The Impact of the ISA Virus in Chile
In its Sustainability Report 2008, Marine Harvest Chile describes the changes it was forced to make last year due to the presence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in Chile.

Solving the Sea Lice Challenge
Marine Harvest describes the progress being made in the control of sea lice on salmon farms in its Sustainability Report 2008.

Production Methods for Coho Salmon
This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how the different systems of Coho Salmon production work

Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Fisheries
When it comes to the question of sustainability, the German organic agriculture association, Naturland, regards it as something more than ecological - it is also a question of social and economic responsibility, writes TheFishSite, senior editor, Chris...

Tilapia: All that We Ask For
Tilapia has become synonymous with good quality, cheap and sustainable seafood. It is no surprise then that its global demand rises each year, but can tilapia keep up with the pace as this demand gets evermore specific, asks Adam Anson, reporting for...

Netherlands Fishery Products Report
The Netherlands continues to offer opportunities for US seafood exporters and provides an essential processing and logistics centre for seafood in Europe, reports this USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN report.

Global Standards for Sustainable Pangasius Farming
The recent explosion of pangasius farming in South East Asia is causing concern over environmental and social management. Adam Anson, reporting for TheFishSite, finds out how a new global set of standards aims to preempt any negative consequences of this...

Chaos and Order in Viet Nam's Seafood Sector
Early this year it was reported that Viet Nam had become the world's eighth largest seafood exporter, but behind these tidy headlines lies a mish-mash of inter-related management and environmental issues. In these topsy-turvy financial times will the...

Risks and Solutions to Feeding Fish with Fish
Continuous advancements in the science of aquaculture has enabled farmers to produce ever greater varieties of fish. But whilst this allows industries to meet consumer demands, an unquenchable desire for large carnivorous fish is not sustainable, writes...

Conflict Within the Global Shrimp Industry
As sea creatures go, shrimp are extraordinarily diverse. From tropical estuarine ecosystems to shallow shelves, continental slopes and deep seas as well as the open ocean, shrimp exist in almost all geographical locations around the world. Yet, in spite...

Aquatic Biofuels as an Alternative
Aquatic resources to produce clean energy could be part of the answer to meeting the world's energy needs and demands, writes TheFishSite Senior Editor Chris Harris.

Is the fish fresh?
By Lidun Mosaker, Fiskeriforskning. You can see and smell if a fish is good, but determining its keeping quality requires more precise methods.

Healthy oil from salmon
By Fiskeriforskning - Heads and trimmings from salmon can be processed into healthy oil.

Rainbow Trout
By Katheleen F. Ladewig and Michelle Morat and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - The rainbow trout has always been known as a great sport fish. But, in recent times, along with its sport...

Crawfish Production: Harvesting
Crawfish Production: Harvesting - Robert P. Romaire, W. Ray McClain and C. Greg Lutz and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Freshwater crawfish of the genus Procambarus are a valuable aquaculture commodity...