Tilapia breeding is profitable only if it is solely focused on male populations. Hormonal inversion methods currently used to produce these populations have, however, many drawbacks. CIRAD has been investigating a genetic approach for several years and...
Unlike smaller species, broodstock management for large pelagic finfish such as tuna involves many difficulties, said Christopher Bridges, Heinrich-Heine Universität, at Aquaculture Europe 2011. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
Capping bass and bream fry production would give producers more control over the market, said Diago Thomaz, from Real Sales Ltd. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor, reports from Aquaculture Europe 2011.
Culture of uni-cellular algae is a prerequisite for successful operations in hatchery practices for shrimp, crab and most fish. Problems with algal culture and inherent disadvantages are described here, with their advantages in many cases being overcome...
A new shrimp production technology developed by a Texas AgriLife Research scientist near Corpus Christi promises to revolutionise how shrimp make it to our tables, through an innovative stacked system.
Based at Lake Baringo, Kenya, Omega Farms is in its early days. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite Editor speaks to Director Mark Archer, about the Omega Farm project and increasing the supply of tilapia fingerlings in Kenya.
Northwestern State University’s Aquaculture Research Center is receiving nationwide attention for its research determining that underwater lighting increases production in crawfish ponds.
Catfish research at Mississippi State University is no surprise given that Mississippi leads the nation in catfish production, but the potential applications of that research through the College of Veterinary Medicine’s fish hatchery are another story....
The number and size of fish in cages or ponds has been an aspect of fish farming that has attracted a considerable amount of criticism. However, much of this criticism has been ill informed, says Professor Jimmy Turnbull from the University of Stirling....
Pond location, design and construction are the most important physical factors for successful crawfish production. Proper design and construction give the crawfish farmer better control over flooding, drainage, forage management, water circulation and...
Information on the culture of the milkfish (Chanos chanos) from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.
Andrew Morgan explains how climate change may affect shellfish production cycles in his article in New Zealand Aquaculture.
Lars Bannenberg of KSG Apeldoorn High School in the Netherlands and Cawthron Institute in New Zealand explains how micro-algae are grown at the Institute, and how culture methods are being improved. His article was published in New Zealand Aquaculture....
AquaReg an Interreg IIIC project has investigated ways to establish reliable and low cost methods for culturing European clawed lobsters (Homarus gammarus) under controlled conditions to a size suitable for their release into the wild.
The New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus), also referred to as the Greenshell® Mussel, has been harvested for human consumption since the beginning of human habitation in New Zealand. This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation...
















© 2000 - 2012. 5m Publishing, Benchmark House, 8 Smithy Wood Drive, Sheffield, S35 1QN, England. - A Benchmark Holdings Ltd. Company