This Food and Agriculture Organization technical paper explains how the process of depuration can help remove the threat of toxic contaminants from bivalve farms, benefiting both producer and consumer.
Occasionally catastrophic fish kills occur in aquaculture production facilities as well as in home aquaria or backyard ponds, says Ruth Francis-Floyd, Christopher Brooks, and Denise Petty. This article was published by the University of Florida IFAS Extension.…
Research into the physiology of fish has had many beneficial implications for the aquaculture industry, explains Bernard Jalabert, Fish Reproduction Group. This feature was published by Cybium, Socit Franaise dIchtyologie.
In Chile's Roman numeral system of designated regions, it is known as Region XII. Here, amongst the penguins, andus, guanacos and condors, the world's second largest salmon population is undergoing a crisis that seems set to devastate the region, both economic…
In order to provide the right environment for the sector to meet projected global demand for aquatic food, we must first identify the most compelling issues that require attention by the aquaculture sector. This paper, a product of the Food and Agriculture Org…
France's oyster industry is still reeling from a body blow to Europe'soyster capital, the Marennes basin where the Ile d'Oleron faces the twin estuariesof the rivers Seudre and Charente across a narrow tidal strait. This stretch ofwater is one of the richest s…
The threat of exotic animal diseases entering a country has led to a raft of legislation from most authorities preventing the illegal import of animal products, writes TheFishSite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Allen Baker, Edward Allen, and Heather Lutman, ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information o…
Parasitic nematodes are microscopic, but a major problem in the fish filleting industry. Scientists at Nofima have discovered that light and automation provides a better fillet, writes Martin Steinholt, Nofima.
Blue-green algae and some soil micro-organisms produce compounds that give water a distinctive earthy/musty odour and taste, Professor Linda A Lawton from School of Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen writes in CEFAS' Winter Spring edition of Fin…
By Sara Picon, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Bob Bawden, Pisces Engineering Ltd., Nick Taylor, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory and Andy Shinn, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. This article was originally published in Aquaculture …
By Sara Picon*, Bob Bawden+, Nick Taylor# & Andy Shinn* published by CEFAS Finfish News - Issue 4, Summer/Autumn 2007.. A joint research programme has been set up to look at the threat of White Spot in hatcheries.
By Chris Harris, TheFishSite Senior Editor. At the recent FAO conference on the Role of Aquaculture in Sustainable Development in Rome, FAO ADG of the United Nation's FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Ichiro Nomura, spelt out the need for growth to mee…
This article has been prepared as a practical guide-line to help small to medium size marine cage farmers within the Asia-Pacific region cope with common external parasites, write Neil Wendover and Cedric Komar, Intervet Norbio Singapore.
By Christian L. Miller, Extension Agent-Homestead; Cortney L. Ohs, Assistant Professor, IRREC-Ft. Pierce, and Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; R. LeRoy Creswell, Marine Extension Agent-Ft. Pierce, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Unive…
By Philip E. McAllister - Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a systemic infection of various salmonid and a few nonsalmonid fishes, is caused by a rhabdovirus designated as the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (Office International des Epizooties 1963).
By Prof Alan Teale, University of Stirling; Prof Chris Secombes, University of Aberdeen and Dr Glen Sweeney, Cardiff University and published by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) - Research carried out under BBSRC's ExploitingG…
By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - This document analyses the past trends that have led the aquaculture sector to its current status and describes its current status globally.
By Charles McGurk, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland and published in Intervet's Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter - Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) has been recognised as a parasitic disease of great economic significance to salmoni…
By Leong Tak Seng, Zilong Tan and William J. Enright and published by Intervet - Parasitic infections and associated diseases are becoming more frequent with the intensification ofmariculture systems in many parts of the Asia Pacific region. In this two- part …
By Fiskeriforskning - In collaboration with Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Fiskeriforskning is investigating transfer of bacterial and viral diseases between various farmed fish speciesin a tank system specially designed for such purposes.
By The World Health Organisation - This volume of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater describes the present state of knowledge regarding the impact of waste-fed aquaculture on the health of pro…
By Cheng Sheng-Lee, The Ocean Institute - A significant challenge to the expansion of aquaculture production is the outbreak of disease. Potential economic losses from disease outbreaks are significant, and can affect the survival of the industry.
By the Fish Vet Group - The spectre of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is still lives with us and it and its ramifications will be around for some considerable time to come- no matter what "officaldom" may (or not) say. It may have left the front pages of newspap…
The advent of new legislation in Scotland to protect the marine environment is compelling fish farmers and marine specialists to adopt measures to prevent biofouling and the introduction of non-native species into Scottish waters.
Aquaculture is replacing capture fisheries in supplying the world with dietary protein. Although disease is a major threat to aquaculture production, the underlying global epidemiological patterns are unknown. Tommy Leung, University of New England, and Amanda…
By the National Marine Fisheries Service - This document examines the potential of Atlantic salmon farming in Puget Sound to impose adverse impacts on the Puget Sound chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon (O. keta) evo…
By the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, The Oceanic Institute, Hawaii - This report looks at an outbreak of the Taura Syndrome Virus in a shrimp farm in Hawaii and discusses the symptoms to look out for and methods on prevention.
