By 2050 the world population is expected to reach 10 billion people. This population needs food, water and energy. Increasingly, opportunities are sought out at sea to accommodate these needs. As there is already competition for space, especially in...
Food safety during seaweed cultivation at offshore wind farms: An exploratory study in the North Sea
Multi-use in ocean space, and seas, entails the co-location of different industries or technologies and their corresponding activities that take place at the same time in a specific location. This concept focuses on finding solutions to tackle global...
Aquaculture wastewater has become a global concern, especially in the aquatic environment. Aquaculture industries rely on water consumption and generate an abundant amount of wastewater. Aquaculture wastewater has characteristics of high organic...
Microalgae have high nutritional values for aquatic organisms compared to fish meal because microalgae cells are rich in proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. However, the high cost of the commercial production of microalgae biomass using freshwater...
Evidence from DNA-analysis is commonplace in human criminal investigations, and while it is increasingly being used in wildlife crime, to date, its application to control and enforcement activities in fisheries and aquaculture has only been sporadic...
The Norwegian salmon farming industry is currently facing significant obstacles to future growth. The major challenge is posed by the high level of sea lice in the sea nets at the salmon farms. At the moment both salmon farmers and the supplying...
Food production is one of the main contributors to climate change, but is also vulnerable to the resulting stressors, which is well documented for agriculture and fisheries. Attention is now turning to the rapidly growing aquaculture sector and its...
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish) and hydroponic cultivation of plants. This review examines fish welfare in relation to rearing water quality, fish feed and fish waste and faeces to develop a sustainable aquaponic system where the...
This Commission Regulation (EC) 717/2014 lays down the rules for the minimis aid in the fishery and aquaculture sectors, setting the ceiling at €30,000 per beneficiary over any period of three years. This minimis help is conditional and may not be...
This Commission Regulation (EC) 1388/2014 lays down the conditions to certain categories of State aid to the fishery and aquaculture sectors, deemed to be compatible with the EU internal market.