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9 hrs ago | Science, Industry and Business

New era of fisheries policy needed to secure nutrition for millions

A new study published in PNAS argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and dynamics of fish trade, markets and user consumption.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, Agriculture, Science

17 hrs ago | BBC News

Salmon firm faces call to move farms

Scotland's biggest producer of farmed salmon is facing renewed calls to move its farms away from wild salmon rivers to prevent parasite transmission.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Eilean Siar County, Scotland, United Kingdom

19 hrs ago | AlertNet

Pacific research aims to boost pearl farms' fortunes

Research is paving the way for more profitable and environmentally friendly black pearl farming on the atolls of the South Pacific islands where production has taken a dive.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Environment, Oceania, French Polynesia, World News

23 hrs ago | Patch.com

BRA Proposes New Urban Agriculture Rules

After more than a year of discussions, the city has published a draft document outlining new rules for urban agriculture in Boston.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Apiculture

Mon May 20, 2013

Sunday Herald

Inside Track: Vote on Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill

I TURNED up at the BBC Scotland HQ in Glasgow for a stint as the "presenter's friend" on Holyrood Live last week and I have to admit I was more nervous than usual at the prospect of doing an hour of live telly.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Environmental News Network

Fishing the Gulf of Maine: Tradition at a Crossroads

When most of us go down to the coast, whether to walk or swim or fish or sail, we take for granted what we see before us.

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Related Topix: Port-Clyde, ME, Seafood, Life, Food

Galloway Today

Cockling laws give courts greater rights to prosecute

South Scotland MSP Claudia Beamish has welcomed the passage of proposals to changes to the law in relation to illegal cockle fishing.

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Fiji Times

Seaweed stakeholders discuss export options

Update: 2:08PM SEAWEED producers, government officers and aquaculture stakeholders in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are part of the International Seaweed Symposium in Bali, Indonesia.

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Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, Agriculture, Science

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Want to Keep Bees or Chickens in Boston? Now, There are Rules

After more than a year of discussions, the city has published a draft document outlining new rules for urban agriculture in Boston.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Agriculture

Cape Cod Times

Entanglement-free shellfish farm coming

A new 50-acre area in Cape Cod Bay off Provincetown and Truro could provide income for shellfish growers.

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Related Topix: Provincetown, MA, Truro, MA, Agriculture, Science, Woods Hole, MA, Home Gardening, Home

Fri May 17, 2013

Environmental Science & Technology

Contaminants at the Sediment-Water Interface: Implications for...

Many contaminants in aquatic environments are associated with loosely packed aggregates of particulate material called flocs.

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AlertNet

Nanotech filter may protect farmed fish from fungus

Iranian scientists have coated a water filter with silver nanoparticles to prevent fungal infections in fish farmed indoors, in a step that they say could replace the direct release of nanoparticles into tanks - a process they have found is toxic to young rainbow trout.

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CBS Local

Bridgeport High School Student Creates Flexible Seaweed Battery

Among the finalists up for the Intel science prize tonight is Karim Kharbouch, a 17-year-old from the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture Science and Technology Education Center.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Waikato Times

Protesters taking to water over Coromandel Harbour tailings mining

Conservationists opposed to the removal of old mine tailings from the Coromandel Harbour will hold a regatta tomorrow to draw attention to the plan's feared "disastrous impacts". At least 19 sailboats, along with dinghies, kayaks, surfers and swimmers are expected to attend the protest, which will make its way at noon from Preeces Pt on the eastern ... (more)

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Canada.com

Victoria, Edmonton residents raise vegetables and fish using aquaponics

A small plot of land on the edge of Victoria's downtown may seem like an unusual spot for a farm, but for Angela Moran, the city was the best place to launch aquaponics.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, Agriculture, Science

CBC News

Escaped farmed salmon could cause problems, council warns

The Salmonid Council of Newfoundland and Labrador warns a recent escape of farmed salmon could cause problems with the wild Atlantic salmon population.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

New Vision

UNDP boss tips Uganda on poverty reduction

The call was made by the United Nations Development Programme Administrator, Helen Clark, on a tour of some of the projects supported by UNDP in Misoli landing site in Entebbe municipality.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Wed May 15, 2013

CBC News

Ashfield won't intervene in Maritime lobster price dispute

Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield says he won't be intervening in the dispute over lobster prices in the Maritimes.

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Tue May 14, 2013

GhanaWeb

Oil production threatens fish catch

Fisher folks in the coastal communities of the Western region have complained about the dwindling fish catch due to the negative impact of the oil and gas exploration and production.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Daily Monitor

76 year old woman builds wealth on fish

Topista Achom learned how to farm from her father. Over many years of hard work, she set up a successful farm, which includes a hatchery for fish among the many activities The maxim that "hard work pays," finds application in the life story of Topista Achom, a 76-year-old widow, whose passion for farming has earned her a fortune and a place among ... (more)

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Life, Food, Vegetables

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