Reproductive Physiology of Fish: a 30 Year Overview
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, Société Française d’Ichtyologie.

ISA: Beneath the Surface of Chile's Troubled Waters
In Chile's Roman numeral system of designated regions, it is known as Region XII. Here, amongst the penguins, ñandus, guanacos and condors, the world's second largest salmon population is undergoing a crisis that seems set to devastate the region, both...

Opportunities to Meet the Rising Demand in Global Aquaculture
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...

Oyster Producers Lose a Generation
France's oyster industry is still reeling from a body blow to Europe's oyster capital, the Marennes basin where the Ile d'Oleron faces the twin estuaries of the rivers Seudre and Charente across a narrow tidal strait. This stretch of water is one of...

Fighting Illegal Imports to Beat Disease Threat
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.

US Feed Outlook July 2008
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...

Light Finds the Parasitic Nematode
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.

Strategy for Improved Pest Control on Irish Salmon Farms
A new report from the Irish Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food looks at fresh strategies for controlling sea lice in farmed salmon.

Oyster Market - 2008
At the end of the oyster season in Europe FAO Globefish reviews the market situation including import and export sales.

Reducing Burrowing Shrimps’ Impact on Oyster Production
By Laura McGinnis, USDA Agricultural Research Service, published in the May/June 2008 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

Off Flavour Problems in Farmed Trout
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...

Hatchery White Spot Infections: Making a Clean Sweep of It
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...

Hatchery White Spot Infections: Making a Clean Sweep
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.

Towards Sustainable Development in Aquaculture
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...

Step by step guide to a marine water parasite prevention plan (PPP)
By Neil Wendover and Cedric Komar, Intervet Norbio Singapore. 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.