Researchers from the Department of Environmental Management at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Viet Nam, look at methods to improve tilapia cage farming in Tien Giang, Viet Nam.
The current advice offered by the Zambian Government's Fisheries Department on farming tilapia is very diverse and ranges from the polyculture of three different species to monoculture. This article, by Emmanuéle Cayron-Thomas of Kalimba Farms, compares...
In November, Jim Skurla, the director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth, gave the public another reason to feel good about eating Lake Superior fish —...
Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre, writes Andrew Morgan.
On December 17 2010, the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal....
Often producers find that at pond draining there are significantly fewer fish than there were at stocking time. Karen Veverica from the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures at the International Centre for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments...
Both government regulators and the Canadian salmon aquaculture industry face ongoing pressure to reduce the industry’s potentially adverse effects on the surrounding natural aquatic environment. One option currently being considered is “closed-containment,”...
Marine fish farming has grown substantially in China, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam, write Kongeo, H. from the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, Thailand, Wayne, C. from Guangdong Provincial Aquatic Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention...
Speaking at Aquaculture 2010, Dr Rik Breur from Micanti, explained how non-toxic antifouling is a break-through for an industry battling with biofouling. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite junior editor reports.
The global aquaculture industry currently accounts for over 45 per cent of all seafood consumed. That figure has been projected to increase to 75 per cent over the next 20 years. Are probiotics necessary to achieve this? Abdel Hamid Eid and K Mohamed...
It appears that the 2006 EU ban against Antibiotic Growth Promoters in animal feeds has taken a world leading stance in a trend that is likely to continue in order to eliminate residual drugs in food and protect the efficacy of drugs for human health,...
The crawfish or 'crayfish' industry is continuing to grow in certain areas of the world. This article looks at production systems including equipment, monocropping and crop rotation systems.
A Texas AgriLife Research scientist in Corpus Christi believes he has achieved a new world record in shrimp production using an environmentally friendly system with no water exchange throughout the growing cycle.
Information on the culture of the milkfish (Chanos chanos) from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.
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...
















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