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

– Most people think of seafood as either wild or farmed, but in fact both categories may apply to the fish you pick up from your grocery store. In recent years, for example, as much as 40 percent of the ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth's satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have used them to estimate ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 08, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Finfish, shrimp, and seafood products are some of the most widely traded foods and about 85 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 09, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Lack of governance threatens global seafood supplies and the food security of billions of people who rely on fish for protein or livelihoods.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 16, 2010 4 / 5 (2) 1

Finding alternative feed sources for chickens, pigs and other farm animals will significantly reduce pressure on the world's dwindling fisheries while contributing positively to climate change, according to University of ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 17, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

Large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate arsenic from the body, according to a new study that questions existing standards for evaluating the human health risks from the potentially toxic substance. ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Aug 26, 2009 not rated yet 0