Freshwater fish

US - University of Illinois researcher Cory Suski has already shown that bubbling high concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) into water is a deterrent to invasive Asian carp adults. The gas makes the…

Achieving better growth rates or improved efficiency relies on good gut performance in aquaculture species, write Rui Gonalves, Gonalo Santos..

IRTA researcher Enric Gisbert explains what the Feed Conversion Ratio is, how to calculate it and its importance for fish production.

POLAND - In 2014, Poland's total fish catch was 170,500 MT, which included the Baltic Sea and long-distance fisheries. Fish catch in 2014 was 13 per cent lower than in 2013. Aquaculture production inc…

A new aquaponics farming company, VertiCulture Farms, is being developed in Brooklyn, New York. With public help, enough money has now been raised to fund an idea for a research and development farm …

Increased aquaculture production will be needed in future to improve food security, but what role can genetically improved farmed fish species play in increasing productivity? This study from Ingrid O…

INDIA - Quality seed is the prime requisite for aquaculture production, but getting them is the major problem faced by farmers in Tamil Nadu, particularly in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur, …

This article by Bonnie Waycott for TheFishSite provides an overview of water quality and biosecurity in the farming of pangasius. Pangasius Farming: Water Quality and Biosecurity is part four in a fou…

This article by Bonnie Waycott for TheFishSite provides an overview of feed and nutrition in the farming of pangasius. Pangasius Farming: Feed and Nutrition is part three in a four part series.

This article by Bonnie Waycott for TheFishSite provides an overview of health and disease in the farming of pangasius. Pangasius Farming: Health and Disease is part two in a four part series.

ANALYSIS An organic, high welfare duck rearing system is incorporating carp to maximise production potential.

This article by Bonnie Waycott for TheFishSite provides an overview of how to farm pangasius. Pangasius Farming: An Overview is part one in a four part series.

The native range of Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and Bighead Carp H. nobilis, collectively referred to as bigheaded carp or Asian carp, includes wide ranges of the Asian continent. However…

MEXICO - The National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA) has identified 20 million hectares with high potential for aquaculture development.

With increasing an increasing demand for pork, pig farming in Cambodia is developing. Reporting for 5m Publishing, Stuart Lumb gives a run down of a farm near Phnom Phen in Cambodia which is farming b…

Producing cost-effective sources of feed is a major challenge in the tilapia aquaculture industry, so a scientific study by researchers from the United Arab Emirates University as well as Benha Univer…

UK - From 1 June 2015, fisheries which have had a Koi herpesvirus (KHV) confirmed designation since 2012 - and those designated prior which have experienced a recurrence of infection - will be subject…

Juvenile production of Nile tilapia comprises a stage with high economic losses due to disease outbreaks, as stressful conditions caused by increased fish handling at this stage favouring opportunisti…

EUROPE - Carp edema virus, also known as koi sleepy disease (CEV/KSD), is a special form of sleepy disease affecting koi and common carp. Long known only in Japan, the disease was recently detected in…

Good water quality on tilapia farms depends on a suitable environment to promote growth. Such an environment can be achieved by maintaining the correct balance between feed input and the assimilative …