 Codex once again discusses biotoxin standards in bivalve molluscs
Chile
The Chilean government managed to have the proposed performance criteria for identification methods of marine biotoxins in live and raw bivalve molluscs once again discussed at the general meeting of the Codex Alimentarius, held in Geneva, Switzerland.
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 Genetically improved tilapia delivered to Ivory Coast
Brazil
A shipment of genetically improved tilapia was delivered this week to the Government of Ivory Coast by the head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture from Brazil continuing a relation that started more than four decades ago.
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 EPA intends to protect salmon fisheries from Pebble Mine
United States
The US Environmental Protection Agency proposes restrictions on a massive gold-and-copper prospect development near the headwaters of the world’s most valuable salmon fisheries, in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
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 Squid skin protein can boost bioelectronics
United States
A team of researchers has discovered that reflectin, a protein in the skin of the common pencil squid (Loliginidae) can conduct positive electrical charges, or protons, making it a promising material for building biologically inspired devices.
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