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By the USDA's ARS - 2005 was a good year for immunology. That was the year officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the elimination of rubella in the United States.

By the USDA's Agricultural Research Service - Channel catfish is the leading U.S. aquaculture species, with about 600 million pounds processed annually.

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…

TheFishSite Editorial - An unprecedented period of commodity volatility is upon us as corn prices rose above US$4 per bushel (March 07 delivery) for the first time in a decade last week, this time it seems that the point of inflection could have been passed se…

By Philip E. McAllister - Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a systemic infection of various salmonid and a few nonsalmonid fishes, is caused by a rhabdovirus designated as the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (Office International des Epizooties 1963).

By L. Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, Purdue University - Fish, shellfish, and plants often are transported in sealed plastic bags containing small quantities of water and pure oxygen.

By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - This document analyses the past trends that have led the aquaculture sector to its current status and describes its current status globally.

By J. M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Over their current geographical range, yellow perch, Perca flavescens, are viewed variously as a sport fi…

By Solveig Nygaard, Fish Health and Environment Inc, and published in Intervet's Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter - Vibriosis, as caused by the bacteria Listonella (Vibrio) anguillarum, was the first of the known bacterial fish diseases.

By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - A summary of the regional syntheses was made, together with conclusions and clear recommendations at various levels to increase the contribution of aquacultureinsurance to the sustainable management and development of…

By Fiskeriforskning - The quality of extruded fish feed is a complicated interaction between raw material properties and feed processing conditions. Through increased basic understanding Fiskeriforskning is seeking to develop new quality criteria and control p…

Gyrodactylus is an interesting little parasite; species of which can be found infesting many different types of freshwater and marine fish as well as amphibians such as frogs, writes Pete Southgate, the Fish Vet Group.

By Prof Alan Teale, University of Stirling; Prof Chris Secombes, University of Aberdeen and Dr Glen Sweeney, Cardiff University and published by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) - Research carried out under BBSRC's ExploitingG…

By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - This document analyses the past trends that have led the aquaculture sector to its current status and describes its current status globally.

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 Brge Damsgrd, Jon-Erik Juell and Bjarne O. Braastad, Fiskeriforskning - The interest of fish welfare is increasing, both in Norway and internationally, leading to an increasing need for scientific knowledge about basic and applied questions related to how f…

By Martin Krkosek, Mark A. Lewis, Alexandra Morton, L. Neil Frazer, and John P. Volpe - The continuing decline of ocean fisheries and rise of global fish consumption has driven aquaculture growth by 10% annually over the last decade.

By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - In 2005, China Customs reported total agriculture, fisheries and forest product imports of over $35 billion.

By David Cox, the Fish Vet Group - "You don't want to eat that - it's farmed!! How often have we heard that phrase? So-called discerning gourmets pontificating on the relative demerits, rarely (if ever) merits of farmed salmon versus the real thing.

By Charles McGurk, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland and published in Intervet's Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter - Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) has been recognised as a parasitic disease of great economic significance to salmoni…

By Fiskeriforskning - Water quality can be a limiting factor in achieving optimal growth and welfare of farmedcod. Fiskeriforskning has set focus on how water quality can affect cod in the larval and fry stages.

By Leong Tak Seng, Zilong Tan and William J. Enright and published by Intervet - Parasitic infections and associated diseases are becoming more frequent with the intensification ofmariculture systems in many parts of the Asia Pacific region. In this two- part …

By Terrill Hanson and Stephen Sempier, Mississippi State University; Lisa House, University of Florida; S. Sureshwaran, USDA and Gwen Hanks, South Carolina State University - This bulletin presents results from a 2000-2001 fish and seafood consumption survey a…

By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the October 2006: Aquaculture Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture Industry data.

By Fiskeriforskning - In collaboration with Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Fiskeriforskning is investigating transfer of bacterial and viral diseases between various farmed fish speciesin a tank system specially designed for such purposes.

By Intervet - Fish vaccination during the last decade has proven to be highly effective in reducing economic losses caused by mortality and reduced growth.

By Paul G. Olin, University of California, Davis - The world population is on the rise, as is the demand for aquatic food products. Production from capture fisheries at the global level is levelling off and most of the main fishing areas have reached their max…

Extensive economic losses may be experienced in aquaculture as a consequence of disease outbreaks, according to scientists from Fiskeriforskning.

By Dr. Marian McLoughlin MVB PhD MRCVS and published by Intervet - PD can cause enormous clinical (high mortality) and sub-clinical losses by reducing weight gain, creating higher feed conversion rates, giving smaller harvest weights and increasing the suscept…

By Trine Ytrestyl, AKVAFORSK - This thesis focuses on factors that influence the bioavailability of carotenoids primarily in salmonid fishes. Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) was used in one experiment to study uptake in a white-fleshed species.

By Ingunn Sommerset, Intervet Norbio AS, Bjorn Krossoy, Eirik Biering and Petter Frost - Vaccination plays an important role in large-scale commercial fish farming and has been a key reason for the success of salmon cultivation.

By Paul G. Olin, University of California, Davis - The world population is on the rise, as is the demand for aquatic food products. Production from capture fisheries at the global level is levelling off and most of the main fishing areas have reached their max…

By Fiskeriforskning - Winter ulcer causes great economic loss to salmon farmers, especially in North Norway. Fish with sores have less appetite and at slaughter, sores or scars reduce quality. The disease is likely the result of both production and a bacterial…

By Intervet - SRS (a.k.a. Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome or Piscirickettsiosis or Coho salmon septicaemia or Huito disease) is considered to be the most important disease problem in the Chilean salmon farming industry, with economic losses of over US$100 million …

By Carole R. Engle, Ivano Neira, Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - Efficient management of a tilapia farm can make the difference between profits and losses, even in years with unfavorable prices and costs. Farm management in…

By Paul G. Olin, University of California, Davis - The world population is on the rise, as is the demand for aquatic food products. Production from capture fisheries at the global level is levelling off and most of the main fishing areas have reached their max…

By Dr. Marian McLoughlin and published by Intervet - Although fish farming has great development potential in Asia, fish diseases still remain a major constraint to its successful expansion.

By Dave Cockerill, the Fish Vet Group - Yellowmouth (mouthrot, filamentous bacterial stomatitis) in smolts is one presentation of a category of multifactorial infections that we seem to be seeing more of recently, particularly within the first ~6 weeks post se…

By The World Health Organisation - This volume of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater describes the present state of knowledge regarding the impact of waste-fed aquaculture on the health of pro…

By Paul G. Olin, University of California, Davis - The world population is on the rise, as is the demand for aquatic food products. Production from capture fisheries at the global level is levelling off and most of the main fishing areas have reached their max…