Tilapia / Cichlids

A new certification programme for aquaculture operations is being established by the World Wildlife Fund, writes TheFishSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Early this year it was reported that Viet Nam had become the world's eighth largest seafood exporter, but behind these tidy headlines lies a mish-mash of inter-related management and environmental iss…

Continuous advancements in the science of aquaculture has enabled farmers to produce ever greater varieties of fish. But whilst this allows industries to meet consumer demands, an unquenchable desire …

Disease is one of the most important limiting factors in aquaculture. Optimal husbandry and general management - including biosecurity, nutrition, genetics, system management and water quality - are c…

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 d…

As well asbeing a farm thatproduces fish forfood, Aranyponty- in Magyar, theGolden Carp -communicatesthe importance ofmanaging Europeswetland heritageto society, bydiverse social andeducational activi…

This article has been prepared as a practical guide-line to help small to medium size marine cage farmers within the Asia-Pacific region cope with common external parasites, write Neil Wendover and Ce…

By Helga Josupeit, FAO, Globefish, INFOFISH Tilapia Conference, Kuala Lumpur, August 2007. World tilapia production has been booming during the last decade, with output doubling from 830000 tonnes in…

By Dr. Cedric Komar and Neil Wendover (Intervet Norbio Singapore) In the last three issues of the Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter, we presented a series of articles on tilapia diseases.

By Kiotech and CEFAS. After laboratory tests, the first commercial trials using pheromone-based fish feeding attractants have proved to be very encouraging.

By Intervet - Columnaris caused by Flavobacterium columnare (previously called Flexibacter Columnaris, Cytophaga columnare or Myxobacterium columnare) is one of the most common diseases in tilapia cul…

By Carole R. Engle, Ivano Neira, Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - Efficient management of a tilapia farm can make the difference between profits and losses, even in…

By Dave Cockerill, the Fish Vet Group - In recent years spinal deformity has become an increasingly important condition for salmon producers and especially processors. Some populations are virtually u…

Published by Intervet - The theory that tilapia is a hardy and disease-resistant fish species is no longer correct. Producers, scientists and processors have now become aware that diseases may well be…

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 …

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.

From Michael McGee and Charles Cichra - Finding a source of fish fingerlings (young fish) is the first step towards successful fish production. Following that, transporting the fish, and proper stocki…

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…

For more than two decades, fish farms in the Bet Shean Valley of Israel have cultured a local stock of tilapia derived from hybridizing blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) and Nile tilapia (O. niloticus…

This is a review by Hans Komen, Wageningen University, Netherlands and Trinh Quoc Trong, Research Institute for Aquaculture, Viet Nam, of the current developmental state of Nile tilapia selective bree…