Coho salmon are returning from the ocean to spawn in the Russian River and its tributaries in numbers not seen in a decade, raising a glimmer of hope that a hatchery programme may be helping the endangered species.
A new catfish disease, caused bya previously unseen strain of the Aeromonas hydrophilabacteria, appeared in Alabama in the summer of 2009. Andy Goodwin, Professor/ Associate Director of Fish Health at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, gives an update on t…
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) virus, which has invaded the Great Lakes, is a potential threat in the Western US, according to Jerri Bartholomew, Oregon State University, and Gael Kurath and Evi Emmenegger, USGS Western Fisheries Research Centre.
Alan Millar, Principal Research Scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney looks at what macroalgae are and how they benefit the marine envirionment.
Bacterial disease remains a costly problem for producers of tilapia and other warmwater fish, but can be managed effectively with integrated, sustainable programs involving vaccines and new-generation antibiotics developed specifically for aquaculture, accordi…
Adult cod seem to have the entire ocean at their disposal, and yet each individual cod still chooses their own local shipwreck, which they swim back to faithfully day after day. This is just one of the fascinating results from research using acoustic tags whic…
Steps are being taken in the shellfish industry together with the Food Standards Agency in the UK to improve the classification system for bivalve beds around the British coastline, writes TheFishSite Editor in Chief, Chris Harris.
