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Malta announces first aquaculture research centre

The Government of Malta is building the country’s first aquaculture research centre, with plans to strengthen research at international levels with the best tools, skills, and resources. The Aquatic Resources Malta Agency, led by CEO...

Study: trout tissue microbiota differs depending on anatomical site, environment

A recent study in Nature showed a high level of bacterial differentiation across body regions of farmed rainbow trout. The posterior (large) intestine showed the greatest differentiation from other organs. The oropharynx, gills, and skin...

New test speeds up cancer detection in clams

A new test developed at Roger Williams University may detect hemocytic neoplasia (a contagious cancer) in hardshell clams much faster than current methods. The test, which discovers hemocytic neoplasia in the clam’s hemolymph (similar to...

RAS-raised Atlantic salmon smolts are smaller but grow quickly as post-smolts: study

Atlantic salmon smolts raised in freshwater recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) were smaller than those raised in freshwater net pen lochs, but grew faster as post-smolts when both groups were transferred to a saltwater cage site,...

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Feed for Thought: Size-based segregation

With good aquaculture practices, fish grading based on size helps improve fish growth and maintenance of high survival. However, despite it seeming like the norm, there’s more to grading fish than simply size sorting.

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Alaska

Building an Alaskan legacy

Alaska's oldest operating salmon hatchery began life as a two-year aquaculture and fisheries science program in 1972 at Sitka’s Sheldon Jackson College. It has evolved into what is now the Sitka Sound Science Center, the...

World’s oldest salmon and carp relatives discovered in northern Alaska

A team of scientists has uncovered fossilized fish in northern Alaska that are the world’s oldest known relatives of salmon and carp. The scientists used the latest in 3D imaging technology to analyze fossilized fish...