Day: January 11, 2018

Events – Food from the Oceans, Scientific Opinion will be presented to the EU Council Working Party on Internal & External Fisheries Policy – 11 January 2018, Brussels

The SAM Secretariat will be presentitng tomorrow, the ‘Food from the Oceans’, Scientific Opinion to the EU Council Working Party on Internal & External Fisheries Policy under the Bulgarian Presidency. The Opinion contains five sets of recommendations, the main ones of which can be summarised as follows: • Mainstream a responsible

Events – Food from the Oceans – Scientific Opinion by the SAM, at the European Parliament Hearing on Aquaculture – 11 January 2018, Brussels

Pearl Dykstra, Vice-Chair of the High Level Group of Advisors of the Scientific Advice Mechanism, will present tomorrow the last scientific opinion produced by the Group at the European Parliment hearing on aquaculture. The Opinion contains five sets of recommendations, the main ones of which can be summarised as follows:

Research Headlines – Winemaking gets a high-tech makeover

EU-funded researchers have developed new ways to study the DNA of plants and soils used in winemaking as part of a wider effort to better understand how and when microbes help or harm different stages of production. Powered by WPeMatico

Thermal census scouts out agricultural pests in laser fence project

LIFE Laser Fence is investigating whether an innovative laser technology called Agrilaser can deter agricultural pests. The project team has completed the first trial of a prototype that emits an unsettling array of laser beams. They are now testing how effectively this so-called laser fence keeps rabbits and other hungry