Biological immortality of marine tissues offers previously unexplored potential for ethically unconstrained biomedical and aging research.

Benchmark Genetics has hired Eric Ignatz as a new senior geneticist at the company's office in Iceland.

Researchers in Atlantic Canada are racing to try to solve a pressing problem — how to tackle a parasite that’s killing oysters and threatening the region’s multimillion-dollar industry.

A single egg-bearing Oriental weatherfish, also known as pond loach, was discovered in Morgans Falls last month, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

A hatchery in western Prince Edward Island says it has produced the first batch of MSX-resistant oyster seed, but at least one expert says it's still too early to determine those results.

The expansion of molluscan aquaculture in the United States has induced a rising demand for molluscan seed to sustain it. Out-of-state transfers of se…

Background The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry must mitigate the impacts of rising ocean temperatures and the increased prevalence/severity of marine heat waves. Therefore, we inves...

We don't farm GE fish and have no plans to, stresses salmon heavyweight

A newly released study challenges claims by anti-fish farming activists that pathogens from salmon farms in BC pose a threat to wild salmon

Wild seafood production has been depleted by overfishing, making aquaculture more important than ever. Dal experts are advancing ways to make the practice more sustainable to feed the world.

Study blames Alaska pink salmon for Idaho Chinook losses Forty three years after a top official of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game publicly and clearly revealed a plan to take over the pastu…

Marine invertebrate mass mortality events (MMEs) threaten biodiversity and have the potential to catastrophically alter ecosystem structure. A proximal question around acute MMEs is their etiologies a...

The reset must begin with the elimination of the proposed ban on marine salmon farming in B.C. and increased support...

Seeking a postdoctoral research associate to join a dynamic research team on a project that will involve field-based and laboratory-based experiments. Increasing use of the offshore coastal ocean is c...

Historical records describe a very different seafloor to the ones we see today.

Popular in Victorian times, they are sustainable, a good source of protein and brilliant for biodiversity, say those championing the bivalves

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