Husbandry

Problems with lice and losses can be heavily reduced by placing farmed fish in closed systems until the fish reach a weight of one kilo. This has been shown by research conducted by scientists at Uni Research in Bergen, Norway.

Scientists are keen to sort farmed salmon and provide them with exercise right from the early stages of their growth, in order to equip them to deal with the stress of transfer to the sea.

This publication summarizes basic management practices for the majority of farmers raising marine shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in Indiana, US, based on the most current literature available, writes Robert Rode, Purdue University.

Muhammad Kasnir et al, Indonesia Moeslim University, Indonesia, carried out physicochemical studies to asses water resource in Mangara Bombang District, South Sulawesi in relation to their potential for shrimp aquaculture use.

This is the second of a series of three articles that focuses on biosecurity in aquaculture. The aim is to provide baseline information for the aquaculture community. In the first article, we focused on biosecurity at the international level. In this article, …

The purpose of this research by David C. Love et al, Johns Hopkins University, US, was to document the production methods, crop and fish yields, and profitability of commercial aquaponics in the United States (US) and internationally.

Organic aquaculture has been implemented in Turkey since 2010. As organic aquaculture represents a new practice area and sufficient promotional efforts and governmental support is not available, satisfactory levels have not been achieved yet in this sector. In…

Although the effects of fish density on the performance of fish have been widely studied, there has been little work done into the effect of cage size on seabass performance, said Athanasios Samaras speaking at Aquaculture Europe 2014, writes Lucy Towers, TheF…

Due to nitrate accumulation during nitrification and low water-exchange rates in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), nitrate levels can build up. Hendrik Monsees has therefore investigated the effect that exposose to high nitrate concentration has on juve…