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Green gold beneath the waves: How seaweed – and one man’s obsession – could save the world
UN News
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June 6, 2025
Lesconil, a salt-bitten fishing port tucked into the coast of Brittany, in northern France, stirs slowly under the pale Atlantic dawn. Tide pools shimmer, breathing with the sea — undisturbed but for the cries of seabirds and a lone figure in...
AgroALBA To Pursue Strategy for Solidarity Food Production
teleSUR
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ALBA-TCP Secretary Jorge Arreaza at the AgroALBA agricultural fair, June 5, 2025. X/ @ALBATCP June 6, 2025 Hour: 2:10 pm On Friday, Venezuelan Fisheries Minister Juan Loyo advocated for solidarity-based and sustainable food production, leveraging...
DIGITAL Innovation Cluster Announces $30 Million in New Investments in Canadian Workforce Development and Talent Skilling Programs
T-Net
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DIGITAL Innovation Cluster Announces $30 Million in New Investments in Canadian Workforce Development and Talent Skilling Programs DIGITAL continues investments in workforce development solutions and AI adoption training for 3,000 Canadians...
In the boatyard: Lady Jane
KSTK Wrangell - Alaska
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June 6, 2025
Garret Vincentz and Jerrine Peeler stand next to their Lady Jane on April 23, 2025. They fish for spot prawns and salmon on the purse seiner that was built in 1969. (Colette Czarnecki/KSTK)During the second part of KSTK’s “In the boatyard” series,...
Vermont Law and Graduate School receives largest donation in its history
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) received a $10 million anonymous donation, the largest in its history. The donation will support VLGS's programs in agriculture, food systems, and animal protection policies, including a new aquaculture...
Đắk Lắk awarded first-class Labour Order by Lao Government
Vietnam News Agency
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ĐẮK LẮK — The People’s Committee of Đắk Lắk Province hosted a ceremony in Buôn Ma Thuột City on June 6 to receive the First-Class Labour Order presented by the Lao Government. On this occasion, the People’s Committee of Đắk Lắk Province and the...
Sharing international experiences in agriculture (The Vegetable Grower)
Delmarva Farmer - Maryland
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June 6, 2025
(Editor’s note: Gordon Johnson is a retired vegetable and fruit specialist with the University of Delaware.) The United States goes through periods when we turn inward and alter our international relationships.. However, many farmers and...
Efficacy of a feed additive consisting of tartrazine for its use in baits for freshwater fish (GIFAP)
EFSA - The European Food Safety Authority
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June 6, 2025
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the efficacy of tartrazine. Tartrazine is intended to be used as a sensory additive (functional group: (a) colourants: (i) substances that...
Malta 'looks forward' to balance between traditional heritage, innovation to protect biodiversity
The Malta Independent
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During a regional conference in Athens, Greece, on the protection of the marine environment in the Mediterranean, the Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Animal Rights, Alicia Bugeja Said, highlighted Malta's commitment to...
Peru: Exports up 26.1% in first four months of 2025
Andina
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June 6, 2025
It should be noted that, with the 28.2% increase last April (US$6.432 billion), exports have accumulated 12 consecutive months of growth, after having experienced a 6% decline in April of last year. Primary portfolio According to the "Export...
Idaho disaster loans available for businesses, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters affected by wildfires
KTVB 7 - Idaho
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June 6, 2025
Small businesses and nonprofit organizations in seven Idaho counties have until July 7 to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans. IDAHO, USA — Idaho small businesses and nonprofit organizations in seven counties have until July 7 to apply...
The seaweed capital of the Philippines
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Tawi-Tawi province in the southern part of the Philippines produces around 40 percent of the country’s annual seaweed output. ©FAO/ Dadis Dawnavie 06/06/2025 Men in small wooden boats come in from a day of harvesting seaweed in the Celebes Sea off...
Sex-changing fish rapidly establish dominance, new study reveals
Bioengineer.org
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June 6, 2025
In a groundbreaking study emerging from the University of Otago’s Department of Anatomy, researchers have uncovered the astonishingly swift manifestation of dominant behavior in the New Zealand spotty, or paketi, a remarkable species of...
Fish can change sex fast
Otago Daily Times
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June 6, 2025
Mere minutes is all it takes for a species of sex-changing fish to develop "dominant behaviour" after a change in the pecking order. This might sound like another fishy tale, but a new University of Otago study examined the New Zealand spotty...
Texas Wants Your Help Exterminating A Dangerous Invader's "Pink Goo"
The Travel
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June 6, 2025
It's no secret that some of the most visually odd elements found in nature can also be the most dangerous. There's a wide array of animals you wouldn't expect to be poisonous, and the prettiest-looking berries and mushrooms out near your local...
NextGeo taps Norwegian shipyard for survey vessel conversion
Offshore Energy
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June 6, 2025
Italy-headquartered marine geosciences and offshore construction support services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven for the conversion of a vessel from its fleet. NG...
ASC and Bamboo Sushi partner to promote farmed seafood
SeafoodSource
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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Bamboo Sushi, a restaurant chain with 10 locations across four U.S. states, are partnering to promote responsibly farmed seafood in honor of World Ocean Month in June. The goal of the "Sea Green. Be...
Research center cultures 600,000 ‘sugpo’ larvae in Iloilo City
Inquirer
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June 6, 2025
ILOILO CITY – Around 600,000 larvae of tiger shrimps (Penaeus monodon), locally known as “sugpo,” are currently stocked in two earthen ponds in Iloilo City. The shrimps are specifically at the Dumangas Brackishwater Station of the Southeast Asian...
Time to elevate vocational education route in secondary schools
Zambia Daily Mail
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June 6, 2025
KALUWE LIBINGI AS AN educator who has taught trade mathematics and business education in Botswana’s brigade system, and who now teaches in China’s thriving vocational education environment, I have witnessed how structured, well-supported...
Galician healthcare system receives nearly €510 million in EU support for its modernisation
The European Times
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June 6, 2025
The European Commission supports the development of the new A Coruña university hospital complex (CHUAC) in the city of A Coruña, located in the Spanish region of Galicia. The grant of nearly €60 million awarded under the Public Sector Loan...