Wednesday, October 17, 2012

17/10/12: effect of antibiotics on the seabed; new staff at Nofima; Marine Harvest appeal defamation case

Hello, 
  • Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden are studying the potential effects of accumulating antibiotics in the seabed.  More than 10,000 tonnes of antibiotics are consumed in Europe each year, and 30-60 percent pass through animals and humans completely unchanged. The different substances then reach the ocean via hospitals, municipal sewage, fish farms and run-off from agriculture and landfills.  Read more...
  • New division director at Nofima.  Magnar Pedersen will head up the Director of the Division Fisheries, Industry and Market at Norwegian research institute. Pedersen will take up his new position on January 1, 2013.  Read more...
  • Marine Harvest is to file an appeal against a decision by the Supreme Court in British Columbia concerning defamatory remarks.  Earlier this year, the court ruled that libelous comments made by anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford against Marine Harvest were allowed under a fair comment defence.  Read more...

English: Loch Ainort fish farm The salmon farm...
English: Loch Ainort fish farm The salmon farm is operated by Marine Harvest. On the far shore of the loch, the community of Luib nestles beneath Glas Bheinn Mhòr (on the right) Beinn na Crò, Beinn Dearg Mhòr and Beinn na Caillich (on the left). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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