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...

Plan to Restore Chesapeake Bay Oysters
US - The Maryland Oyster Advisory Commission (OAC) has put forward a multi-faceted strategy for restoring the Chesapeake's native oyster population and revitalizing...

Antibiotic Resistance in Seafood Pathogens Rise
US - Researchers at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, report that the frequency of antibiotic resistance in vibrio bacteria...

Aquaculture Waste Goes Far too Far
US - Urine, fecal matter and uneaten feed from fish farms are being carried greater distances than previously thought, according to Stanford researchers.

Destined for the US: Bad Chemicals in Chilean Salmon
US - The Pew Environment Group recently acquired documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealing that three Chilean salmon farming companies,...

Fish Virus Slips Through Minnesota's Net
US - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) allowed 2,000 trout to be imported from Wisconsin to stock a rural Cloquet man's private pond. But the source...

The Threat of Ships
US - Crisscrossing the seas on global trade routes, cargo ships suck up billions of tonnes of water to provide a steadying weight, and then dump that water back...

Local Oysters May Have the Edge in Chesapeake
MARYLAND, US - A few weeks ago, the Chesapeake Bay's oysters made big news in Maryland when state biologists revealed the number of oysters dying from disease...

Self Cleaning Aquaculture and Floating Vegetation
US - The feasibility of using floating vegetation to remove nutrients from fishery wastewater is being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.

Gulf of Mexico Fish Farm Plan Gets Approval
GENERAL - Yesterday, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council agreed to open federal waters to commercial offshore fish farms, a move that environmental groups...

Californian Gold Rush Leaves No Room for Salmon
CALIFORNIA, US - The California Department of Fish and Game said "no" to fish this week and "yes" to gold miners.

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...

Pfizer to Acquire Wyeth, Creating the World's Premier Biopharmaceutical Company
US - Pfizer and Wyeth today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction...

Seaborne Pathogen Comes to Surface of Research
DELAWARE, US - A new research study at the University of Delaware seeks to determine why Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a microorganism that lives in seawater...

Killer Whales Poisoned by PCB Tainted Fish
US - A new study has found that resident killer whales off the western coasts of Canada and the United States are being poisoned by eating salmon laced with toxic...

Toxic Fish Tank to be Removed from Montana
MONTANA, US - A tank at the largest fish farm in Montana is to be removed because of fears that dangerous PCB compounds in its paint will affect citizens drinking...

Interstate Fish Restrictions Delayed Indefinitely
US - Proposed restrictions on the movement of fish susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia in the United States has been delayed indefinitely.