown that tiger prawn yields can be boosted by 40 per cent through the simple process of breeding...

Norwegian Team Completes Cod Genome
NORWAY - Researchers have performed de novo sequencing and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome in order to identify genes and genetic variations underlying important...

New Book Published on Aquaculture Breeding
NORWAY - Less than 10 per cent of the world's aquaculture is based on fish improved through breeding programmes. Nofima has taken the first step in the right direction...

Lethal Gene Danger from Unplanned Fish Breeding
BANGLADESH - The head of the country's Fisheries Research Institute warns that unplanned fish breeding may cause genetic erosion in aquaculture.

Genetic Tracking Offers Options for Tuna Sustainability
SPAIN - A new method that uses gene sequencing to accurately distinguish between tuna species has the potential to support fisheries management and possible trade...

AquaGen Sees Growth in Chile
CHILE - Norwegian fish breeding company AquaGen is to invest $12 million in a salmon eggs production plant in Ayacara in the 10th Region in Chile.

China-Uganda Aquaculture Project Launched
UGANDA - The Uganda and Chinese government have joined forces to build an agricultural technology demonstration centre at Kajjansi Aquaculture Research and Development...

Freshwater Prawn in Ohio Aquaculture
US – On a recent cloudy morning at Ohio State University’s South Centers at Piketon, a large group of visitors watched curiously as researchers and volunteers netted...

AquaChile Invests to Promote Chile's Salmon Health
CHILE - AquaChile has announced that it will invest US$ 11 million in a land-based system to produce healthy salmon eggs and fish for the local market to reduce...

Atlantic Aquaculture Needs Science-Based Investment
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - Atlantic Canadians must invest more in science and technology - particularly regarding breeding and genomics, a Genomics Atlantic expert...

Plans to Farm Blue Fin Tuna
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea is preparing to start a bluefin tuna breeding programme to help meet global consumer demand and counter the worldwide falling stocks.

Swedish Report on Risks of Transgenic Fish
SWEDEN - Transgenic fish can entail risks and undesirable effects on natural environment, according to a recent report from the University of Gothenburg.

Centre for Seafood and Aquaculture Planned
NEW ZEALAND - Maori business leader Paul Morgan, head of Wakatu Incorporation, expects a government decision in November about whether it will co-finance the Horoirangi...

Malta Research Amberjack Production
MALTA - The Aquaculture research Section at Fort San Lucjan participates actively in research projects to breed marine fish species that have a high potential...

DIOBAS Claim Breakthrough in Cod Rearing Research
GLOBE - After 16 years of intensive research, DIOBAS claim they have found a completely new way to rear cod in a controlled freshwater environment at any location...

Marine Harvest Release Q2 Production Figures
GLOBE - Marine Harvest have released an update of their second quarter fish harvest results, totalling 83 thousand tonnes.

Oyster Hope Lies in Empty Shells
US - Oyster shells might not seem worth much empty, but it takes old ones to build new oyster bars.