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• Viruses, wildfowl, ice and the ‘African Sea’

  Like birds, scientists migrate around the world for their summer conferences. Peter O’Neill finds some pressing issues at London’s annual Summer Science Fair and the Bergen Living Planet Symposium. 01 Sep 2010

• Cash in the consumer coastline catch

  Around the world a significant amount of the inshore catch comes from under 10-metre boats which also dominate national fleet numbers. Peter O’Neill finds that more local management and a shake-up of the marketing chain could mean increased revenues for millions of people in coastal fishing communities. 27 Jul 2010

• Time to contemplate incoming MPAs

  The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 has created considerable impetus in the UK in connection with the provision of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), writes Andrew Oliver, a partner with Andrew Jackson Solicitors of Hull, UK, and a specialist in sea fisheries and marine environment law. 15 Jul 2010

• Nofima: Longline fishing smarter

  Longlining has several advantages over trawling – while the researchers and sensory specialists at Nofima have been analysing fish quality, Østfoldforskning has created a complete environmental audit. 29 Apr 2010

• Vietnam to abolish the use of polyphosphates in pangasius processing

  The use of polyphosphates to bind in water to pangasius fillets in Vietnamese processing plants will come to a halt in August if the country’s government passes planned legislation to limit the water content in exported products to 83%. 23 Apr 2010

• Understanding ocean acidification

  Unless you’ve been marooned on a desert island for the past 30 years and the only evidence of global warming you’ve noticed, has been the rising tide forcing you to keep rebuilding your palm frond hut further up the beach, then you may be forgiven for not taking any action, but for the rest of us there is no excuse. 22 Apr 2010

• Developments in tuna trade

  20-22 May 2010 • Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre • Thailand 01 Apr 2010

• Producing safe food safely

  For more than 90 years, the Baader Group has been designing and manufacturing fish processing equipment. 19 Mar 2010

• Revised enforcement regime within English waters

  The management of the waters of England and Wales altered radically on 12 January this year with the coming into force of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, reports Andrew Oliver, a Partner and specialist in sea fisheries and marine environment law at Hull solicitors Andrew Jackson. 18 Mar 2010

• Brain-storms and litmus tests for acidity with hot air pollution

  International underwater land grabs have thrown plans for an expansion of current and future marine protected areas (MPAs) into disarray. 18 Mar 2010

• Hell-up on the Helford

  Despite its picturesque and tranquil outward persona, there’s been hell-up on Cornwall’s (UK) Helford River since the mid seventies, when Ken Jones relocated his seal rescue centre from St Agnes, on the North Cornwall Coast, to the head of the Helford River at Gweek on the opposite side of the county, reports Bryan Gibson. 17 Feb 2010

• Monitoring temperature over time

  The importance of keeping fresh fish, and shellfish, cold cannot be overemphasised; fish is probably the most perishable of all protein foods and starts to spoil from the moment it is caught and dies. 09 Feb 2010

• Aqua Sur 2010: The Southern Hemisphere’s great exhibition

  24-27 March 2010 • Puerto Montt • Chile 04 Feb 2010

• The case of the mysterious seafood

  An unknown percentage of the fish we eat isn't what's it's purported to be – FAO meeting explores how forensic techniques could help address the problem. 03 Feb 2010

• A new impetus for European aquaculture development?

  The majority of European aquaculture production comes from freshwater fish farming (trout in particular) and marine mollusc farming (mussels, oysters and clams), writes Alistair Lane, Executive Director, European Aquaculture Society (EAS)1. 22 Jan 2010