Aquaculture

Cefas evidence supports successful prosecution in the Environment Agency versus Southern Water wastewater permit breaches case

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Cockles on Shellness Beach, Kent

Southern Water have recently been fined a record £90m for deliberately pouring sewage into sea. The Environment Agency also highlighted their response to the case which saw 6,971 unpermitted sewage discharges taking place in Kent, Hampshire and Sussex between 2010 …

UK agencies tackling antimicrobial resistance internationally

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) takes place this week, 18-24th November 2020, and aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices to avoid further emergence and spread of drug-resistant microbes. Cefas’ lead on antimicrobial …

Solving the $6 billion per year global aquaculture disease problem

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Grant D. Stentiford Pathology and Microbial Systematics Theme Lead , Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, United Kingdom.   A recent Newton Fund Researcher Links workshop on aquatic animal disease gave …