Medicinal treatments

A researcher from Brazil’s UNESP university has identified a bacteria linked to a myriad of diseases in both humans and intensive tilapia aquaculture as part of her master’s thesis.

Jim Treasurer, co-editor of a new comprehensive publication on sea lice, looks back on over three decades of working to combat aquaculture’s best known and most costly ectoparasites.

Over one billion people depend on farmed fish as their main source of protein - but the industry faces multiple disease and sustainability challenges. A study suggests the phytobiotics may help fish farmers reduce their …

The environmental impacts of aquaculture are often in the spotlight. The need for sustainable practices is now firmly embedded in the minds of the public, governments and industry – but this sometimes presents trade-offs…

Asia’s shrimp farmers need to reboot their attitude to biosecurity and stocking densities, argues Robins McIntosh, in a follow-on to Monday’s article on the dangers of disinfection*.

The overuse of disinfectants, coupled with farmers’ willingness to exceed their systems’ carrying capacities, have been key factors in the downfall of the Asian shrimp sector over the last decade, according to Robins McI…

A consortium of researchers have reviewed and outlined the emerging and increasing disease threat facing Macrobrachium rosenbergii aquaculture and notes the sector's current reliance on antibiotic therapies.

Chile’s State Defence Council (CDE) is suing Nova Austral for damages to the sea floor stemming from farm operations in the Magallanes region.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN is recognising Mississippi State University’s (MSU) expertise in fisheries and aquaculture science by making it a reference centre on aquaculture biosecurity and antimicrob…

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans has published its assessment of Cooke’s potential expansion in Nova Scotia, with the company pushing back on different conclusions.

Two projects out of New Zealand's Cawthron Institute focusing on aquatic diseases and estuary monitoring have received significant financial support from the country's Endeavour Fund.

A new statistical model from the University of Copenhagen suggests that meteorological parameters and total annual fish yields are strongly related to the use of antimicrobial therapies.

Ecuador’s relatively extensive shrimp farming techniques have ensured that their shrimp are robust enough to cope with the presence of pathogens that would be disastrous in most parts of Asia – allowing them to continuou…

Benchmark is celebrating the first anniversary of Clean Treat’s commercial launch and is noting its customers increased efficiency and reduced sea lice treatment times.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has kicked off the third phase of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Imported Seafood Pilot programme, allowing port operators to leverage AI and machine learning to strengthen foo…

The West Bengal Fisheries department has banned 20 antibiotics and other pharmacologically active substances that are commonly used in shrimp aquaculture.

Benchmark has hired Preben Matre as the commercial lead for its Animal Health business area, where he will focus on the firm's sea lice solutions Ectosan Vet and CleanTreat.

New research suggests that tapeworms often found in the gut microbiome of Atlantic salmon can host their own microbial communities – potentially rewriting the parasitic treatment methods currently used in the aquaculture…

The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) has granted Ectosan Vet a marketing authorisation that allows producers to re-use treatment water as they tackle sea lice.

For the first time in Scotland an innovative water purification system will be trialled alongside a medicine used to treat sea lice on salmon, in what could be a major boost for fish health and wellbeing.