Fisheries/Aquaculture Archives

eDNA applications will support advancements for BC Fisheries and Aquac...

Vancouver, Canada – eDNA, defined as any trace or fragment of DNA released from an organism into the environment, is proving to be an attractive tool in exploring and studying Ea...

July 14, 2020

Fisheries/Aquaculture

New tools to forecast and prevent norovirus contamination of farmed oy...

Noroviruses are a group of viruses that are the leading cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis in humans. These viruses are highly contagious and are spread from person-to-pe...

July 06, 2020

Health Fisheries/Aquaculture

Unified Pathogen Control One Health Approach Specifically Targeting No...

Norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis and is responsible for 65% of foodborne illnesses in Canada. In recent years, norovirus outbreaks are increasingly associated with...

July 06, 2020

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Genes found that protect tilapia from virus...

Tilapia are the second most farmed fish and provide a source of nutrients, protein and essential fatty acids for many people around the world. Unfortunately, in 2014 a virus was de...

March 03, 2020

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Health Fisheries/Aquaculture

Lobster blood could be turned into medicine...

In a world where natural resources are becoming more and more precious it is important for us to find new ways to use products that we may have previously discarded. One such examp...

February 28, 2020

Fisheries/Aquaculture

New research will broaden Canada’s ability to identify strains of oy...

Vancouver, Canada — Every year people around the world enjoy oysters from British Columbia (BC) but oyster-related illnesses have posed risks to human health, and the BC oyster i...

January 07, 2020

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Tracking Fish Health in the Nass River Watershed to Alleviate Mining A...

The fisheries and mining industries in British Columbia (BC) contribute approximately $1.2 and $8.8 billion respectively to the BC economy. The development of the KSM gold mine, lo...

December 06, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Advanced Marine Biotechnology toolbox for accessing the uncultivated m...

Organisms in the marine environment represent a largely untapped source of highly valuable biomolecules. The advent of sophisticated sequencing technologies in the last few decades...

September 24, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Protist Metabolome Screening (Promise)...

Marine eukaryotic protists such as red algae are an abundant reservoir of metabolic pathways with biotechnology applications. There are promising new therapeutics such as anti-vira...

September 24, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Droplet In-Vitro transcription/translation Enzyme IdenTification (DIVE...

Today, the “bioeconomy” is termed as the sustainable use of renewable resources throughout related productive sectors. The “knowledge based bio-economy” (KB...

September 19, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture Mining

Tracking Fish Health in the Nass River Watershed to Alleviate Mining A...

Vancouver, Canada — Metal pollution is a global issue often caused by activities such as mining and smelting operations, industrial production and use, and domestic and agricultu...

September 18, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture

100 years of data indicates drastic decline in sockeye numbers...

The Skeena River is an important habitat for sockeye salmon in B.C. It has been known for some time that their numbers in this area have been declining over time, although it has b...

August 27, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Aquaculture...

What is aquaculture? Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. It is, basically, farming in water. The main typ...

July 15, 2019

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Genomic Tools for Fisheries Management (FishMan Omics)...

The long-term viability of the wild salmon industry, worth hundreds of millions of dollars in BC, has been threatened recently by extreme variability in annual returns and declines...

October 25, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Genomics in Lice and Salmon (GiLS)...

The health of both wild and farmed salmon can be severely impacted by sea lice that live on the skin of the salmonid fish. Lice infections can cause production costs of Canadian fa...

October 25, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

International Cooperation Project to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Geno...

The international cooperation which involves researchers, funding bodies and industry from Canada, Chile and Norway has sequenced the Atlantic salmon genome using Sanger and next-g...

October 24, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

New study will analyze genes of endangered Pacific Northwest Orcas to ...

A new scientific effort will sequence the genomes of critically endangered Pacific Northwest orcas to better understand their genetics and potentially find ways to save them from e...

October 10, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Researchers ID a sand tiger shark from DNA from tooth in boy’s l...

A tooth taken from the leg of a boy bitten at New York's Fire Island National Seashore has been identified as that of a sand tiger shark, after a DNA comparison, researchers announ...

September 12, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Salmon Anaemia Virus Epidemic Reduction Strategy (SAVERS)...

This project aimed at developing and testing therapies to combat Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV) disease in salmon. ISAV has devastated the health of Atlantic salmon and affe...

September 06, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

The first reference genome of the orange clownfish and its importance ...

The orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula, may have been immortalized in the comedic film Finding Nemo, but its importance to the scientific community is no joke. Source: Medium...

August 01, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

DNA collection could help preserve an important fish species in New Ze...

Researchers are collecting DNA information from one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most threatened freshwater fish – the Canterbury mudfish (kōwaro) – in an effort to make it mor...

July 26, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Genomic solutions for informing sockeye repatriation and kokanee fishe...

Freshwater fisheries are an integral part of BC’s social and economic fabric. Direct, indirect and induced impacts of sport fishing totals more than $950 million. Kokanee, a ...

July 23, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Scientists are developing “evolution assisted” coral that can sur...

Scientists are rushing to create new “evolution assisted” coral that can survive in hotter waters. Is messing with nature the path to survival, or too dangerous to contemplate?...

July 23, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Atlas of genetic variation for climate change in chinook salmon...

Wild Pacific salmon are a food source supporting commercial, recreational and First Nations harvests. Salmon farming likewise provides significant commercial and social benefits to...

May 31, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

How coral reef could benefit from CRISPR...

The powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 is taking the scientific world by storm. It gives researchers unprecedented power and precision in making tweaks to practically any gene ...

May 01, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture Environment

Secrets of super-invasive crayfish revealed through DNA sequencing....

Molecular biologists have sequenced the genome of an invasive species of crayfish that can reproduce without mating and is spreading rapidly across Madagascar. The marbled crayfish...

February 13, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture Genomics and Society

Seafood fraud in Vancouver? DNA barcoding reveals the truth....

UBC researchers are developing new techniques to identify the seafood sold in Metro Vancouver and they say their findings, released Friday, point to widespread seafood fraud. ht...

February 05, 2018

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Clues in the ocean. Ocean animals leave their DNA behind, say Stanford...

As ocean animals swim past, they leave behind DNA in shed cells, tissues, scales and feces. Scientists have shown these genetic clues can be used as forensic markers to accurately ...

November 20, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Democracy, Ethics and Genomics- Consultation, Deliberation and Modelin...

An objective of Genome Canada is to ‘ensure leadership in ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social issues (GE³LS) related to genomics and proteomics research.&...

October 17, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Genomics Research on Atlantic Salmon Project (GRASP)...

Salmon, trout and char comprise the salmonids, a group of fish that are of great economic and societal importance to Canada, particularly in the coastal, rural, and Aboriginal comm...

October 17, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Development and Validation of Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods; Case S...

There is an increasing need to assess and monitor the impact of human activities on biodiversity. The environmental consulting industry in BC has an estimated $2 billion annua...

October 17, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Genomic Basis of Variation in Hypoxia Tolerance in Atlantic Salmon...

Aquaculture is an important industry in British Columbia: farm-raised Atlantic salmon contributes more than $728.6 million (landed value in 2017) annually to the BC economy. With i...

October 17, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Sustaining freshwater recreational fisheries in a changing environment...

Recreational fishing is a treasured pastime, contributing more than $8 billion to the Canadian economy. Rainbow trout are a cornerstone of recreational fishing, but wild population...

October 16, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Enhancing Production in Coho: Culture, Community, Catch (EPIC4)...

Coho salmon, previously one of the most highly valued species in BC, began to suffer serious declines in 1989 due to a productivity drop and high harvest rates to the point where t...

October 16, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Climate change impacting freshwater fish populations...

Climate change is posing a severe challenge to freshwater fish in Canada. Already record high temperatures in rivers and streams during the summer have forced temporary closures of...

October 12, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Sablefish Genomics...

The sablefish industry is a $300 million a year industry in North America, with wild stocks decreasing while commercial demand is rapidly increasing. There is a need to establish s...

October 11, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Salmon Health...

The final report of the Cohen Commission Inquiry into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon highlighted uncertainty around pathogens and disease. In this report, Justice Bruce...

October 07, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

How to solve the parasite problem plaguing the world’s fish farm...

This article examines the issue of parasites in the salmon farming industry and takes a look at possible solutions such as breeding for genetic resistance. Learn More http://...

October 02, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture Environment

BC research helping to characterize salmon’s ability to adapt to cli...

Vancouver, BC — Wild Chinook salmon play a significant role in commercial, recreational and First Nations harvests. These harvests, however, have been decreasing due to warming ...

July 26, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

eDNA offers ability to inform about presence or absence of species...

Vancouver, BC – The power of environmental DNA (eDNA) is just being tapped. Field surveys to determine if species are present or absent can be labour intensive, expensive and su...

April 05, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture Environment

Climate change impacting freshwater fish populations...

Vancouver, BC – Climate change is posing a severe challenge to freshwater fish in Canada. Already record high temperatures in rivers and streams during the summer have force...

March 08, 2017

Fisheries/Aquaculture

BC-led salmon genome collaboration publishes major findings in Nature...

Vancouver, BC – As of today all salmon genes, and thus opportunities to ensure sustainable farming and wild salmon management, is just a mouse click away. “The Atlantic salmon...

April 18, 2016

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Better Broodstock for Atlantic salmon Genomic tools will offer insight...

Vancouver, B.C. - Aquaculture is a key economic driver for our province with the farming of Atlantic salmon contributing more than $475 million annually to the economy of British C...

December 15, 2015

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Coho salmon: potential economic driver and food source Genomic tools a...

Vancouver, BC - It has been over fifteen years since southern BC commercial fisheries for Coho salmon contributed significantly to the province’s largest agri-food export, seafoo...

October 27, 2015

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Protecting kokanee salmon: Modern research complements traditional Fir...

Vancouver, BC – Cumulative impacts of population growth and land use practices may be leading to the “invisible collapse” of Canada’s freshwater fisheries. A new research ...

September 18, 2014

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Scientific breakthrough: International collaboration has sequenced the...

Vancouver, BC - Today the International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG) announced completion of a fully mapped and openly accessible salmon genome. Th...

June 10, 2014

Fisheries/Aquaculture

Salmon health: past, present and future...

Vancouver, BC – Genome British Columbia, the Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are embarking on a remarkable partnership to discover the microbes present...

March 11, 2013