Florfenicol (FLR) is a commonly used antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial diseases in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. In this study, Xianyun Ren, Luqing Pan and Lin Wang, Ocean University of China, evaluated the tissue distribution and elimination, cha…
With interest in culturing tilapia in marine habitats increasing, producers must obtain tilapia capable of growing well in seawater, writes Mohammad T. Ridha, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. Taken from the Global Aquaculture Advocate, a Global Aquacu…
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.
The evolution of freshwater shrimps species living in both sides of Central America, isolated by the closure of Isthmus of Panama (3 million years ago) were studied by molecular tools.
Individual differences in moving activity in a novel environment are linked to individual differences in vulnerability to angling, according to an experimental study completed at the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Ins…
New research has discovered that the reduction of gonadal stem cells will yield more male zebrafish. The findings, by Lszl Orbn et al, Temasek Life SciencesLaboratory, suggest that a stem cell counting mechanism in the zebrafish gonad is important for determin…
Half-century-old roads connecting portions of Bahamian islands while fragmenting the tidal waters below leads to rapid and interesting changes in the fish living in those fragmented sections, according to a new study from North Carolina State University.
Researchers report that some stickleback fish fathers can have long-term effects on the behavior of their offspring. The most attentive fish dads cause their offspring to behave in a way that makes them less susceptible to predators. These behavioral changes a…
