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Opportunistic invaders exploit weak immunity in animals and humans
A highly opportunistic group of parasites called microsporidians can live within the cells of a wide range of host organisms - including humans.
Monitoring
C-Bass on the move!
My last post described how both the UK (Cefas) and France (Ifremer) have been tagging sea bass with electronic data storage tags (DSTs). We’re doing this to learn about their behaviour and migration patterns.
The 10 most popular Cefas scientific papers of 2015
Alternative metrics reveal the Cefas research that has received the most online attention during the past year.
Sun, sea and sewage
Cefas, working in partnership with the Kuwait Environment Public Authority (KEPA), has just completed an extensive monitoring programme to assess the impact of sewage and industrial effluent discharged into Kuwait’s marine environment.
Cefas Science Highlights
In a series of blog posts we will be showcasing some of the science recently published by Cefas scientists.
Shellfish disease investigations 2013 and 2014
We've seen many shellfish disease events in 2013 and 2014, and below is a summary listed by species.
Unusual cockle mortalities in the Burry Inlet, South Wales
Mortalities in populations of edible cockles (Cerastoderma edule) have been reported across Europe in the past two decades from Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden and the Wadden Sea. Why are they happening?
EA eradicating the black bullhead catfish from Great Britain
The Environment Agency (EA) National Fisheries Services are leading the way in the UK developing tools and techniques to contain, control and eradicate high risk invasive non-native fish species.
Pacific oysters on the south coast of England
The Pacific oyster is a popular aquaculture species, and I'm monitoring its distribution in Southampton and Poole.
Molluscan shellfish diseases and how to prevent the spread
Below is the background to the molluscan diseases that the Cefas Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) regulated in 2014.