Research

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new study reveals that Scottish seafood like salmon, herring and mackerel, rich in Omega-3 and Vitamin B12, is predominantly exported, despite its health and climate benefits. 

7th January 2025

Warning over lost health benefits to seafood exports

7th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a new benchmark testing tool to help better validate the predictions of the dispersion of sea lice in water.

23rd July 2024

Collaborative effort to standardise sea lice modelling

23rd July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Despite inflationary pressures, there are opportunities for Scottish seafood brands to grow the market even further in the UK, particularly with regards to the younger demographic.

2nd April 2024

Scottish seafood looks to the younger demographic

2nd April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The staggering economic toll of climate change on Bangladesh’s aquaculture has been revealed for the first time in a new study published in Climate Risk Management.

9th January 2024

Bangladesh aquaculture counts the cost of climate change

9th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

One in four fishing vessels accused of forced labour are owned by European companies, with a quarter more flagged to China.

15th November 2023

A quarter of forced labour fishing vessels linked with Europe

15th November 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The majority of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating towards colder waters nearer the north and south poles, according to new research on the impact of…

31st May 2023

Report: Climate change displacing fish

31st May 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

New research has identified 55 global ‘paper parks’, or MPAs that fall short of safeguarding marine biodiversity, especially where fishing is concerned.

28th March 2023

Research exposes multiple flouting of MPA rules

28th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An international research study has examined how the combined effect of climate change may affect tuna and swordfish productivity and size in the future.

28th February 2023

Climate change shrinking tuna productivity, sizes

28th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New United Arab Emirates (UAE) oceanographic research vessel Jaywun has been launched by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) to strengthen marine scientific research capabilities nationally and globally.

10th February 2023

UAE researcher launched

10th February 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Northern Irish tuna project NI-CHART has tagged its first Atlantic bluefin tuna. Estimated at almost 2 metres long, the fish was caught and tagged between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island.

8th December 2022

First NI bluefin tagged

8th December 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Construcciones Navales P Freire shipyard in Vigo has floated a new marine research vessel under construction for the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD)

6th June 2022

New Abu Dhabi researcher

6th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen of the EAF-Nansen Programme, has sailed for another month-long research expedition, this time around the Cabo Verde Islands.

3rd December 2021

RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen surveys marine life in Cabo Verde

3rd December 2021

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

A research team has found that collecting data directly from fishermen can significantly improve understanding of the social drivers that lie behind fishing behaviour. 

30th October 2021

Driving factors behind decision-making

30th October 2021