Crustaceans

Increasing consumer awareness to unsustainable aquaculture practices have made the prospect of organic aquaculture both environmentally and economically fruitful, but strict standards make this goal difficult to achieve. As the US considers by-passing this obs…

More Farms in Vietnam

Economics

5 December 2008

FDA Announce Participants for Phase II of Programme

Politics

5 December 2008

Vietnamese Shrimp: Building a Brand of Quality

Health Biosecurity

4 December 2008

European Shrimp Update for November 2008

Economics

3 December 2008

The gloomy situation with regard to shrimp demand is now also present in the EU, an area which was more positive for shrimp consumption earlier this year, reports FAO Globefish.

October 2008

Scientists Harvest Blue Crabs in Freshwater Ponds

Husbandry Technology & equipment

1 October 2008

December 2007

US Shrimp Market Report November 2007

Economics

7 December 2007

Report prepared by Javier Lpez (INFOPESCA) - FAO GLOBEFISH 2007. US shrimp imports between January and September 2007 declined slightly compared to the same period in 2006.

February 2007

International Principles for Responsible Shrimp Farming

Technology & equipment Economics

5 February 2007

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…

July 2006

The benefits of fishmeal in aquaculture diets

Feed ingredients Sustainability

31 July 2006

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.

April 2006

Economics of Freshwater Prawn Farming in the US

Economics

24 April 2006

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-…

December 2005

Irish salmon farmers given boost

Health Post-harvest

19 December 2005 Sponsored

However Thai shrimp production has been on the decline in recent years. If most of the decline (10%) in 2011 was related to natural disasters like oods, the main culprit in 2012 has been the EMS/AHPND disease outbreak. is new disease resulted in massive mortal…

Philippines Gov't Backs White Shrimp Culture

Husbandry Water quality

13 December 2005

Omer M. Yousif, Kumar K.M. Krishnankutty and Abdul Fatah Ali, Aquaculture and Marine Studies Center, Abu Al Abyad Island, Department of the President's Affairs, looked at the reproductive performance, growth and survival of wild and pond-reared giant tiger shr…

Iran's shrimp industry subsidies insufficient

Nutrition Health

13 December 2005

BASIC PARAMETERS ON HANDLING OF AQUACULTURAL PONDS WATER REPLACEMENT Amount of oxigen dissolved Evaporation and filtering Water temperature Coloring Salinity Turbidity pH TEMPERATURE Water temperature shall be between 25 and 32°C, being the optimal between 29 …

Challenged by bird flu, Thai firm rechannels

Health Husbandry

13 December 2005

Introduction Discussion of the current shrimp disease crisis focuses on the microbiology of pathogens and the regulations needed to limit their spread locally and across national boundaries (FAO 2008; Jones 2012; Lightner 2012; Reantaso 2012). In this study I …

November 2005

Thai shrimp exports to US growing despite US tariffs - Thaksin

Nutrition Health

3 November 2005

Taurine is not considered an essential amino acid for fish, but many studies indicated that it is conditionally essential, especially if fish are fed plant protein-based diets. In response to these studies, Abdel-Fattah M. El-Sayed, Alexandria University, Egyp…

October 2005

Cedar Key Has Clamp On Clam Market

Health Welfare

24 October 2005

Introduction Marine protected areas (MPAs) have received increasing attention as tools in fisheries management and conservation. However, examples of replicated experiments that sampled organismal density before and after establishment of MPAs at sites both in…

Aquaculture Outlook Report - October 2005

Economics

10 October 2005

Aquaculture Outlook Report - October 2005 - By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the October 2005: Aquaculture Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture Industry data.

Giant freshwater prawn seed production starts in Andaman

Husbandry Education & academia

5 October 2005

INDIA - A scientist and his team of the Division of Fisheries Science, Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Port Blair, have initiated research on breeding and larval rearing of Giant Freshwater Prawn (M Rosenbergii) under controlled conditions at t…

The Benefits of a Veterinary Health Plan

Health

3 October 2005

By David Cox, the Fish Vet Group - The Veterinary Health Plan (VHP) has been used for several years as part of good farming practice in many terrestrial animal production systems and forms the basis of several herd and flock health schemes.