European aquaculture production has continued to increase rapidly during the past 15 years due to expansion in the marine sector in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, reports the European Environmental Agency.
Channel catfish are native to flowing waters in temperate environments within North America, including southern Canada and northern Mexico. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how the different systems of catfish production wor…
Poor environmental management coupled with ill-conceived site location alienates many fish farmers from local communities and the wider public as a whole, writes Adam Anson, reporting for TheFishSite.
Mangroves are essentially a tropical group of salt tolerant plants that occupy the inter-tidal zone of sheltered coasts around estuaries and lagoons, writes Simon Wilkinson for the Network of Aquaculture Centres Asia-Pacific.
As sea creatures go, shrimp are extraordinarily diverse. From tropical estuarine ecosystems to shallow shelves, continental slopes and deep seas as well as the open ocean, shrimp exist in almost all geographical locations around the world. Yet, in spite of the…
Throughout much of the UK wild stocks of the native flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, are severely depleted as a result of two centuries of overexploitation, pests, disease, pollution and harsh winters and are now considered rare enough to have a Species Action Plan…
Viet Nam exported nearly 550 000 tonnes of tra and basa pangasius (commonly called pangasius) in the first ten months of 2008, for a value of USD 1.24 billion, says this FAO Globefish report.
