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

Fishers and fish farmers
By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and extracted from The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006

US Catfish Outlook Report - February 2007
By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the February 2007: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting Global Catfish Industry data.

Some Reminders on Extralabel Drug Use in Food-Producing Animals
By Dr. David Smith, Associate Professor Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska.

Columnaris In Tilapia
By Intervet - Columnaris caused by Flavobacterium columnare (previously called Flexibacter Columnaris, Cytophaga columnare or Myxobacterium columnare) is one of the most common diseases in tilapia culture.

Advances in Immunology - The Best Shot at Disease Prevention
By the USDA's ARS - 2005 was a good year for immunology. That was the year officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the elimination of rubella in the United States.

Catfish Genome's Key to Higher Quality, Profits
By the USDA's Agricultural Research Service - Channel catfish is the leading U.S. aquaculture species, with about 600 million pounds processed annually.

International Principles for Responsible Shrimp Farming
Shrimp farming is one of the fastest growing aquaculture sectors in many parts of the world and also one of the most controversial. Rapid expansion of this sector generated income for many countries, but has been accompanied by rising concerns over environmental...

Stakes rising as Biofuels consume global commodity stocks faster than production is rising
TheFishSite Editorial - An unprecedented period of commodity volatility is upon us as corn prices rose above US$4 per bushel (March 07 delivery) for the first time in a decade last week, this time it seems that the point of inflection could have been...

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia of Fishes
By Philip E. McAllister - Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a systemic infection of various salmonid and a few nonsalmonid fishes, is caused by a rhabdovirus designated as the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (Office International des Epizooties ...

Transportation of Fish in Bags
By L. Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, Purdue University - Fish, shellfish, and plants often are transported in sealed plastic bags containing small quantities of water and pure oxygen.

State Of World Aquaculture 2006
By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - This document analyses the past trends that have led the aquaculture sector to its current status and describes its current status globally.

Species Profile: Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens
By J. M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Over their current geographical range, yellow perch, Perca flavescens, are viewed variously as a...

Vibriosis In Atlantic Cod - A Challenge In Intensive Culture
By Solveig Nygaard, Fish Health and Environment Inc, and published in Intervet's Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter - Vibriosis, as caused by the bacteria Listonella (Vibrio) anguillarum, was the first of the known bacterial fish diseases.

Review of the current state of world aquaculture insurance
By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - A summary of the regional syntheses was made, together with conclusions and clear recommendations at various levels to increase the contribution of aquaculture insurance to the sustainable management and development...