Every day, new reports are published in newspapers worldwide reporting about the effects of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their consequences on human health, according to Biomin.
With salmon prices reaching extraordinary highs last year, Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor speaks with Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of Marine Harvest to get a global market outlook.
Viet Nam is an amazing country, in theory Communist, but where free enterprise flourishes, writes Suart Lumb for TheFishSite.
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 22-month trial with Atlantic salmon in a commercial scale farm in Norway demonstrated the practicality of using feed with low levels of marine protein. The trial followed a complete generation of salmon from smolt to harvest.
Mycotoxin analysis results for the second quarter of 2011 from Biomin, including more than 2,800 analyses of more than 800 animal feed ingredients. At least one mycotoxin was found in 90 per cent of the samples.
Mycotoxins are produced by a wide array of diverse fungal species that are not generally pathogens. Most of the agricultural important mycotoxins are produced primarily by three genera of fungi: Aspergillus, Peniccillium and Fusarium.
Mycotoxin risk management tool involves both the elimination of mycotoxins by adsorptive materials, and the conversion of their toxic structures into non-toxic, harmless metabolites, according to BIOMIN.
The "fish of the future" was unveiled at the European Seafood Exhibition in Brussels earlier this year, writes TheFishSite senior editor Chris Harris.
Sustainable aquaculture and the Saudi Arabian desert at first do not appear to be compatible, writes TheFishSite senior editor Chris Harris.
Information on the culture of the barramundi/ seabass (Lates calcarifer) from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.
Science has progressed at an astonishing rate over the last ten years alone. Some of the most important developments in scientific breakthrough have been in the realm of agriculture, aquaculture, biotechnology, atmospheric & oceanic science.
Information on the culture of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.
Information on the culture of the Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.
Information on the culture of the meagre (Argyrosomus regius) from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme.
















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