BASIC PARAMETERS ON HANDLING OF AQUACULTURAL PONDS
WATER REPLACEMENT
Amount of oxigen dissolved
Evaporation and filtering
Water temperature
Coloring
Salinity
Turbidity
pH
TEMPERATURE
Water temperature shall be between 25 and 32°C, being the optimal between 29 …
Omer M. Yousif, Kumar K.M. Krishnankutty and Abdul Fatah Ali, Aquaculture and Marine Studies Center, Abu Al Abyad Island, Department of the President's Affairs, looked at the reproductive performance, growth and survival of wild and pond-reared giant tiger shr…
Several indices were examined to assess the physical condition of wrasse stocked on Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, farms as cleaner fish, and included examination of eye condition, snout erosion, skin hemorrhaging, and erosion and splitting of dorsal, pectoral,…
Worldwide harvest of farmed tilapia has now surpassed 800,000 metric tons, and tilapia are second only to carps as the most widely farmed freshwater fish in the world, reveal Thomas Popma, from Auburn University and Michael Masser from Texas A&M University…
Introduction
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have received increasing attention as tools in fisheries management and conservation. However, examples of replicated experiments that sampled organismal density before and after establishment of MPAs at sites both in…
INDIA - A scientist and his team of the Division of Fisheries Science, Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Port Blair, have initiated research on breeding and larval rearing of Giant Freshwater Prawn (M Rosenbergii) under controlled conditions at t…
By Laura Tiu and Geoff Wallat, Ohio State University - This article provides answers to a number of frequently asked questions regards the cultivation of freshwater prawns in ponds. The article has a focus on Southern Ohio but is equally relevant to many other…
By Aquamedia - Welcome to Aquatour, a virtual tour of European fish farming. Aquatour takes you across Europe to see what fish are reared, how and where fish are farmed and to meet the people who work in this dynamic and developing sector. The 5 farms included…
For her doctorate, Dr Janicke Nordgreen has studied nociception and pain in teleost fish. Her conclusion is that it is very likely the fish feel pain, according to the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.
Following a request from the European Commission, the AHAW Panel was asked to deliver a Scientific Opinion on the animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and seabream (Sparus aurata). This Opinion was later publish…
By Don Webster, Eastern Shore Area Agent and Don Merritt, Shellfish Aquaculture Specialist, published by Maryland Sea Grant, University of Maryland - If you thought that the only reason to raise oysters was for market, there are several hundred people in Maryl…
By Mr. David L. Heikes, Dr. Carole R. Engle, and Dr. Pierre Justin Kouka, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - In May of 1993, a pilot catfish verification program was initiated by the Arkansas Cooperative Extension System to provide production support to th…
Randy Sell, Research Assistant and Dwight Aakre, Farm Mangement Specialist, North Dakota State University report on farming tilapia and discuss the characteristics, marketing and economic feasibility of tilapia aquaculture.
