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This article from Lousiana University looks at water quality and management for crawfish.

It appears that the 2006 EU ban against Antibiotic Growth Promoters in animal feeds has taken a world leading stance in a trend that is likely to continue in order to eliminate residual drugs in food and protect the efficacy of drugs for human health, says Mat…

Science has progressed at an astonishing rate over the last ten years alone. Some of the most important developments in scientific breakthrough have been in the realm of agriculture, aquaculture, biotechnology, atmospheric & oceanic science.

The use of phytobiotic feed additives in aquaculture has gained a steady increase since restrictions were implemented on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters in the livestock industry. Due to increasing demand for high quality protein sources, we hav…

Millions of tons of menhaden and other small fish are removed from the oceans each year to feed fish, poultry, and swine. However Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and Montana Microbial Products (MMP) of Butte, Montana, have developed a barley pro…

An unknown percentage of the fish we eat isn't what's it's purported to be the Food and Agriculture Organisation explores how forensic techniques could help address the problem.

Cui Lifeng, Deputy Director-General of the Bureau of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture gives a review on the fishery achievements in 2009. Summarised by TheFishSite junior editor Charlotte Johnston.

Every year, large amounts of hatchery-raised young salmonids are released into Swedish rivers and streams to compensate for losses in natural production. However these fish rarely survive. The University of Gothenburg has discovered why: the young fish are too…

Australian fisheries production has been decreasing since 2004, as have exports, whilst imports have been on the increase, according to the Australian commodity statistics for 2009, published by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Sum…