EM Leano and CV Mohan from the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific look at the welfare of farmed fish, the current legislation and the challenges faced as public perception changes.
Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD), caused by the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum, is a systemic, chronic infection of salmonids that has been reported throughout the world wherever salmonids are cultured or occur naturally (with a few exceptions such as Irel…
European legislation (EC directive 2006/88) requires that fish farms are individually ranked for the risk of disease introduction and spread, toenable risk-based surveillance (RBS).
