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📚 🤝 The University of Miami’s Aquaculture Program at the Rosenstiel School of #Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science has partnered with Innovasea to design and implement a state-of-the-art recirculating #aquaculture system (#RAS) to replace the University’s flow-through system in its Experimental #Hatchery. 🐟 🐡 🐠 As a result, the School has optimized its #larval #production capabilities and increased operational efficiency. The Rosenstiel School grows #cobia, red #snapper, mahi-mahi, grouper, hogfish, #flounder, goggle eye, and pompano. 💦 🌡 This new facility increases year-round production and additional #fish #species can be cultivated. This is because #environmental parameters, such as #water temperature, can be controlled. https://lnkd.in/d7aa8m82

🌊 Exciting Announcement for Aquaculture Horizons 2025 Conference ! 🌊 https://lnkd.in/gYqKR2bE We’re thrilled to announce a special one-day workshop on "Crustacean and Shellfish Research Underpinning Aquaculture and Fisheries Enhancement" at the Aquaculture Horizons Conference, taking place April 28-30, 2025! (Register here: https://lnkd.in/g9hNmwFG This session will be led by Professor Greg Smith, Director of the ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Onshore Lobster Aquaculture from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania. Greg’s recent experience in the UK & EU has inspired the creation of this event, which aims to unite researchers, farmers, fishermen, government representatives, industry professionals, and NGOs in the fields of Spiny and European Lobsters and Shellfish reef restoration. 🔹 What to Expect: A full day of dynamic presentations, workshops, and panel discussions, with a focus on hard-to-rear species of crustaceans and shellfish. We’re also open to suggestions for additional topics under this theme, so if you have ideas, we’d love to hear from you! 🔹 How You Can Get Involved: - Submit an abstract and be part of this interactive event. - Share your topic ideas and help shape the program. - Know someone who should attend? Spread the word and connect them with us! (Don't be shellfish… 😉) Join us in making this event a success—register now and be part of the future of crustacean and shellfish research! #AquaHorizons2025 #Aquaculture #FisheriesEnhancement #CrustaceanResearch #ShellfishRestoration #MarineScience #LobsterAquaculture #GlobalConference

Diver In!🤿 Fremantle Seaweed is working with Stantec to develop our baseline survey. What’s a baseline survey? In the context of seaweed aquaculture we need to make sure that our operations are not having a negative impact to the environment in which we operate. So we take a baseline of the benthic habitat with divers measuring seagrass and macro algae distribution. From this baseline data we then complete annual surveys to measure any impact - positive or negative. Seaweed aquaculture is likely to have zero negative impact (but we still need to check!) and will potentially increase ocean biodiversity by providing a habitat for all kinds of sea life. #seaweedfarm #aquaculture #asparagopsis #marinebiodiversity

Aquaculture - the process of cultivating aquatic organisms like fish, shellfish, aquatic plants and algae for commercial purposes. Different types of salt are key contributing factors to whether species will thrive in a specific habitat, which is an important aspect to consider for industry growth. Browse our array of industry-leading products specifically formulated to help habitats thrive ➡️ https://buff.ly/4caQK5t #Aquaculture #Aquafarming #Seawater

Scoping the local reefs for our seasonality research. Understanding the ecology of our target species in the wild is key to understanding how to grow on our aquaculture equipment. #Asparagopsis taxiformis currently covering the local reefs Fremantle Seaweed #seaweedfarm #aquaculture #blueeconomy

🌊 Bivalves in the Skagerrak: Protecting Natives & Managing Invasives 🦪 In the Skagerrak, the native flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) faces competition from the invasive Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas / Crassostrea gigas), native to Japan but introduced through commercial aquaculture. Invasive oysters bring both challenges and opportunities: Challenges: ⚠️ Costly removal from beaches due to sharp shells. 🌊 Disrupting currents and water conditions by forming dense reefs. 🦠 New parasite in Scandinavia: Polydora websteri (blister parasite), a threat to oyster aquaculture worldwide. Opportunities: 🐟 Increased biodiversity—fish use the shells for shelter and egg-laying. 🌿 Oysters provide a substrate for macroalgae and co-exist with blue mussels.   So, are they a nuisance or a resource? Perhaps both. The challenge lies in balancing their management to maximise the benefits while minimising the downsides! 🌍✨ Current topics weekly update University of Sussex . Guest speaker: Ana Timenes a Evolutionary Ecologist at the University of Agda in Norway. #MarineEcosystem #OysterConservation #Biodiversity #InvasiveSpecies #Sustainability #2024EBE #universityofsussex

Happy #WorldFisheriesDay ❗ 🌊 The #GFCM fisheries advisory process in action: the crucial role of #surveys-at-sea   Complementing fishery-dependent information on multispecies and multigear commercial fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, data obtained through scientific surveys-at-sea are very useful to acquire direct information on the status, distribution and dynamics of fish stocks and ecosystems and improve stock assessments, providing better support to fisheries management.    Countries in the region conduct several types of surveys-at-sea, of which the most common are demersal and acoustic surveys. While they employ different methodologies, these surveys share a common objective: to quantify species biomass levels at sea and monitor population trends and distribution over time.   Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/dvBDsdiU  #BlackSea4Fish #MedSea4Fish

📢 Exciting update! The policy brief for the #BIOEELS project in #Tanzania has been published. 🗞 It outlines the results of a research project led by the University of Dar es Salaam's School of Aquatic Sciences and Technology, in collaboration with the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) and the Thünen Institute. 🐟 The study focused on analysing and conserving fish #biodiversity in two rivers along the Tanzanian coast. The conclusions emphasise the importance of ongoing environmental monitoring, addressing challenges like #agriculture and #overfishing, supporting diverse #livelihoods, and adopting collaborative approaches to fisheries management and #conservation measures. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/geHCD6j3

Coral spawning in aquariums, AKA conservation aquaculture, is a cornerstone of reef restoration efforts around the world. Yet, the process is often manual and can be labour-intensive. A new ‘Autospawner’ developed by RRAP researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science can increase efficiency by automatically collecting and fertilising gametes from corals.   Comparisons of the Autospawner method to the traditional manual fertilisation methods found: 👩🔬 Across all four coral species tested, the AutoSpawner collected more gametes, and in a shorter amount of time, than for the manual method 🥚 Autospawner fertilisation success was comparable to manual methods 💲 Labor cost per million eggs was lower for the Autospawner compared to the manual method by an 8 to over 100-fold difference, depending on species   Read more here: https://shorturl.at/Uu1vJ 📷: Australian Institute of Marine Science

📢We're thrilled to announce the successful deployment of the Imaging Flow Cytobot (IFCB) aboard the #RVTom rean during the Marine Institute's annual phytoplankton coastal survey! This cutting-edge instrument can image up to 10,000 plankton species per sample and provides real-time data, enhancing our capacity to monitor and predict harmful algal blooms (HABs). https://bit.ly/3XR7OXM 🌊 The IFCB is already making a difference by helping detect bloom-forming species like Karenia mikimotoi, vital for protecting our marine ecosystems and aquaculture. 🔬 Funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, this innovation contributes to Ireland's marine safety and shellfish industry reputation. #Marine #Phytoplankton #HABs #Aquaculture