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The potential impact of sea lice infestation on outwardly migrating Atlantic salmon smolts has been investigated, by researchers from the Marine Institute, Ireland, by treating populations of ranched salmon, prior to release, with a prophylactic sea lice treat…

Populations of large pelagic predators have declined recently due to intensified exploitation. Boris Worm and Derek P. Tittensor, Dalhousie University, Canada, look at the range contraction of large marine pelagic predators, specifically tuna and billfish, by …

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on diseases of concern in molluscan aquaculture.

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on amyloodinium ocellatum, an important parasite of cultured marine fish.

Recent advances in next-generation sequencing enabled an array of whole genome sequencing or re-sequencing projects in both model and non-model species. Such efforts have produced a wealth of genome resources. However, thorough genome analysis thereafter is es…

Biologists from the University of Bonn have discovered that the cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus can see in the near infrared range; this was thought to be unlikely until now. Seeing in the infrared range is apparently helping fish to hunt in shallow Afri…

This factsheet by the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) gives information on disease prevention on fish farms.

The zebrafish is a potential tool for testing one class of unique individual genetic differences found in humans, and may yield information helpful for the emerging field of personalized medicine, according to a team led by Penn State College of Medicine scien…

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…

Catfish farmers in Vietnams Mekong River Delta are barely scraping by. They operate on the tightest of profit margins 3% to 5% in a good year and deal with a highly volatile, boom-and-bust export market. For an industry thats already on the brink, could the ad…

Fishmeal is a complex protein source that is commonly used in fish feed. A new article published in Animal Feed Science and Technology shows how fishmeal physical and chemical properties influence both the production of fish feed and the physical feed quality.…

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 …

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.

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…

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 …

Lethargic Crab Disease (LCD) has caused significant mortalities in the population of Ucides cordatus crabs in the Mucuri estuary in Bahia State, Brazil, and has brought social and economic problems to many crabharvesting communities that depend on this natural…

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…

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.

In the present report, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur, identifies the challenges facing global fisheries and examines how the individuals most vulnerable to negative impacts (the residents of developing coastal and island countries, especially low …

Jun Qiang, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, and Hong Yanga look at the interacting effects of water temperature and dietary protein levels on hematological parameters in Nile tilapia juveniles and mortality under Streptococcus iniae infection.

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…

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

This report by authors from the University of Sterling and Hendrix-Genetics looks at the hepatic transcriptome analysis of inter-family variability in flesh n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content in Atlantic salmon.

Meiotic maps are a key tool for comparative genomics and association mapping studies. Meredith V. Everett, James E Seeb, University of Washington, and Michael R Miller, University of Oregon, look at the development of meiotic maps of sockeye salmon which are d…

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…

Teagasc researchers are looking to seaweed for proteins with health benefits for use as functional foods. Historically, edible seaweeds were consumed by coastal communities across the world and today seaweed is a habitual diet in many countries, particularly i…

This thesis from S. Soares and M Green et al from the University of Stirling looks at creating a baseline method for benchmarking mortality losses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) production.

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 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 report by Silje Brenna-Hansen et al, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, looks at the chromosomal differences between European and North American Atlantic salmon discovered by linkage mapping and supported by fluorescence in situ hybridisation analysis…

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…

In 2011, Viet Nam exported almost US$380 million worth of tuna, up 29.4 per cent over 2010, to 87 countries and territories. Growing demand in the world market has prompted the industry to consider ranching this high value fish, writes Tran Duy for Vietfish In…

This report by Tiago S Hor et al, Memorial University of Newfoundland, looks at how a moderate increase in ambient temperature modulates the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) spleen transcriptome response to intraperitoneal viral mimic injection.

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 by authors from the University of Padova, Italy, looks at the first evidence of immunomodulation in bivalves under seawater acidification and increased temperature.