Freshwater fish

A case study exploring the prevalence of foodborne zoonotic trematodes in farmed catfish suggests that maintaining stringent biosecurity protocols during grow-out could enhance existing management techniques, bringing cases closer to zero.…

An initial project to pave the way for modern selective breeding of tilapia strains farmed in East Africa has been completed recently. Genetic tools were developed, and a detailed analysis of the region’s farmed strains …

Joachim Claeyé decided to establish a burbot (Lota lota) hatchery in Belgium at the age of 18. Five years later Claeyé – who juggles running Aqualota with a job as an junior aquaculture researcher – is collaborating with…

Aquaculture could play a key role in reducing bilharzia – a debilitating infection that affects more than 200 million people worldwide.

The introduction of artificial water plants into tilapia aquaculture can lead to significant improvements in fish welfare at minimal expense to the farmer.

The second phase of a project that aims to improve tilapia production and consumption in Timor-Leste in order to improve food and nutrition security has recently been launched by WorldFish.

Despite vast natural water resources and increased production capacity, difficulties in sourcing raw materials and high up-front costs for producers keep Zambia’s aquaculture sector behind its neighbours.

Oman is looking to join the increased interest in aquaculture that is currently taking place in the Middle East, having more than doubled production levels in 2019.

An non-profit initiative designed to encourage more Americans to set up their own own backyard aquaculture systems has just put its first commercial batch of yellow perch fingerlings up for sale.

Some of the key means for fish farmers to tackle the threat posed by tilapia lake virus (TiLV) were outlined in a webinar on the disease given by Dr Ra’anan Ariav today.

The results of two-year study designed to identify and strengthen best practices for animal welfare in aquaculture has been published by The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) today.

India’s Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), has announced plans to start producing genetically improved farm tilapia (GIFT) at its multi-species aquaculture complex at Vallarpadam, in Kochi.

The Kenyan aquaculture sector has been pledged 14.9 billion shillings (£11.4 million) in funding, as part of a new initiative designed to improve the rural economy and the country's food security

Concerns over the spread of fish farm cages in Africa’s inland waterways have been expressed in a new study which gives a valuable overview of the extent of the continent’s freshwater cage culture.

Myanmar’s aquaculture and fisheries sectors are suffering from the collapse in the export trade that has accompanied the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conservation International Ventures has loaned US$500,000 to Victory Farms, a sustainable tilapia producer on Lake Victoria that sells primarily to low-income neighbourhoods across Kenya…

Despite its horrific implications for global health and the global economy, the coronavirus outbreak should serve as a call for more countries, including Kenya, to become more self-sufficient in food, argues John Eric.

Trials with tilapia in Thailand show that diets containing L-selenomethionine increase performance and provide high protection against pathogenic pressure

Fermented soybean meal (FSM) could be used to replace up to 30 percent of fishmeal used in diets for farmed largemouth bass diets.

Production of a fast-growing tilapia strain developed by Spring Genetics could be an effective means of alleviating poverty in El Salvador, according to one of the world’s leading philanthropists.