Nutrition

By comparison with the vast sums of money involved in high-tech salmon farming the battle against parasites might seem like small fry, yet sea lice continue to elude modern eradication methods. Adam Anson, reporting for TheFishSite, finds out where the war is …

Science Discovers a Tastier Abalone

Husbandry Sustainability Clams

6 February 2009

Using Floating Vegetated Mats To Treat Fishery Wastewater

Biosecurity Water quality

5 February 2009

Saving water is an environmentally responsible goal, especially in the southeastern parts of the country, where droughts are fairly frequent, writes Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.

Production methods for blue mussels

Husbandry Technology & equipment Mussels

4 February 2009

Catching the Ethical Fish: No Strings Attached

Biosecurity Welfare

2 February 2009

The idea of ethical food is promoted in almost every modern supermarket, but when it comes to producing, catching and eating fish, deciding what ethical means isn't as easy as it seems, writes Adam Anson, reporting for TheFishSite.

January 2009

NIFES: Feed Gives Salmon Special K

Health Husbandry Salmonids

30 January 2009

Harmonising Nature and Technology with Aquaponics

Health Biosecurity

27 January 2009

Born from the abstract philosophy of ecocentric ideals, aquaponics has emerged at the very frontier of agricultural technology. Yet, many years after the modern concept was first realised it has yet to receive the commercial recognition that might unlock its t…

Fry Production: Getting the Salt Content Right

Health Welfare

27 January 2009

Catfish Feed Deliveries

Economics Politics

23 January 2009

Chinese Urbanisation to Swallow up Global Grains

Economics

22 January 2009

Kiotech's Financial Year Goes Swimmingly

Economics

22 January 2009

Raising the Developing World with Aquaculture

Husbandry Sustainability

20 January 2009

In this age of economic recession and ever worsening third world food crisis, it is increasingly important that developing countries find profitable industries for their sustained independence. As a source of both food and finance, it is not difficult to see w…

New Online Course in Sustainable Aquaculture

Health Biosecurity Trout

20 January 2009 Sponsored

Killer Whales Poisoned by PCB Tainted Fish

Health Biosecurity Salmonids

19 January 2009

Sustainable Feed Resources

Husbandry Sustainability

17 January 2009

Fish farming is very efficient in terms of the conversion of protein, which means an important ecological advantage in light of the sustainability of fish feed resources, says a report in the CONSENSUS brochure: 'Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe'.

Aquaponics: A Refreshing Eco Solution

Welfare Water quality

8 January 2009

Fishmeal Market Report - November 2008

Economics Politics

4 January 2009

In the third quarter of the year, fishmeal production was characterized by very limited catches, a normal feature for this period of the year, reports FAO Globefish.

December 2008

Study: Fish Memory May Lead to Greener Farming

Environment

30 December 2008

Natural Food Better for Tilapia, Fishery Exec Says

30 December 2008

Catfish Feed Deliveries

Economics Politics

23 December 2008

Artificial Bagged Bait Gives More Haddock

17 December 2008

Sustainable Feed for Seabream, Seabass and Trout

Health Welfare Trout

12 December 2008

US Concerns Raised over EU Stance on GM Food and Feed

Health Welfare

10 December 2008

While the European agricultural industry is a heavy consumer of genetically modified products - largely in animal feed - the industry is restricted in what it can grow, writes Chris Harris, TheFishSite senior editor.

Plant Feedstuffs: Inside the Salmon Gut

Health Welfare Salmonids

9 December 2008

Organic Aquaculture: What's in a Label?

Health Biosecurity Salmonids

7 December 2008

Increasing consumer awareness to unsustainable aquaculture practices have made the prospect of organic aquaculture both environmentally and economically fruitful, but strict standards make this goal difficult to achieve. As the US considers by-passing this obs…

Polyculture Pioneers Seeks Sustainable Aquaculture

Health Welfare Cod

5 December 2008

GM Restrictions: A Boon to the European Aquaculture?

1 December 2008

Several feed organisations in the EU have warned of the dangers posed by a lack of soya supplies, writes Rachel Ralte reporting for TheFishSite.

November 2008

Use of Fish in Animal Feeds: a Fresh Perspective

30 November 2008

Aquaculture is often condemned by many lobby groups because it uses about 43 percent of global fish meal production and 85 percent of fish oil, writes Simon Wilkinson for the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia Pacific (NACA).

Marine Finfish : The Use of Poultry By-product Meals in Pelleted Feed for Humpback Grouper

1 November 2008

Grouper farming, especially in Southeast Asia, is still heavily dependent on feeding with trash fish, say Rossita Shapawi, Saleem Mustafa and Wing-Keong Ng of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific.

October 2008

Effects of Probiotic Bacilli on the Enhancement of Feeding Efficiency

1 October 2008

The probiotic bacillus highly increase thegrowth performances and feeding efficiency in Acipenser nudiventris larvae says a report by H. Jafaryan and A. Bagheri of the Department of Fisheries, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural, and R. Asad…

September 2008

The main ingredients of fish feed

Feed ingredients

26 September 2008

The main ingredients of feeds for farmed carnivorous fish species are fishmeal and fish oil, at levels of about 25 percent and 30 percent, respectively, according to a new report, called Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe.

Utilisation of Plant Proteins in Fish Diets

22 September 2008

The use of plant proteins in fish diets is having an increasing effect on global demand and supplies of grains and oilseeds, says R.W. Hardy, University of Idaho, Aquaculture Research Institute.

The Concept of Ideal Protein in Formulation of Aquaculture Feeds1

8 September 2008

By Richard D. Miles and Frank A. Chapman 2. Aquaculture feeds characteristically contain a higher percent of protein than feeds used in agriculture for poultry, swine, and beef.

June 2008

Meriden at World Aquaculture in Korea

Post-harvest

24 June 2008

March 2008

Gut Morphology - A Key to Efficient Nutrition

20 March 2008

Gut function and its efficiency is one of the keys to successful commercial production of fish species. TheFishSite Editor, Jane Jordan, looks at a paper by John Sweetman, Arkadios Dimitroglou, Simon Davies and Silvia Torrecillas on gut morphology and how a he…