Technology & equipment

As fish farm units (cages) get bigger, producers are using various techniques and equipment to better manage their stocks, says a report in the CONSENSUS brochure: 'Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe'.

Rapid increases in production have led to falling prices, which in turn have put increasing pressures on producers to limit costs. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how the different systems of production work.

During the 19th century the Chesapeake oyster fishery on Marylands Eastern Shore was said to be the biggest in the world, but over the years the oyster population fell to one disaster after another. Today the population stands at an estimated one per cent of i…

This document aims to provide a better understanding of the role of the economic, institutional and sociocultural components within the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) process and to examine some potential methods and approaches that may facilitate the a…

An aquaculture plan has been drawn up to help the Great Sandy region of Queensland by finding the most suitable sites for aquaculture development and providing guidelines to ensure that only suitable development is approved. The Draft Great Sandy regional mari…

This feature is an extract taken from a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. You can view the full report by clicking on the link provided below.

As the pressure grows on salmon farmers to guarantee there is no cross over between farmed and wild salmon, more and more research is being carried out into new technologies to ensure a complete separation, writes TheFishSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.

Land based aquaculture using water recirculation within fish tanks will become increasingly important. However, maintaining water quality and hence fish performance, can be difficult. TheFishSite talks to Sheila Kvindesland, International Projects Developer at…

This is a summary of the public hearing draft of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Red Drum, Reef Fish and Stone Crab Fishery Management Plans and the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Joint Spiny Lobster and Coastal …

This article has been prepared as a practical guide-line to help small to medium size marine cage farmers within the Asia-Pacific region cope with common external parasites, write Neil Wendover and Cedric Komar, Intervet Norbio Singapore.

By Ian Russell, Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory and published by CEFAS Finfish News - Issue 3, Winter/Spring 2007.

By Cortney L. Ohs, Assistant Professor; Scott W. Grabe, Research Technician and R. LeRoy Creswell, Marine Extension Agent. Published by the University of Florida IFAS Extension.

By C. Douglas Minchew, Mack W. Fondren, Edwin H. Robinson, of Mississippi State University and John W. Watson and Charles W. Taylor of NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center (SRAC).

Shrimp farming is one of the fastest growing aquaculture sectors in many parts of the world and also one of the most controversial. Rapid expansion of this sector generated income for many countries, but has been accompanied by rising concerns over environment…

By Solveig Nygaard, Fiskehelse og Milj AS, Veterinary Specialist - In the early years of the salmon industry in Norway, vaccination by hand was essentially the only method used to vaccinate fish. However, since then, a number of vaccination machines have appea…

By Jeffrey M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service.

TEXAS - The Gulf Marine Institute of Technology (GMIT), an IRS approved non-profit research institute, has been trying to initiate aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico since 1995 and has been involved in a "duel with the titans" to convince current Lt. Governor a…

Fisheries bycatch of marine animals has been linked to population declines of multiple species, including many sea turtles. John Wang et al, University of Hawaii, examined the effectiveness of illuminating gillnets with ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes f…