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From The USDA's APHIS - These guidelines apply to the following farmed species of fish: salmonids and cyprinids. The guidelines may also apply to other fish species. The length of time fish spend on a transport should be as short as possible.

From the University of Adelaide - South Australian researchers are unlocking the secrets to faster fish growth rates.

In a new book, The Benefits of Fish Meal in Aquaculture Diets, RD Miles and FA Chapman, from the University of Florida, explain the value of fishmeal in feeds for fish and shrimp.

By K.P. Chandroo, I.J.H. Duncan, R.D. Moccia, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, University of Guelph - In contrast to other major forms of livestock agriculture, there is a paucity of scientific information on the welfare of fish raised under intensiv…

By Mark Sheppard, B.Sc., DVM Sakana Veterinary Services Ltd., Canada and published by Intervet - Marine nocardiosis is a long-term and problematic bacterial infection of warm-water fish. It eventually presents itself as an underlying debilitating factor in man…

By Biliana Cicin-Sain, Susan M. Bunsick, John Corbin, M. Richard DeVoe, Tim Eichenberg, John Ewart, Jeremy Firestone, Kristen Fletcher, Harlyn Halvorson, Tony MacDonald, Ralph Rayburn, Robert Rheault,and Boyce Thorne-Miller - This report details recommendation…

Since cultured catfish get only a small portion of their food nutrients naturally, they must be fed a complete feed, according to scientists from Mississippi State University.

By the Texas Aquaculture Association - The Texas Aquaculture Industry produced approximately 26 million pounds of products in 2004, worth an estimated $42.5 million, and the industry continues to grow and diversify. This report will describe in more detail the…

Michael McGee and Charles Cichra review some of the most important considerations relating to fingerling purchasing, transporting, and stocking.

By Intervet - Vaccination is becoming an increasinglyimportant part of aquaculture. Several bacterial and viral vaccines have been successfully developed and commercialised, and have proven their cost-effectiveness.

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By Edwin H. Robinson, Menghe H. Li, and Bruce B. Manning, Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center and published by the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station - This is the 2nd revision of this report on the status of catfish nutriti…

By the Fish Vet Group - Histopathology describes the study of disease and disease processes by the microscopical examination of very thin section of preserved, stained tissues. The actual preparation of stained slides is a highly skilled procedure requiring ex…

By Cefas - This report looks at the clinical signs of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia and provides a status update on the recent outbreak in North Yorkshire.

By Intervet - Pancreas disease (PD) of Atlantic salmon was first recognised in Scotland, followed by Ireland and then Norway. This short series of Agenda articles will cover; 1. A description of PD (Agenda No. 5), 2. The diagnosis of PD (Agenda No. 6) and 3. C…

By the Mississippi State University - This handbook gives the basic information new catfish farmers need to get through their first production season with minimum problems.

In this article – published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service – Brian C. Small discusses how managing egg diseases and improving hatch rates in channel catfish hatcheries requires good husbandry and contin…

By Pilar Hernndez Serrano, Central University of Venezuela and published by the FAO - This work focuses on antibiotics misuse and the concomitant threat of resistance development, considering this topic to be a public health concern that affects thepopulation …

By Mississippi State University - Since feed is the most expensive part of catfish production, feeding a nutritious feed that converts efficiently and promotesgrowth without hurting water quality should increase production and profit.

By David Cox, the Fish Vet Group - So what's in a name? Quite a lot I would possibly say. Take for example the latest "syndrome" to appear from Norway namely Heart Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI for short -thank goodness for abbreviations). The key questio…

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the OIE - This article by the Office International Des Epizooties is a factsheet on the highly infectious VHS disease.

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the Farm Animal Welfare Council - This article is part of a report on labelling in relation to the welfare provenance of livestock products. This Report concentrates on the purpose and nature of labelling and its justification, whether such labelling should…

By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - Italian fish catch is decreasing with stricter regulations on fishing and a shrinking fleet. Aquaculture and freshwater fishing partly compensate for this reduction. Italy's fishery sector will benefit from approxima…

By Siddhartha Dasgupta, Kentucky State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming in the United States has been predominantly a small-…

By Fiskeriforskning - Analyses done by Fiskeriforskning show that the use of natural antioxidants in fish oil and fishmeal works almost as good as the synthetic ones that are being used by feed manufacturers today.

Tilapia is native to Africa and the Middle East. A decade ago, few people knew much about tilapia. Today, it has emerged to become the second biggest aquatic species group after the carp group, with a worldwide harvest of over 2 million metric tons (MT), about…

By Jeffrey M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service.

By Jeffrey M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service.

By Jeffrey M. Hinshaw, Lindsay E. Rogers and James E. Easley, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service.

By Jeffrey M. Hinshaw and Skipper L. Thompson, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service.

By Katheleen F. Ladewig and Michelle Morat and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - The rainbow trout has always been known as a great sport fish. But, in recent times, along with its sport connot…

By the Mississippi State University - Todays catfish producer feeds a nutritionallycomplete diet that has all the necessary nutrients at the right levels and the energy the fish need in a water-stable, readily digestible form. Producers must feed this kind of …

By the Fish Vet Group - Quality features a great deal in fish farming. Whether referring to water quality, environmental quality, flesh quality, total quality management systems or quality assurance schemes, you can't be involved in any aspect of current fish …

By Whit Gibbons and published by the University of Georgia - "A catfish monoculture is not sustainable because it consumes more resources than it produces." For someone who raises catfish to make such a statement might sound ironic or even contradictory to som…