The threat of migrating marine vibrios
...PNW strains were the same as those found elsewhere? Scientists from Cefas, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and its American counterpart (CDC), and the USA’s Food...
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Shellfish sleuths- seafood-borne human illness investigations
...disease. It is estimated that over 13 million oyster meals are served in the UK annually, many of them consumed raw, so whilst the odds of contracting norovirus from eating...
What can be done to tackle Invasive Non-Native Species?
...generally cause problems and invasive non-native species have various tools at their disposal. An invasive non-native species can spread disease, prey on native species and their eggs, out-compete native species...
How good intentions might not be good for biodiversity
...or invasive can carry disease which can be spread through introductions, but in addition invasive species can also out-compete native species for resources, interbreed, cause destruction to habitats and the...
Creating a regulatory toolbox for aquaculture businesses
...increasing production it will boost our economy. A Fish Health Inspector from Cefas inspecting shellfish stocks for disease This is why this toolkit is so important, and why the toolbox...
Where will the UK get its seafood in future?
Posted by:
Grant Stentiford and Simon Jennings, Posted on:
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Categories:
Animal Health, Aquaculture, Fisheries, Monitoring
...are likely to be overlooked in sectoral analyses. How will climate change alter disease risks? Are there links between the state of fish stocks and safety at sea? Can aquaculture...
EA progress in eradicating the deadly topmouth gudgeon
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Matt Brazier, Posted on:
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Categories:
Animal Health, Aquaculture, FFN 2015, Finfish News, Monitoring
...out-compete native species, and it preys on native fish eggs. Tolerance of poor environmental conditions is also high and populations may carry novel parasites and disease that can impact upon...
EA eradicating the black bullhead catfish from Great Britain
Posted by:
Matt Brazier, Posted on:
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Categories:
Animal Health, Aquaculture, FFN 2015, Finfish News, Monitoring
...sharp spines in its fins and shoals in balls for added protection from native predators as well as carrying novel parasites and disease. The fishery in North London had succumbed...
Citizen science – coming to your computer soon...
...to a new level. Their raw processing power is being used to fight malaria and apps being used to collect all sorts of information including marine litter and noise levels....