- Jobs are expected to be cut at the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) operations in Lewis, UK. SSC has attributed the redundancies to delays in securing permissions for new farms, low market prices and disease affecting some fish stocks. The company hopes to redeploy staff where possible, or offer them help to find alternative work. Read more...
- 'Liberating' home aquarium fish poses a risk to according to research. A study conducted at the University of California, Davis, found that releasing aquarium pets such as the highly invasive lionfish into the ocean could threaten marine ecosystems. Read more...
Well-intentioned children
and aquarium hobbyists seeking to "free" their pet fish down a toilet
bowl or into a local waterway may inadvertently be contributing to the
threat of invasive species downstream, according to a new report from
the University of California, Davis.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-home-aquarium-species-potential-threat.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-home-aquarium-species-potential-threat.html#jCp
- Vietnam has asked the World Trade Organization to adjudicate on a dispute over alleged dumping of Vietnamese shrimp on the US market. Dumping, or damaging foreign competitors by exporting goods at unfairly low prices, is illegal under WTO rules. Read more...
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| A Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) at the New England Aquarium. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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