Tag Archives: Fishing

foodwatch warns: Brussels wants to facilitate the import of injured salmon

By | April 7, 2025

Last year alone, around 103 million salmon died before being slaughtered in Norway, reports foodwatch. The independent organization, which specializes in uncovering food scandals, has long criticized the catastrophic conditions in aquaculture breeding cages. Instead of enforcing stricter regulations for this "underwater factory farming," the EU Commission, according to foodwatch, now wants to ban the import of sick and... Read more »

Remote-controlled underwater videos provide new insights into saddleback bass spawning aggregations in the South Pacific

By | February 26, 2025

An international research team used remotely operated underwater video to study the spawning grounds of saddleback bass (Plectropomus laevis) in the South Pacific. The study, conducted by the French National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology (IFREMER) and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), provides valuable information about the species' spawning areas and courtship behavior, as well as potential conservation measures. The saddleback bass (Plectropomus laevis) is a popular food fish that is heavily fished.… Read more »