Ecuador's booming shrimp industry is driving deforestation of vital mangrove ecosystems, impacting shellfish gatherers and local communities. Despite regulations, mangrove clearing and pollution from farms continue, with weak enforcement and limited political will hindering conservation efforts.
Malaysia received a completed food safety standards questionnaire from Thailand, a key step towards potentially lifting its ban on five species of Thai shrimp imposed on June 1. The ban was a response to Thailand's increased inspections of Malaysian sea bass.
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Cave shrimp of the genus Typhlatya in Yucatán's cenotes are crucial to the subterranean ecosystem's food chain, feeding on bacterial mats formed by chemosynthesis. Researchers highlight their importance amidst threats from urbanization and pollution.
Malaysia has imposed a temporary ban on five shrimp species and tightened import rules for Thai sea bass, impacting Thailand's struggling fisheries sector which faces competition, disease, and rising costs.
A virus found in shrimp and fish may cause an eye disease in humans, according to a recent study that marks the first known case of a pathogen from aquatic animals infecting people. Those “who handle dissected aquatic animals daily without adequate protection or eat raw aquatic animals daily are at high risk” of being exposed to the virus, the researchers cautioned in their recently published paper. They advised taking protective measures, such as wearing gloves, when handling such animals at...
A virus found in shrimp and fish may cause an eye disease in humans, according to a recent study that marks the first known case of a pathogen from aquatic animals infecting people. Those “who handle dissected aquatic animals daily without adequate protection or eat raw aquatic animals daily are at high risk” of being exposed to the virus, the researchers cautioned in their recently published paper. They advised taking protective measures, such as wearing gloves, when handling such animals at...
