Breeding & genetics

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Indian Carp (Catla catla).

White sturgeon have successfully been bred in captivity by the Department of Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources at the University of Los Lagos, Chile.

Aquaculture is growing so rapidly that it accounts for almost 50 per cent of all fish brought to the table. Rebecca Chappell, SDNN looks at leading fish farms in San Diego, US.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Japanese eel.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Crucian carp.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming meagre.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming European eel.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Siberian sturgeon.

As the price of non-GM feed soars, the European meat industry - bound by strict regulations - struggles to compete both in global and domestic markets, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite.

Since its adoption for aquaculture Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) has proven popular for its ease of culture, robustness, palatability, and tolerance of a range of environmental conditions, say Belton, B., Turongruang, D., Bhujel, R. and Little, D.C. Thi…

As the fishing season peaks, the waters of British Columbia should be boiling over with sockeye salmon, instead they lie quiet and still, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite. The disastrous failure of this year's run has led to many angry questions, but like the fi…

The New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus), also referred to as the Greenshell Mussel, has been harvested for human consumption since the beginning of human habitation in New Zealand. This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Uni…

The European research consortia SELFDOTT and ALLOTUNA recently succeeded in controlling the reproduction of the Atlantic bluefin tuna in captivity and began larval rearing work.