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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jul-2025 18:11 ET (15-Jul-2025 22:11 GMT/UTC)

6-Apr-2025

One-third of Australia’s coastal terrestrial aquaculture at risk from sea level rise by 2100

Griffith University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research has highlighted more than 43% of Queensland’s current productive aquaculture sites are expected to be impacted by sea level rise.

Of the projected inundation caused by sea level rise, it is estimated 98 per cent of prawn sites and 50 per cent of prawn production would be impacted.

Journal: Aquaculture Science and Management

4-Apr-2025

UMaine research examines best methods for growing Atlantic sea scallops

University of Maine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by University of Maine researchers compares two scallop farming methods, ear-hanging and lantern net culture, over a complete grow-out cycle to determine which approach yields the best results for commercial growers. The study found that scallops grown with ear-hanging culture had slightly larger shell heights, about 1–4% greater than those in lantern nets. More significantly, ear-hanging scallops had up to 12% more adductor muscle weight. Researchers also found that ear-hanging scallops grew more quickly in optimal conditions, which are between 50 and 59 degrees Farhenheit, but were more affected by colder winter temperatures than those in lantern nets.

Journal: Aquaculture

4-Apr-2025

Beyond photorespiration: A systematic approach to unlocking enhanced plant productivity

INsociety
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A groundbreaking study published in Science Advances has revealed promising strategies to significantly improve crop yields by addressing photorespiration, a metabolic process that can reduce productivity by up to 36% in some crops. Researchers from the University of Groningen and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, working as part of the GAIN4CROPS project, have evaluated several alternative pathways that could help overcome this major agricultural bottleneck.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

3-Apr-2025

New sea grant report helps great lakes fish farmers navigate aquaculture regulations

University of Minnesota
Reports and Proceedings

Fish farmers across the Great Lakes states can face a confusing web of permits, policies and regulations that can hinder the growth of their operations. A new Sea Grant publication, Aquaculture Regulation in the Great Lakes, offers much-needed clarity.

2-Apr-2025

Callie Robinson wins AFB Young Farmers and Ranchers Collegiate Discussion Meet

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Grant and Award Announcement

Callie Robinson, a junior in agricultural leadership, education and communications at the University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture, has won the American Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers 2025 Collegiate Discussion Meet — a national competition where participants discuss important and complex agricultural issues.This is the second consecutive year a Herbert College of Agriculture student has achieved this recognition with animal science alumna Ella McLerran receiving the award in 2024 — a testament to the quality of preparation that Herbert students receive.

2-Apr-2025

Pinning down the process of West Nile virus transmission

Ohio State University
Grant and Award Announcement

Mosquitoes have been transmitting the West Nile virus to humans in the United States for over 25 years, but we still don’t know precisely how the virus cycles through these pests and the other animals they bite. A federally funded project aims to help pin down the process by using mathematical models to analyze how factors like temperature, light pollution, and bird and mosquito abundance affect West Nile virus transmission. The ultimate goal is to advise health departments of the best time of year to kill the bugs.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

2-Apr-2025

Migraine sufferers’ brains respond differently to visual stimulation

University of Connecticut
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has demonstrated that the brains of people who experience migraines and other types of headaches cannot modulate visual stimulation in the same way a person without these conditions can.

Daniele Piscitelli, assistant professor of kinesiology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), published these findings in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

Piscitelli had been collaborating with colleagues in Brazil to study changes in the cortical activity and neuroplasticity in the brains of individuals with stroke. In the course of their work, they found that other researchers had been using the same kinds of measurements to study migraines.

Journal: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience