KODIAK - Astronauts in space may soon enjoy freeze-dried salmon if a Kodiak researcher’s project goes as planned.
Alexandra Oliviera, associate professor of seafood chemistry for University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, is conducting research to see whether freeze-dried salmon makes a tasty space meal.
The year-long commercial fishery for black sea bass closed earlier this month after being open for just four months, a preemptive measure designed to protect recovering fish populations throughout the Atlantic Ocean.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the fishery's 309,000-pound annual catch limit – the amount of fish that can be harvested each year without adversely affecting population levels, according to federal regulators – was reached early.
On 16 October, 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard began implementing a requirement enacted as part of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 that certain commercial fishing vessels demonstrate full compliance with existing commercial fishing vessel safety standards by completing a mandatory safety examination at the dock.
In the Pacific Northwest, this requirement applies to all commercial fishing vessels operating beyond three nautical miles from the baseline of the U.S. territorial sea along the Oregon and Washington coasts.
NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford seafood processor Foley Fish has joined forces with Massachusetts supermarket chain Roche Bros. to offer consumers a unique seafood traceability program, known as Sea Trace.
Launched earlier this month, the new program allows the customer to scan a bar code that displays where the fish was caught, along with a picture of the fishing boat, a description of the fishing gear used and an assurance that the product was naturally processed.
PANAJI - Big fish eat smaller fish, but when a jellyfish does the same, it spells bad news for the coastal fisheries sector.
Reason being, it may bring down the fish catch as this invertebrate can survive in relatively tougher conditions, say scientists from the National institute of oceanography (NIO).
The invasion of jellyfish on some beach stretches in Palolem in Canacona, Utorda in Salcete, Miramar in Tiswadi and some other North Goa beaches has raised a concern as it spells trouble for the fisheries and tourism sector.
Anton Bailey gazes apprehensively at the horizon from the helm of his scallop trawler Emulate, watching for any sign of hostile craft.
Tension remains high among British fishermen working the English Channel following an unprovoked attack by French trawlermen, just under a fortnight ago.
While helping his crew gather the rich harvest of scallops from the bed of the Baie de Seine, off the coast of Normandy, Mr Bailey uses satellite tracking systems, and his own eyes, to keep watch on the movement of French craft in the area.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has accorded sanction to the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, to implement two projects - Integrated mangrove-aquaculture for environment and socio-economic empowerment of rural people in Kerala, and Farmer participatory demonstration and evaluation of drip fertigation technique - at a cost of INR 1.85 crore.
According to an official communication issued by CWRDM Executive Director N.B. Narasimhaprasad, here on Saturday 20 Oct., the first project, with a budget outlay of Rs.1 crore, involves setting up mangrove-aquaculture farming systems in selected backwater resources in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, and Kasaragod.
HALIFAX - Members of the Maritime seafood sector say they're looking at making adjustments in the lobster industry as the Atlantic Ocean continues to heat up.
Fishermen and seafood processors say that in recent years, warmer water temperatures have caused lobsters to start shedding their hard shells earlier - a process known as molting - revealing a more vulnerable soft shell lobster that's susceptible to disease.
Science supporting the state's seafood industry is struggling to secure funding for the future, as seven years of research comes to an end.
The Marine Innovation South Australia research initiative was established in September 2005 with the support of the State Government and the seafood industry.
Chairman of the steering committee, Professor Rob Lewis, said the research program was extended from five to seven years, but there was more work to be done.
Some of the 84 whole-farmed salmon Sobeys voluntarily removed from its stores across the Maritimes last Thursday 18 Oct. did contain sea lice, a spokesperson confirmed to CBC News.
The recall was sparked after anti-fish farming activist, Alexandra Morton, posted a photo of a lice-infested fish to the Sobeys Facebook. "We did determine there was a problem with sea lice on a small portion of the whole Atlantic salmon that were pulled from our seafood cases and we've had some very direct conversations with our wholesaler and we're working through the process of how we can improve upon those quality controls," said Sobeys spokeswoman Cynthia Thompson.
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