Hatcheries

Penaeid shrimp production is under continuous threat by bacterial and particularly viral infections which have caused disastrous collapses of the industry in all major shrimp producing countries. This article reports on recent progress in the development of fe…

The level of success we get in catfish farming is usually tied to the level of management practices we decide to put in place in conjuction with the level of efficiency we achieve from our culture systems, writes Lanre Ogunsina, Fish Unlimited in Part 1.

Problems with lice and losses can be heavily reduced by placing farmed fish in closed systems until the fish reach a weight of one kilo. This has been shown by research conducted by scientists at Uni Research in Bergen, Norway.

This guide from Infonet-Biovision provides easy to follow information on hatchery management and tilapia fingerling production.

This publication summarizes basic management practices for the majority of farmers raising marine shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in Indiana, US, based on the most current literature available, writes Robert Rode, Purdue University.

Research into the use of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) addresses the question of how to achieve profitable production while consistently recycling water and nutrients with minimal fresh water demand and waste production. M Buric et al, University of …

This is the second of a series of three articles that focuses on biosecurity in aquaculture. The aim is to provide baseline information for the aquaculture community. In the first article, we focused on biosecurity at the international level. In this article, …

Anyone dining out in many countries and certainly England would expect to find prawn cocktail as a starter on the menu, although in fact the crustacean they are eating may well be shrimp. Most diners will not give much thought as to the origin of the crustacea…

This is the first of a series of three articles that focuses on biosecurity in aquaculture. Far from pretending to be guidelines, the aim of this article is to provide baseline information for the aquaculture community regarding the importance and complexity o…

Research by A. M. Abdelhamid and Ahmed Ismail Mehrim, Al-Mansoura University and I.A.Radwan and A.F.Abdelhamid, Al-Hamoul Fish Hatchery looks at the possibility of reducing cannibalism among newly hatched catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fry by grading.