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Japanese and Norwegian experts from various research institutions, universities and seafood industry are meeting in Norway, Bergen, between the 25th-28th August to discuss issues related to seafood safety research. The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) is hosting the joint workshop with the National Research Institute of Fisheries Sciences (NRIFS) from Japan. Programme Throughout the four-day workshop the following issues...
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The first international survey on beaked redfish ( Sebastes mentella ) in the Norwegian Sea has started on the 11th August. The survey is designed to measure the horizontal and vertical distribution and to provide an abundance estimate for the redfish stock in the pelagic zone.
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There is organic milk. Free-range chicken. Grass-fed beef. Now make room in the fridge for sustainably farmed Arctic char. Aquaculture is becoming the next big issue at the dinner table. Supermarkets are introducing new standards for the farmed fish and shrimp that make up roughly half of U.S. seafood consumption, riding a wave of consumer demand for environmentally friendly products. Whole Foods plans to announce today the first comprehensive set of aquaculture guidelines by a...
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It’s estimated that the red tide algae, Karenia brevis, costs approximately $20 million per bloom in economic damage off the coast of Florida alone. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that a diatom can reduce the levels of the red tide’s toxicity to animals and that the same diatom can reduce its toxicity to other algae as well. If scientists can learn to use this process to reduce the toxicity of red tide, they could reduce the vast amount of economic damage done to...
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PRICHEMIN MIX
Priya's PRICHEMIN MIX is a mineral supplement for aquaculture. It consists of a mix of mineral chelats from aminoacids
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Seafood is a good source of unsaturated fat. A recent study showed that the health of 30 people struggling with overweight was significantly improved by changing the sources of dietary fat. Globally, overweight and obesity is on the rise and considered to be a lifestyle disease. In Norway, overweight in the population has increased the last 50 years. Based on the white paper number 16 (2002-2003) “Recipe for a healthier Norway” a tariff for medical doctors was introduced in 2003. The aim...
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What is a biomarker and what do scientists use them for? Biomarkers can tell us more about how nutrients, for instance seafood, affect our health. NIFES is currently developing methods to detect nutrients-derived biomarkers. Biomarkers are substances that can be found in tissues, blood or urine and provide information about the health and nutritional status of our body. This may apply to substances in food which are involved in central biochemical processes in the body, or substances...
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If the seafaring community of Culebra, Puerto Rico, was paying attention last month, they would have been treated to the unusual sight of a 62-foot diameter mesh sphere bobbing through the local waters, moving under its own power. While the floating geodesic ball of fish may have looked like something out of science fiction, it was actually the test of a new, self-propelled offshore aquaculture cage developed by Searsmont, Maine-based Ocean Farm Technologies Inc. and the MIT Sea Grant...
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Lack of oxygen now a key stressor on marine ecosystems. A global study led by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, shows that the number of "dead zones" — areas of seafloor with too little oxygen for most marine life—has increased by a third between 1995 and 2007. Diaz and collaborator Rutger Rosenberg of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden say that dead zones are now "the key stressor on marine...
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Priya's PRICHEMIN MIX is a mineral supplement for aquaculture. It consists of a mix of mineral chelats from aminoacids
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UPM researchers have found a process to use the nutrient rich aquaculture sediment waste to produce microalgal biomass, which can be harvested for health and functional foods, feed additives and soil conditioner while reducing environmental pollution from aquaculture waste. A novel Algal Booster Kit consisting of nutrient-rich interstitial water extracted from aquaculture sediment, packed with pure microalgal isolates, provides an easy and reliable method for immediate...
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EZ Pass for Fish Helps Ocean Tracking Network Locate Salmon from Maine offHalifax, Nova Scotia For years scientists have struggled to understand the decline and slow recovery of Atlantic salmon, a once abundant and highly prized game and food fish native to New England rivers. Biologists agree that poor marine survival is affecting salmon in the U.S. and Canada, but specific causes are difficult to determine in the ocean. Small acoustic tags and associated technology may provide...
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Preventing bacterial disease in farmed rock lobsters will remove a large barrier to commercial production. Work by AIMS microbial ecologist Dr Lone Høj and her colleagues has shown for the first time how the wild larvae of this elusive creature may be resisting the diseases that so far have made aquaculture difficult. The key appears to be beneficial bacteria, which wild rock lobster larvae host naturally but which farmed lobsters are missing because they are not exposed to the complex...
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Researchers have harnessed the sensitivity of days-old fish embryos to create a tool capable of detecting a range of harmful chemicals. By measuring rates of oxygen use in developing fish, which are sensitive to contaminants and stressful conditions, the technology could reveal the presence of minute levels of toxic substances before they cause more obvious and substantial harm. It could be used as an early warning system against environmental contamination or even biological weapons,...
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PRICHEMIN MIX
Priya's PRICHEMIN MIX is a mineral supplement for aquaculture. It consists of a mix of mineral chelats from aminoacids
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It is widely known that seafood is healthy, but why is seafood so favourable for your health? Nofima was commissioned by the Norwegian Seafood Association to produce a brochure on the topic. "Sea and health" is the title of the new brochure that was presented during the Safe Food Day in Trondheim on August 14. Scientist Rune Larsen at Nofima Marine had a central role in the preparation of the brochure. "The objective of the brochure is to provide...
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Nofima, the Institute of Marine Research and NIFES invite journalists to a media breakfast during Nor-Fishing 2008. The Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, is also attending the media breakfast. The breakfast will be served abroad FF G.O. Sars, which will be docked at Lille Skansen in Trondheim from 9am to 11am on August 13. During the breakfast, participants will hear lectures on coastal cod, control of impurities in seafood and cod protein as a...
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An EU project organised between Ireland, Spain and Norway may have found a way to secure the future of lobster stocks in European waters. Under the 'AquaReg' programme that began more than four years ago, the project team, coordinated by Alan Drumm of the Marine Institute, have come up with an innovative way to increase the cost effectiveness of producing juvenile lobsters with little or no environmental impact. The project, which is still in its pilot phase in Ireland, originally...
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University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered a marine compound off the coast of Key Largo that inhibits cancer cell growth in laboratory tests, a finding they hope will fuel the development of new drugs to better battle the disease. The UF-patented compound, largazole, is derived from cyanobacteria that grow on coral reefs. Researchers, who described results from early studies today (Aug. 7) at an international natural products scientific meeting in Athens,...
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Priya's PRICHEMIN MIX is a mineral supplement for aquaculture. It consists of a mix of mineral chelats from aminoacids
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As the Arctic Ocean warms this century, shellfish, snails and other animals from the Pacific Ocean will resume an invasion of the northern Atlantic that was interrupted by cooling conditions three million years ago, predict Geerat Vermeij, professor of geology at the University of California, Davis, and Peter Roopnarine at the California Academy of Sciences. Climate models predict a nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean by 2050. That will restore conditions that last existed during the...
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A balanced diet is important for the mother’s health during and after pregnancy, and for foetal development. The Norwegian health authorities generally recommend people to eat more fish. However, despite these recommendations, a survey conducted by NIFES shows that women reduce their seafood intake when they are pregnant. Seafood – part of a healthy diet Seafood is a unique natural source of the important marine omega-3 fatty acids...
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Although catfish prices have risen to $0.72 - 0.75 per pound, producer profits are squeezed by ever-increasing costs. For economic survival, producers must operate as efficiently as possible. This article examines some avenues for savings and provides tips for improving farm efficiency. Rising Fuel Costs and Equipment Maintenance Fish producers pay close attention to the price of farm diesel. The current price is roughly $1.95 per...
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Since 30 years ago, the Malaysian fisheries authorities have conducted various research to find ways to boost the nation's fish supply. Among these early initiatives was the artificial reefs project, the first of which was implemented in 1975. WHAT IS A REEF? A reef is basically a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water, which act as a nursery for the fish fry, apart from beeing a breeding ground for various marine...
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