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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…

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

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 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…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming brine shrimps.

Roel H Bosma of Wageningen University, Netherlands has modelled the financial feasibility of transforming extensive shrimp ponds in the Mahakam delta, Indonesia, into sustainable aquaculture ecosystems, writes Lucy Towers, TheFishSite Editor, from AQUA 2012, P…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Atlantic Cod.

This practical manual is produced by the Philippines national team under the ASEAN Foundation supported project "Strengthening capacity of small holder ASEAN aquaculture farmers for competitive and sustainable aquaculture" implemented by NACA in five ASEAN cou…

Food quality is increasingly becoming a global concept as suppliers and retailers become larger and fewer. Food should be responsibly sourced, safe and traceable to the farm. In addition, the ethical aspects concerning food production, such as protection of th…

Farmed salmon smolts become more robust and more likely to survive if they undergo optimal aerobic exercise training prior to sea transfer. This was the main message from Chilean Vicente Castro in his doctoral defense in Norway recently.