The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department recently published a new technical paper.
The report, Improving governance of aquaculture employment, approaches food insecurity and poverty through the promotion of sustainable aquaculture.
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Researchers from the University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia recently announced the results of the largest study ever taken that looked at the effectiveness of marine parks designed for nature conservation.
Over 2000 fish species across 1986 sites in 40 countries were included in the study.
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The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore, India and the Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute (PRFRI) of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate and cooperate in the field of fresh river/pond fisheries and related technologies.
The organisations will work together to deliver sustainable aquaculture systems. Topics will include:
- fisheries resources
- fisheries eco-environment protection and aquatic product quality and safety
- semi-intensive and intensive fish farming
- aquatic germplasm resource and genetic breeding
- high yield techniques of fish farming and nutrition research on floating and sinking feeds for fish and shrimp
- turtle farming
- fish seed hatching
- fish farm management.
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| A fish farm (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
