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A decade after anti-IUU fishing pact, Mediterranean and Black Sea overfishing drops - Responsible Seafood Advocate
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (381+ words) This year marks the 10th anniversary of the FAO Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the first binding international agreement designed to prevent illegally caught fish from entering global markets. "A decade from the entry into force of the PSMA, Mediterranean and…...
Does greater amberjack need a new fisheries management approach? - Responsible Seafood Advocate
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (320+ words) A recent study suggests greater amberjack in the U. S. South Atlantic, eastern Gulf of Mexico and western Gulf of Mexico may be better managed as separate stocks, offering new insights into a species that has faced longstanding management challenges. The finding…...
Mind the gap: Smart cameras are pushing aquaculture performance into a new phase - Responsible Seafood Advocate
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (1379+ words) Smart camera technology in aquaculture has crossed a critical threshold. What began as a tool for observation is now embedded in many daily farm operations, driving decisions, automating processes and increasingly intervening in biological systems. Within the aquaculture space, the…...
F3 announces contestants for alternative aquaculture feed competition - Responsible Seafood Advocate
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (509+ words) An international group of aquaculture producers has been selected to compete in the first phase of the F3 Fish Farm Challenge, a contest designed to demonstrate the viability of raising carnivorous fish on feeds made without marine-animal ingredients. The challenge will…...
Ocean warming is accelerating the loss of Maine's kelp forests, study finds - Responsible Seafood Advocate
1+ week, 6+ day ago (635+ words) Dense kelp forests along the Maine coast are disappearing more quickly as ocean temperatures rise, according to new research from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The study, published in Ecology, found that ocean warming is accelerating a shift from kelp-dominated…...
Research evaluates macroalgae types for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems - Responsible Seafood Advocate
1+ week, 6+ day ago (404+ words) Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems require the right combination of finfish or shellfish species to grow in tandem with sea plants like sugar kelp. A new resource tailor made for IMTA operations can help with the important species-selection process. The…...
Catch & Culture Review: Bioenergetic aquaculture models for food systems analysis - Responsible Seafood Advocate
1+ week, 6+ day ago (957+ words) Agro-ecological food system and resource allocation models are powerful tools for exploring how different production configurations can meet future demand while respecting planetary boundaries. However, most modeling studies to date have only considered a narrow range of species, limiting our…...
Imported fish can provide nutrients to food-insecure countries. But at what cost? - Responsible Seafood Advocate
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (661+ words) Developing countries get more nutrition per dollar from seafood imports, but experts warn equity, culture and local food security must be considered....
As concerns over sex reversal grow, mixed-sex tilapia farming gets a second look - Responsible Seafood Advocate
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (253+ words) Tilapia sex-reversal procedures have positives, but regulatory barriers and concerns about welfare, worker safety and environmental impacts remain....
Salmon-counting could be a breeze as environmental DNA technology advances - Responsible Seafood Advocate
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (969+ words) But water-based sampling may soon be old hat " or only one way to track e DNA. That's because a new study'from the University of Washington proves that researchers might not even need to get into the water to detect what…...