New knowledge is making land-based smolt production more efficient and improving fish welfare in the process. Recirculation technology is solving the problem of access to an adequate supply of fresh water ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers are studying precociously mature dwarf males for ways to selectively breed farmed salmon that better withstand higher ocean temperatures.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers at the University of Bergen and Uni Research have found that a certain type of tunicate - ascidiacea - can be used as a renewable source of biofuel and fish food. This is particularly good news ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Since the horse meat saga began in 2012, some of us have decided to eat more fish and seafood - after all, we have been told they are better for our health. Well, that may not be quite true today. While EU ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Waste from salmon production is currently being discharged into Norwegian coastal waters. Researchers say this is a resource – worth NOK 6 billion each year – that should be exploited for new biological ...

Biology - Other

Nov 23, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Little attention has been paid to the use of antibiotics in the aquaculture industry as one reason for the increase in bacteria resistant to antibiotics and the spread of such resistance to other bacteria.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

A European project, ALFA, has developed a state-of-the-art automatic system to control the most important variable parameters in live feed production for fish hatcheries. The systems were geared to suit conditions ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

An international team of researchers has now sequenced nearly the entire genetic material of the sea louse. On 1 March the Institute of Marine Research gave the world open access to this research source, which ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

The use of probiotic bacteria, isolated from naturally-occurring bacterial communities, is gaining in popularity in the aquaculture industry as the preferred, environmentally-friendly management alternative to the use of ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Aberdeen have made a discovery which could ultimately help to develop a control for a major cause of infection in farmed fish.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

If genetically modified Atlantic salmon were to escape from captivity they could succeed in breeding and passing their genes into the wild, Canadian researchers have found. Their research, published in Evolutionary Applications, explor ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 13, 2011 not rated yet 0

Predatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same period, according to University ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 18, 2011 not rated yet 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 10 years of careful breeding and research, scientists have developed what could be the world's most perfect prawn.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 28, 2010 4.4 / 5 (7) 0