Scots greenlight £5 million for aquafeed and fuel from CO₂
The Scottish Government has established a new fund to help emerging carbon dioxide utilisation technologies come online.
Applications are open for the Blue Economy Ocean Accelerator
Bright Tide, a UK-based sustainability training organisation, is welcoming SMEs in the aquaculture and blue economy space to apply for its eight-week accelerator programme.
US Sea Grant funding to jumpstart six new research projects in New Hampshire
NOAA’s Sea Grant will fund six new research initiatives on aquaculture, seafood diets, coastal ecosystems and emerging contaminants in New Hampshire.
What are the environmental impacts of using insect ingredients in aquaculture?
A side-by-side comparison of conventional and insect-based aquafeed ingredients has found that insect meals and oils come with a larger carbon footprint and require more energy to produce than marine…
Methane-busting seaweed supplement greenlit in Australia
SeaStock Pty Ltd, with support from researchers at Australia’s Flinders University, has begun to sell a seaweed-based livestock supplement that can reduce enteric methane emissions by more than 90 per…
Ghent seeks new aquaculture professor
Ghent University has announced today that it is looking to hire an associate or full professor of aquaculture to join its Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology.
Blue food initiative launches at SXSW
Fed by Blue, an international campaign to promote responsibly produced blue foods, launched today at SXSW in Austin.
Cambridge offers unique kelp research role
A rare opportunity to study the carbon sequestration potential of a newly planted kelp forest in Namibia is currently being offered by the University of Cambridge.
Thai Union teams up with SFP
Thai Union Group is working with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) in a bid to further improve transparency of the company’s farmed and wild seafood supply chains.
Why seaweed growers need to stay rooted in science
Though seaweed operations are diverse – specialising in various species and operating in different economic circumstances – today’s macroalgae practitioners need to stay grounded in science as they wo…