Development of New Management Strategies for Cod Mariculture
Two new projects have been funded by both the 6th EU Framework Programme on “Light Technology for Photoperiod Regulation in Cod Mariculture (CodLight-Tech)” and a Norwegian Research Council grant on “Novel narrow bandwidth lighting technology in cod farming...

Valuable discoveries in the cultivation of finfish larvae
By Jane Jordan, Editor, TheFishSite. The development of novel marine finfish production requires reliable and cost effective supplies of juvenile fish. The OPEL project - 'The optimisation of environmental conditions for cultivating marine finfish larvae'...

Managing Hatch Rate and Diseases in Catfish Eggs
By Brian C. Small and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Managing egg diseases and improving hatch rates in channel catfish hatcheries requires good husbandry and continuous attention to...

Trout Production: Handling Eggs and Fry
By Jeffrey M. Hinshaw and Skipper L. Thompson, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service.

Temperature-sensitive salmon eggs
NORWAY - Harald Takle, research fellow at AKVAFORSK, has identified several genes that are active when deformities occur at the egg stage in farmed salmon. He recently presented his findings in his doctoral dissertation at the Norwegian University of...

Culture of Freshwater Prawns in Temperate Climates: Management Practices and Economics
By the Mississippi State University - Commercial production of freshwater shrimp or prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) has been the subject of research and commercial enterprise in the United States for several decades. This species is native to the tropical...

Induced Spawning of Yellowtail and Sutchi Catfish with Pituitary Extract
Published by Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific - The main species of Pangasid catfishes recently adopted for culture with Indian Major Carps are Yellowtail catfish (Pangasius pangasius) and Sutchi catfish (Pangasius sutchi). These fishes...

The Effect of Two Initial Feed Sizes on Fingerling Growth in Mixed-Batch Catfish Ponds
By Donald W. Freeman USDA, ARS Aquaculture Systems Research Unit, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - A study is underway to assess the effectiveness of initially feeding a small-diameter, starter feed to mixed-size catfish ponds understocked a majority...

Optimum Size for Planting Hatchery Produced Oyster Seed
By Richard K. Wallace, F. Scott Rikard, Jeffrey C. Howe and David B. Rouse, Auburn University - The ability of hatcheries to produce oyster seed for stocking a variety of oyster culture operations is well established. Hatchery produced seed has not gained...

Spawning Stripers on Demand: Basic Research – Real World Uses
By Merrill Leffler, published by Maryland Sea Grant, University of Maryland - Aquaculture in the United States may have grown rapidly over this last decade, says Yonathan Zohar, "but it is still lagging 20 years behind the rest of the world." Zohar is...