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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…

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.

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…

Temperature changes can alter the growth, survival and feed conversion of cultured Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. To examine the effects of temperature on these performance factors, Dr Chalor Limsuwan, Kasetsart University, and Dr Carlos A. Ching,…

Atmospheric gases naturally diffuse between air and water to reach an equilibrium of pressure. Gases dissolve in the blood of fish and shrimp, and equilibrate with gases in the animails water. When water is suddenly warmed, gas bubbles can form in the blood of…