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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

By Marley Beem, Oklahoma State University and published by Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC).

By Cortney L. Ohs, Assistant Professor; Scott W. Grabe, Research Technician and R. LeRoy Creswell, Marine Extension Agent. Published by the University of Florida IFAS Extension.

By FAO.

By Dr. Cedric Komar and Neil Wendover (Intervet Norbio Singapore) In the last three issues of the Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter, we presented a series of articles on tilapia diseases.

By Edwin H. Robinson, Research Professor and Menghe H. Li, Research Professor, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University.

By Shirley Baker, Elise Hoover, and Leslie Sturmer, University of Florida.

By Marley Beem, Area Aquaculture Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension. Aquaculture, the production of aquatic animals and plants under controlled conditions, is the fastest growing form of alternative agriculture in the United States.

By LSU Ag Center. Although exposure to agricultural chemicals can occasionally result in direct fish mortality, most fish kills in recreational and farm ponds are the result of oxygen depletions.

By Juli-Anne Royes Russo, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Fish Nutrition, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and Roy P.E. Yanong Associate Professor, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory Florida Cooperative Extension Service. Published by the University of Florida…

By Charles C. Mischke, Mississippi State University; Joseph E. Morris Iowa State University and Ryan L. Lane, Southern Illinois University. Published by Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC).

By Shirley Baker, Denise Petty, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Ruth Francis-Floyd, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; Roy …

By Kiotech and CEFAS. After laboratory tests, the first commercial trials using pheromone-based fish feeding attractants have proved to be very encouraging.

By Richard D. Miles and Frank A. Chapman, University of Florida - Aquaculture feeds characteristically contain a higher percent of protein than feeds used in agriculture for poultry, swine, and beef. A typical commercial production diet formulated for tilapia …

A 16-page leaflet on fisheries and the Ramsar Convention, produced in conjunction with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Sea Around Us Project

By C. Douglas Minchew, Mack W. Fondren, Edwin H. Robinson, of Mississippi State University and John W. Watson and Charles W. Taylor of NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center (SRAC).

By LSU AgCenter. White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) has been confirmed for the first time in Louisiana in crawfish from a pond in St. Martin Parish.

By Dave Cox, Fish Vet Group - Malachite green was something of a cure all for farmed fish. Used successfully for preventing and treating fungal infections and ectoparasites, such as those causing white spot disease, it was also effective in controlling interna…

By Terry Hanson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics; John D. Anderson and Gregg Ibendahl, Ph.D., Associate Extension Professors, Agricultural Economics; Jim Steeby and Jimmy Avery, Ph.D., Extension Professors, Delta Research and Extension Cente…

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and extracted from The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006

By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the April 2007: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting the aquaculture Industry data.

By Gunnar Knapp, Cathy A. Roheim, James L. Anderson and extracted from The Great Salmon Run: Competition Between Wild and Farmed Salmon, released by TRAFFIC

By Schering-Plough Aquaculture - Enteric Redmouth Disease (ERM) is a bacterial disease of farmed rainbow trout and is endemic in Europe, North America and Chile. Losses from ERM due to mortality and poor growth can be high and the economic effects severe.