Disease

The Scottish salmon farming sector is due to face another round of criticism, with the launch of a new documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet, in September.

After graduating with a degree in natural resource management, Emmanuel Dery started the first fish farm in Ghana’s Northern and Upper Regions, with the support of the Canada International Development Agency (CIDA).

The first disease challenge trails conducted in a new recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) has offered fresh insights into the spread of disease in these increasingly popular facilities.

A new service that automatically alerts salmon farmers to non-notifiable diseases – such as pasteurellosis, CMS, AGD – in their area has been launched by Manolin today.

Though diagnostic laboratories provide essential support for Indonesia's shrimp farmers, only 10 percent of producers use them regularly, making sustainable growth goals harder to achieve.

Effluent from shrimp ponds can have a significant impact on the natural environment and on neighbouring shrimp farms, but there are a number of ways to reduce this impact, for the good of both the farmers and their surro…

Juvenile salmon experience higher mortalities if transferred to sea at a larger size, according to an extensive new study based on eight years of data.

Eggs from infected shrimp broodstock have been shown to produce healthy post-larvae if properly disinfected, prompting a major hatchery to change its protocols and a huge spike in juvenile survival rates.

S2G Ventures, Thai Union and Agriline have invested $4.3 million in ViAqua Therapeutics to help develop its RNA-based shrimp health platform and bring other health and nutrition projects closer to commercialisation.

An unprecedented global strategy on aquatic animal health - including substantial coverage of the aquaculture sector - has been published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) with the support of its 182 memb…

After less than five years in the shrimp farming business, Naeem Banglawala of MVJ Group has overcome disease outbreaks and equipment failures and can now produce two crops every year – without a loss.

Eight urban aquaculture projects are among the 12 projects chosen to receive a share of $23 million in funding from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).

Software that’s now capable of predicting the early onset of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) as well as pancreas disease (PD) has just been launched by Manolin.

The portal of entry of one of shrimp aquaculture’s most deadly and costly diseases has finally been discovered, thanks to a research breakthrough that could have profound implications for the shrimp farming industry.

Skretting and Proteon Pharmaceuticals are joining forces to develop bacteriophage technology for aquaculture.

Recent experiments have shown that crude venom from the Acromitus flagellatus jellyfish can slow – and even reverse – human liver and lung cancer cell growth, suggesting that it could be a promising cancer treat…

Advice on how to avoid major shrimp losses from early mortality syndrome (EMS) – one of the most devastating diseases to hit shrimp aquaculture in the last decade.

Mozambique’s fishery authorities say they are on high alert for a potential outbreak of red spot disease after a recent outbreak in neighbouring Malawi.

The governments of the five largest shrimp producing nations have been urged to take increased and immediate action to address the continued outbreak and emergence of new diseases in shrimp farms.

New methods for performing freshwater treatments against sea lice and amoebic gill disease (AGD) in salmon farms have been successfully developed and trialled in Ireland.