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By Craig MacIntyre and Jimmy Turnbull, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling and published by CEFAS Finfish News - Issue 3, Winter/Spring 2007

By Jane Jordan, TheFishSite Editor. With reports of a significant escape of farmed salmon in Scotland's West Loch, Roag, hitting the headlines recently, the debate about the potential damage that escaped farmed fish can do to wild stocks has returned with veng…

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Russia. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Helga Josupeit, FAO Globefish 2007. In 2007, world fishmeal production continued to decline further.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Japan. A link to the full report is also provided.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for China covers the 2nd China International (Xiamen) Fisheries Expo 2007.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Chile. A link to the full report is also provided.

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Canada. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Edwin H. Robinson and Menghe H. Li.

By Jane Jordan, TheFishSite Editor. If fish farms are operated correctly, then the waste produced can actually benefit and stimulate life on the sea bed. Underwater research by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway has shown that aquatic life on Fjo…

By Camillo Catarci, 2007 FAO Globefish. In Europe, by the end of the summer, prices of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) are expected to start softening after the peak levels reached in June and July.

By Michelle Pond, Cefas, presented at the Disease Workshop in Bristol and published in Finfish News publication, Winter/Spring edition, number 3. Cefas. A range of researchers and other stakeholders gathered to discuss what is known about the skin condition of…

By Michael P. Masser, Auburn University and published by SRAC, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension. In the US the majority of cage culture is practiced in ponds or quarries.

By Jane Jordan, Editor, TheFishSite.The development of novel marine finfish production requires reliable and cost effective supplies of juvenile fish. The OPEL project - 'The optimisation of environmental conditions for cultivating marine finfish larvae' - was…

By Robert A. Pierce II, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences;Robert S. Hayward, Associate professor, MU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences; Joe Parcell and Chris Boessen, Missouri Value Added Center, MU Department of Agricultural Economics;…

By Philip Read, Aquaculture Extension Officer, Fish Conservation and Aquaculture, Port Stephens Research Centre. Published by New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Primefact 628.

By Roy P.E. Yanong, Kathleen H. Hartman, Craig A. Watson, Jeffrey E. Hill, B. Denise Petty, and Ruth Francis-Floyd, University of Florida, IFAS Extension.

By Jane Jordan, Editor, TheFishSite. In land-based aquaculture, fish species are grown and fed in ponds or tanks. The residual effluent is then released directly into the environment with little or no treatment. This effluent is rich in nutrients, which at inc…

By Ronnie J. Gilbert, University of Georgia and published by SRAC. Marketing aquaculture products is no different than marketing other agriculture products.

By Nick Taylor, Cefas and published by CEFAS Finfish News - Issue 3, Winter/Spring 2007. Over 140 species of Argulus have been described throughout the world. The majority of these crustaceans are ectoparasites of fish and are often referred to as fish lice.

By Nicky Holmyard, FAO Globefish. Peruvian trout producers are set to benefit from a new FAO-funded project that will introduce a management and policy alignment tool to help rationalise and develop the entire aquaculture sector.

By Lidun Mosaker, Fiskeriforskning. You can see and smell if a fish is good, but determining its keeping quality requires more precise methods.

A National Institute for Animal Agriculture Publication. Activists continue to apply increased pressure on antibiotic use in food-producing animals, and activists messages are being more than heard.

By K.J. Rana Institute of Aquaculture. First published by FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1017/6

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Report 2007 for Ukraine. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Mark James, FRM Ltd and Richard Slaski and published by CEFAS Finfish News - Issue 3, Winter/Spring 2007.

By Richard D. Miles and Frank A. Chapman, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS)

By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides highlights of the fishery products shrimp industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Shrimp Report 2007 for Vietnam. A link to the full report is also provided.

By Helga Josupeit, FAO Globefish. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 28.6.2007 announced it is blocking the import from China of five species of seafood namely catfish, eel, shrimp, basa and dace until their importers can prove they are not contamina…

By Dr. Cedric Komar & Dr.Lauke Labrie, Intervet Norbio Singapore. Norvax Strep Si is a water-based inactivated vaccine against Streptococcus iniae infections in fish.

By USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This article provides highlights of the shrimp farming industry data from the USDA FAS Fishery Products Shrimp Report 2007 for Indonesia. A link to the full report is also provided.

By USGS. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is considered to be one of the most important viral pathogens of finfish and is listed as reportable by many nations and international organizations (Office International des Epizooties 2006).

By LSU Ag Center. Fish disease organisms are constantly present in most aquatic environments, and farm and recreational ponds are no exception. Under optimum conditions, healthy fish are able to fight off most forms of infectious diseases. Conversely, fish sub…

By Maria-Jose Birrer Intervet Chile Ltda. Caligiasis is a parasitic disease which affects marine fish in Chile.

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). These are Technical Guidelines on Health management for responsible movement of live aquatic animals.

By Marie-Christine Monfort, FAO Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This report gives an overview of the current situation in the EU fishery sector, provides information on the EU's import policy and statistical data on EU fish catches, aquaculture, and imports and exports.

This report is the final draft of the FAO/NACA/Government of Thailand Expert Workshop on Guidelines for aquaculture Certification held in Bangkok, Thailand during 27-30 March 2007.