Intelligence
Can seagrass and mangrove restoration help mitigate ocean acidification and climate change?
Researchers suggest seagrass and mangrove restoration could also remove carbon through a novel pathway while combating ocean acidification.
Innovation & Investment
‘We have 15 years to fix this planet’: Blue Food Innovation Summit explores potential of restorative aquaculture – and the challenges to scaling
At the Blue Food Innovation Summit, discussions centered on restorative aquaculture’s potential and financing the ocean’s capabilities.
Innovation & Investment
Tasmania green-lights research into offshore kelp farming
The project will focus on developing technologies suitable for commercial-scale offshore kelp farming and production in Tasmania.
Responsibility
UNCTAD funding to help Angola grow fisheries and aquaculture sector
Growing the fisheries and aquaculture sector can help diversify Angola's economy and achieve its development goals, experts say.
Fisheries
Study: Most marine fish are responding to ocean warming by relocating toward the poles
Fish populations are responding to ocean warming by shifting toward the earth’s poles or moving to deeper waters – all in a bid to stay cool.
Fisheries
IAEA team in Japan to review Fukushima water release plan
The Fukushima water release is set to start in a few months, but with growing concerns, IAEA experts will review Japan's final plan first.
Innovation & Investment
Blue Food Innovation Summit a deep dive into ‘an agenda full of opportunity’
Attendees of the Blue Food Innovation Summit were urged to “raise the bar for what good production looks like" in fisheries and aquaculture.
Intelligence
Startup uses data analytics and machine learning technology to boost tilapia health in Ghana
The initiative leverages data analytics and machine learning to correlate and anticipate tilapia health and growth with environmental data.
Fisheries
Maritime Canada’s lobster population is strong. So why are scientists worried?
The lobster population in Canada’s Maritime region falls within the healthy zone, but scientists worry about the effects of climate change.
Intelligence
Seafood traceability partnership tackles mangrove restoration and better shrimp farming practices in Ecuador
Traceability technology enables seafood buyers to support mangrove restoration and carbon reduction initiatives in Ecuador.
Innovation & Investment
Report: Nova Scotia kelp farming sector ready to take off
A new economic analysis reveals a $149 million potential for the emerging Nova Scotia kelp farming and product sector.
Fisheries
Artificial intelligence algorithm from WCS is the first to correctly estimate fish stocks
Researchers created an artificial intelligence model that has successfully estimated fish stocks with 85 percent accuracy in trials.
Innovation & Investment
Diversifying aquaculture production ‘critical’ to tackle global food security and biodiversity risks, warns Planet Tracker
New research reveals aquaculture industry will fail to meet consumer demands by 2050 and presents food security and biodiversity risks.
Responsibility
Study: Southwest Nova Scotia waters ‘littered’ with ghost fishing gear
Scientists hauled in almost 55,000 pounds of ghost fishing gear from the seafloor – an estimated economic loss of $240,000 yearly.
Fisheries
Great Salt Lake Artemia fishery becomes first U.S. inland fishery to earn MSC certification
Artemia cysts are stored and hatched for use as live feed for shrimp hatcheries and approximately 99 percent of the product is exported.
Fisheries
U.S. fishing policy hits conservation and economic goals, new studies conclude
Two new studies find that U.S. fishing policy is rebuilding fish populations while not preventing most fishers from making their catch.