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Our recent report identified how to make aquaculture – including shrimp and seaweed farming – more sustainable for Indonesians and for the environment.
To fish the oceans sustainably, nations must reduce bycatch, or accidental catches. But fishermen often resist changing gear or techniques that kill nontargeted species.
The warming observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is causing upheaval in the balance of the species living there. That is having direct repercussions on the commercial fishing sector.
Transparency is an evolved characteristic of some species to help them survive, even when predators are staring directly at them.
While humans domesticate plants and animals, these relationships are surprisingly rare in other species. Our new study found a species of fish that appears to have domesticated a kind of tiny shrimp.
Many critics say that fish farms mainly sell their output to wealthy countries and don’t provide much benefit to poor people in producing countries. Three aquaculture experts show why this view is wrong.
Recently revised guidelines on mercury in seafood suggest cutting bait on some fish but making sure you eat other types. Then there are omega-3s to consider. Here are some tips to help you choose.
From turkeys to salmon and brussels sprouts, modern living is putting mounting pressure on the festive feast.
Demon vs killer shrimp sounds like the latest CGI movie to come out of Hollywood. But in fact these are two particularly pernicious crustaceans that have been making their way westward across Europe from…
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Professor and Chair of Environmental Policy, Wageningen University
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Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Aquatic Resources Development, University of Stirling
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Visiting Scholar, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arizona State University
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Professor of International Development, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin
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Fox Research Fellow, Yale University
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Postdoctoral Associate in Biological Sciences, Florida International University
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Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University
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Research Zoologist and Curator of Corals, Smithsonian Institution
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Research fellow, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University; Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)
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Professeur et Chaire de recherche du Canada en écologie halieutique, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Chair in Food Security & Sustainability, University of Stirling