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Southeast Asia's largest, yet long-troubled shrimp farming firm, PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, has been given a much-needed boost as the Asset Management Company (PPA) managed to seal a US$240 million commitment to help finance the firm's revitalization.

During Aquaculture Europe 2013, Kamaran S. Mama and Shamall M. A. Abdullah, University Salahaddin, Iraq, presented their study on the ciliated protozoans that infected common carp from Ainkawa fish hatchery in Erbil city, Kurdistan region, Iraq.

Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) is a high-value, niche market species for cold-water marine aquaculture. In a University of Stirling study, Christos Palaiokostas et al discovered that all-female halibut production is commercially possible using in…

Speaking at the 150th Annual AVMA Convention in Chicago, US, Nicholas Saint-Erne, DVM PetSmart, Phoenix, Arizona, gave an insight into ornamental koi carp.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on acclimating Pacific white shrimp to inland, low-salinity waters.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on aquatic weed management. Specifically, the document looks at herbicide safety, technology and application techniques.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on shipping fish in boxes.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on hard clam hatchery and nursery production.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on partitioned aquaculture systems.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on fertilizing fish ponds.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on pond aeration.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on liming ponds for aquaculture.

Careful financial management is essential for the success of an aquaculture business. While financial management is a complex topic that can be approached from many perspectives, some of the key questions that the manager of an aquaculture business must answer…

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on how to start a biofilter.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on managing ammonia in fish ponds.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on managing high pH in freshwater ponds.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on algal toxins in aquaculture.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives an overview of biosecurity in aquaculture.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on biosecurity in aquaculture, focusing on recirculating aquaculture systems.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on the post-harvest handling of freshwater prawns.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on the biological safety of fresh and processed shellfish.

This factsheet published by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on the handling practices of shrimp and molluscs.

CANADA - British Columbia's salmon-farming industry will get the full Hollywood treatment, for better or for worse, in an episode of Emmy-winning courtroom drama Boston Legal that was filmed on location at an exclusive B.C. fishing resort. Nimmo Bay Resort wi…

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on oyster hatchery techniques.

Cutaneous ulcers in koi are one of the most common complaints for which the fish practitioner is called upon, writes Julius M. Tepper, DVMLong Island Fish Hospital, Manorville, New York, while speaking at the 150th Annual AVMA Convention in Chicago, US.

Presenting their research at Aquaculture Europe 2013, D Raposoa et al, Universidade Tcnica de Lisboa, Portugal, evaluated the potential benefits of using shrimp and seaweeds in an intergrated multi-trophic aquaculture system.

The gastropod mollusc Scaphander lignarius a marine invertebrate found in North Atlantic and Mediterranean water is the first organism, besides bacteria, in which the biosynthesis of lignarenones, organic molecules involved in organisms chemical defence, has b…

Vietnam has become the second largest rice exporter in the world. However, the food security is still a local urgent necessity for the farmers in several parts of the country, particularly, in area where most of arable land used to low paddies have been transf…

Chelsea M. Rochman, University of California, discusses the harm that waste plastics in the sea can have on marine life. Plastics are both harmful as objects and harmful as holders of chemical pollutants.

Scientists are seeking to improve the health benefits of rainbow trout by using dietary coriander oil along with vegetable oil to improve fatty acid composition in the fillet.

During their presentation at Aquaculture Europe 2013, Rui Magalhes et al, Centre of Environmental and Marine Research, investigate the use of corn distillers dried grains with solubles in fish feed for European seabass and meagre.

In an exclusive interview for ThePigSite, Dr Radu Marti of Biomin explains the dangers presented by mycotoxins in feed and how mycotoxin deactivators can greatly ameliorate the risks these toxins pose to the health of farm animals and consumers of animal prote…

As fears rise over resistance, some countries have banned the routine use of antibiotics in animal feed. Two professionals with opposing views state their case in a recently published article.

This article provides a quick guide to breeding males for tilapia farming and best practice for hatchery, grow out and slaughter, writes Lucy Towers, editor of TheFishSite.

Similarities in how different organisms look can indicate a close evolutionary relationship. Conversely, great differences in appearance can suggest a very distant relationship, as in many adult marine fish species. For the first time, however, a Smithsonian s…

Fish do not feel pain the way humans do. That is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers consisting of neurobiologists, behavioural ecologists and fishery scientists. One contributor to the landmark study was Prof. Dr Robert Arlinghaus of …

Cryopreservation is a process to maintain genetic material (such as spermatozoa) in subzero freezing. Abinawanto Zuraidah and Retno Lestari, University of Indonesia, disscussed the effect of skimmed milk on spermatozoa quality of silver barb (Barbonymus gonion…

This study, by Ibrahim Diler et al, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey, is the first trial to evaluate algae meal, Ulva rigida, as an inexpensive and locally available feed ingredient in the diet of common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Tropical and ornamental fish, like terrestrial animals, are susceptible to a wide variety of infectious pathogens including viral, bacterial, parasitic and fungal agents, said Stephen Smith, Virginia Tech, speaking at the Annual AVMA Convention in Chicago, USA…

This report is the first in a series of articles highlighting the research results coming out of the NEMO Project, or its more formal name, Training network on protective immune modulation in warm water fish by feeding glucans. The project was awarded by the E…