Welfare

In a study by Rachel Cristina Prehl Alves et al, Universidade de So Paulo, the authors evaluated the stunning effectiveness of thermonarcosis, carbon dioxide narcosis and electronarcosis by assessing the electrical brain activity of tilapia. Although results v…

Scientists are keen to sort farmed salmon and provide them with exercise right from the early stages of their growth, in order to equip them to deal with the stress of transfer to the sea.

Although the effects of fish density on the performance of fish have been widely studied, there has been little work done into the effect of cage size on seabass performance, said Athanasios Samaras speaking at Aquaculture Europe 2014, writes Lucy Towers, TheF…