Production systems

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming mrigal carp (Cirrhinus mrigala).

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming milkfish - from sourcing fry to marketing milkfish globally.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Japanese eel.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Crucian carp.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming meagre.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming European eel.

Andrew Morgan explains how climate change may affect shellfish production cycles in his article in New Zealand Aquaculture.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Siberian sturgeon.

Lars Bannenberg of KSG Apeldoorn High School in the Netherlands and Cawthron Institute in New Zealand explains how micro-algae are grown at the Institute, and how culture methods are being improved. His article was published in New Zealand Aquaculture.

AquaReg an Interreg IIIC project has investigated ways to establish reliable and low cost methods for culturing European clawed lobsters (Homarus gammarus) under controlled conditions to a size suitable for their release into the wild.

The New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus), also referred to as the Greenshell Mussel, has been harvested for human consumption since the beginning of human habitation in New Zealand. This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Uni…

The European research consortia SELFDOTT and ALLOTUNA recently succeeded in controlling the reproduction of the Atlantic bluefin tuna in captivity and began larval rearing work.

Crucian carp is a freshwater fish that inhabits lakes, rivers and reservoirs in various countries in Asia and Europe. In this fact sheet, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the different systems of crucian carp production …

Once described as the holy grail of aquaculture, a new breakthrough in cod may be about to change the way we farm fish forever, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite.

This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how the different systems of Coho Salmon production work

The whiteleg shrimp is native to the Eastern Pacific coast from Sonora, Mexico in the North, through Central and South America as far South as Tumbes in Peru. This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how …

Once the sole domain of wealthy businessmen and fish experts, aquaculture is becoming increasingly attractive as a domestic amateur hobby. Adam Anson, reporting for TheFishSite, finds out what it takes to get started.