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Tunas and their relatives dominate the worlds largest ecosystemsand sustain some of the most valuable fisheries. The impacts offishing on these species have been debated intensively over thepast decade, giving rise to divergent views on the scale and extentof …

The Asian region is a major supplier of fish products to the EU market. Over the period 2005-2010 in particular, the aquaculture sector in some Asian countries became an important producer as well as exporter of whitefish and shrimps, according to information …

Little attention has been paid to the use of antibiotics in the aquaculture industry and to the spread of bacteria that are resistance to antibiotics. Since the antibiotics that are used in veterinary medicine and aquaculture belong to the same group of antibi…

Irish food and drink exports have passed 9 billion for the first time and the country has seen its food exports to Asia rise by 75 per cent since 2010, according to a new report from Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board.

This report collates the currently available evidence on marine fisheries and reviews its completeness and robustness using a gap analysis for future decision making and support development of the Marine Management Organisations fisheries evidence programme.

The Asian region is a major supplier of fish products to the EU market. Over the period 2005-2010 in particular, the aquaculture sector in some Asian countries became an important producer as well as exporter of whitefish and shrimps. This article provides a s…

In line with the Harvest Strategy Standard for New Zealand Fisheries, this document, from the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries, summarises the status of New Zealands fish stocks. The report finds that hoki and orange roughy have continued to increase…

The Asian region is a major supplier of fish products to the EU market. Over the period 2005-2010 in particular, the aquaculture sector in some Asian countries became an important producer as well as exporter of whitefish and shrimps.This article provides a su…

As part of the Chichester Harbour Oyster Partnership Initiative, this article by Lawrence Eagling and Antony Jensen, University of Southampton, analyses the reproductive success of oysters in Chichester Harbour, UK.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on mycobacterial infections of fish.

Professor Jeff Shields and colleagues at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have succeeded in their 15-year effort to unravel the life history of Hematodinium, a single-celled parasite that afflicts blue crabs and is of growing concern to aquaculture ope…

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of supplies, overseas trade and marketing of the UK fishing industry in 2011.

This article by Peggy Reed, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Ruth Ellen Klinger, and Denise Petty, from the University of Florida, looks at monogenean parasites of fish. Monogeneans are a class of parasitic flatworms that are commonly found on fishes and lower aquatic inve…

This study, by A. Sanseverino, D. Bastviken, I. Sundh, J. Pickova and A. Enrich-Prast, demonstrates the presence of specific fatty acids synthesized by methane oxidizing bacteria in fish tissues having low carbon stable isotope ratios by analysing fatty acids …

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the UK fishing industry landings in 2011.

This report led by Saraya Tavornpanich, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, looks at the spatial determinants of pancreas disease in the marine phase of Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming sites, and maps the disease risk areas.

The amount of time before the fish is bled is more important than the choice of bleeding method. This is among the conclusions of the Nofima scientists who have carried out experiments involving bleeding methods and the impact of the time interval from capture…

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the structure and activity of the UK fishing industry in 2011.

This article consolidates the findings of a report by the FAO which looked at the reduction of dependence on the utilisation of low-value fish as feed for aquaculture of marine finfish in the Asian Region.

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the UK fishing industry in 2011.

This publication by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a preliminary report for 2011 on commercial fisheries and a final report for recreational fisheries of the United States with landings from the US territorial seas, the US Exclusive …

The average UK adult is eating more fish than a generation ago. Trend data from the National Food Survey (NFS) and Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS) show how per-head consumption of fish is now around two per cent higher than in 1975, according to a report com…

This section of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2011 report provides an overview of the world fishing industry in 2011.

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Scalloped spiny lobster.

'The UK Fishing Industry in 2011: Landings' provides a comprehensive overview of the quantity and value of species landed by UK and foreign vessels into the UK and by UK vessels abroad. This new annual release provides users with advance access to information …

In a study led by R. Robles, Centro Tecnolgico de la Acui, Spain, the performance of gilthead sea bream juveniles fed diets with no fishmeal was compared to that of bream fed diets with 30 or 10 per cent fishmeal. Taken from the Global Aquaculture Advocate (Se…

Neil Wendover, MSD Animal Health, Singapore, uses field experiences from Asia to look at the implications of vaccine development for streptococcus in tilapia. Taken from the MSD Animal Health 'Bacterial Disease in Warmwater Fish: New Strategies for Sustainable…

This guide from the FAO Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme provides information on farming Pike-perch.