In the 1990s farmed fish (aquaculture) accounted for about one-quarter of global seafood production according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization. Now, with demand rising and the ocean’s resources being steadily depleted, aquaculture has overtaken wild fishery, globally producing more than 100 million metric tonnes of seafood each year. Artificial intelligence is increasingly used […]
By John Snyder In a milestone order for MAN Energy Solutions, CMP, its Chinese licensee, will supply a series of new, small-bore, four-stroke engines for the Chinese inland and coastal market that comply with new local emissions regulations. The orders are for MAN 21/31, 27/38 and 23/30H model four-stroke engines that comply with China’s emissions protocols […]
By David Foxwell German offshore wind companies risk losing out to competitors outside the country unless the government acts, delegates at the 16th Windforce Conference heard. More job losses are likely in the German wind energy supply chain unless the government changes the course of proposed legislation, delegates at the conference were told. Speakers highlighted the […]
As the population grows, and the global standard of living improves, humanity’s appetite for seafood is increasing. In 2020 seafood consumption reached an all-time high, with an average of 20kg consumed annually by every person on the planet. Written by: editorial / Technology Networks.com Up to now most of this was caught in the world’s […]
According to the Utrecht Master’s student Björn Kok, his new calculation method shows that 1 kilo of wild fish can yield up to 3 or 4 kilos of farmed fish. Written by: Arnoud Cornelissen / InnovationOrigins.com Fish farms were once considered to be one of the solutions for sustainably feeding the world. Until research showed […]
Recently the NOAA Fisheries announced the selection of federal waters off southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico as the areas of focused evaluation for the first two of ten Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in the United States. Establishing these Aquaculture Opportunity Areas are part of NOAA’s responsibility under the May 2020 Executive Order on Promoting […]
Australia’s $3 billion fisheries and aquaculture industries will receive up to six months’ warning of damaging marine heatwaves under a national forecasting system developed by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology. Written by: Mike Foley / watoday.com.au The sea surface temperature around Australia has warmed by about 1 degree since 1910, according to the bureau, with […]
By Shelley Shan The government has designated 14 angling areas in commercial seaports across the nation and ensured their safety in compliance with the Executive Yuan’s “salute to the seas” policy, the Port and Maritime Bureau said yesterday. Eighteen fishing accidents happened in commercial seaports in the past five years, bureau data showed. Eight people […]
CHALLENGER DEEP: Lin Ying-Tsong was invited by Caladan Oceanic founder Victor Vescovo to join him on a 10-hour long trip in the company’s submersible By Lin Chia-nan Taiwanese-American Lin Ying-Tsong (林穎聰) last month became the first person from Asia and the 12th in human history to dive into the deepest part on Earth, the Challenger Deep […]
ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE: The proposed changes follow complaints that Chinese vessels have been illegally extracting sand near the Formosa Banks By Huang Hsin-po and Jake Chung The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) has proposed amendments to the Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the Republic of China (中華民國專屬經濟海域及大陸礁層法) that would impose heavier […]
