Husbandry

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming red claw crayfish.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Pike-perch.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Orange-spotted grouper.

Based on extensive studies carried out in the last five years, University of Maine Ph.D. student Kevin Neves and the University of Maines Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) Director Nick Brown have determined that cod living at high densities a…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming North African catfish.

Kudoa is a microscopic parasite found in several marine fish species worldwide. Enzymes produced by these parasites can make fish flesh soft or even gel-like, a condition commonly referred to as soft flesh. The parasite does not infect humans. NIFES has previo…

Fluctuating asymmetry (defined as small random deviations from the ideal bilateral symmetry) in isolated stickleback populations has been hypothesised to increase in response to both genetic and environmental stress experienced by a population, writes Nina Tro…

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

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

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Indo-Pacific swamp crab.

Fish are constantly being moved and transported, having both an affect on their health and on their meat quality. Hans Van de Vis, from the Netherlands Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies has looked at the stress response in farmed African c…