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.

Evaluation of Fish Vaccination Machines In Norway
By Solveig Nygaard, Fiskehelse og Miljø AS, Veterinary Specialist - In the early years of the salmon industry in Norway, vaccination by hand was essentially the only method used to vaccinate fish. However, since then, a number of vaccination machines...

Welfare In Farmed Fish
By Børge Damsgård, Jon-Erik Juell and Bjarne O. Braastad, Fiskeriforskning - The interest of fish welfare is increasing, both in Norway and internationally, leading to an increasing need for scientific knowledge about basic and applied questions related...

Epizootics of fish - Wild and Farmed
By Martin Krkosek, Mark A. Lewis, Alexandra Morton, L. Neil Frazer, and John P. Volpe - The continuing decline of ocean fisheries and rise of global fish consumption has driven aquaculture growth by 10% annually over the last decade.

China Exporter Guide 2006
By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - In 2005, China Customs reported total agriculture, fisheries and forest product imports of over $35 billion.

Farmed vs Wild Salmon? - A comparison
By David Cox, the Fish Vet Group - "You don't want to eat that - it's farmed!! How often have we heard that phrase? So-called discerning gourmets pontificating on the relative demerits, rarely (if ever) merits of farmed salmon versus the real thing.

Proliferative Kidney Disease
By Charles McGurk, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland and published in Intervet's Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter - Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) has been recognised as a parasitic disease of great economic significance to...

Important Parasitic Diseases In Cultured Marine Fish In The Asia-Pacific Region
By Leong Tak Seng, Zilong Tan and William J. Enright and published by Intervet - Parasitic infections and associated diseases are becoming more frequent with the intensification of mariculture systems in many parts of the Asia Pacific region. In this...

Like Fish To Water
By Fiskeriforskning - Water quality can be a limiting factor in achieving optimal growth and welfare of farmed cod. Fiskeriforskning has set focus on how water quality can affect cod in the larval and fry stages.

Opinions of U.S. Consumers Toward Marine Shrimp: Results of a 2000-2001 Survey
By Terrill Hanson and Stephen Sempier, Mississippi State University; Lisa House, University of Florida; S. Sureshwaran, USDA and Gwen Hanks, South Carolina State University - This bulletin presents results from a 2000-2001 fish and seafood consumption...

Aquaculture Outlook Report - October 2006
By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the October 2006: Aquaculture Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture Industry data.

Transfer of diseases between fish farms
By Fiskeriforskning - In collaboration with Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Fiskeriforskning is investigating transfer of bacterial and viral diseases between various farmed fish species in a tank system specially designed for such purposes.

Effects and Benefits of Fish Vaccination
By Intervet - Fish vaccination during the last decade has proven to be highly effective in reducing economic losses caused by mortality and reduced growth.

Regional Review On Aquaculture Development: Latin America and the Caribbean 2005.
By Paul G. Olin, University of California, Davis - The world population is on the rise, as is the demand for aquatic food products. Production from capture fisheries at the global level is levelling off and most of the main fishing areas have reached...

Healthy fish through selective breeding
By Fiskeriforskning - Extensive economic losses may be experienced in aquaculture as a consequence of disease outbreaks.