Weekly Overview: RMS Shrimp Disease Could Lead to Shortfall Next Year24 Feb 2015ANALYSIS - The shrimp disease, Running Mortality Syndrome (RMS), has recently been detected on shrimp farms in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India, reported the Economic Times.
Scientists Use Trout Bacteria to Combat Coldwater Disease20 Feb 2015US - After 15 years of research, scientists at University of Idaho and Washington State University have found a simple and effective method to combat Coldwater Disease in rainbow trout using some of t…
US Roundtable to Define Sustainable Aquaculture17 Feb 2015US Sustainability expert Dr Marty Matlock is to facilitate the first National Roundtable for Sustainable Aquaculture (NRSA) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on March 25-26.
Jammu and Kashmir Increase Trout Production13 Feb 2015INDIA - The Fisheries Department in Jammu and Kashmir has increased the breeding of trout to meet the demands of residents and private sector.
Michigan Seafood Summit to Promote Aquaculture Production09 Feb 2015US - To help support and educate Michigan-based fish producers, Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University Extension are hosting a Michigan Seafood Summit at the Kellogg Conference Center at MSU…
Strategies to Spare Fish Oil in Aquafeeds While Maintaining the Nutritional Value of Rainbow Trout02 Feb 2015The aquaculture industry is increasingly reliant upon industrially compounded aquafeeds, and the availability of cost-effective feedstuffs is a serious constraint to continued growth within the aquacu…
New Model Identifies Perfect Habitat for Brook Trout08 Jan 2015US - A new model that can accurately identify stream sections that still hold suitable habitat for wild brook trout will help fisheries managers from Maine to Georgia find and protect habitat for this…
Bath Vaccination of Rainbow Trout Against Flavobacterium Psychrophilum05 Jan 2015Effective bath immunization systems may be very helpful to the salmon industry, particularly during the freshwater growth stages in which vaccination through injection is not possible, write Dr Juan …
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Reported in Croatian Trout05 Jan 2015CROATIA - An outbreak of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) has been detected in Donja Suvaja, Gracac, Zadarska.
Croatia Reports New Outbreak of Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis31 Dec 2014CROATIA - There has been a new outbreak of infectious haematopoietic necrosis in farmed rainbow trout.
Sea Trout Returning to Spawn on the River Wear30 Dec 2014UK - Sea trout are once again returning to spawn in a large north east stream following huge improvements in water quality and measures to help wildlife.
AgriMarine Completes Installation of New Tank Design30 Dec 2014CANADA - AgriMarine has completed the installation of its proprietary semi-closed containment tank technology at its Steelhead farm in Lois Lake, British Columbia.
Skretting to Launch New Premium Trout Feed24 Dec 2014NORWAY - Skretting is launching a Premium feed for trout on 1 January 2015. The feed claims to give reduced feed conversion rate, better growth and increased slaughter yield. The anticipation is immen…
Fish 'Personality' Linked to Vulnerability to Angling22 Dec 2014Individual differences in moving activity in a novel environment are linked to individual differences in vulnerability to angling, according to an experimental study completed at the University of Eas…
New Trout Species Discovered in Turkey15 Dec 2014TURKEY - A group of researchers from Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries in Turkey, have discovered a new trout species.
A Simple and Effective Recirculating Hatchery for Salmonids15 Dec 2014Research into the use of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) addresses the question of how to achieve profitable production while consistently recycling water and nutrients with minimal fresh wate…
Weekly Overview: New Technology Proven to Reduce EMS Bacteria in Shrimp Ponds02 Dec 2014GLOBAL - New water treatment technology has been found to reduce successfully the amount of Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria, which causes Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS), in shrimp ponds, writes Lucy …
US Study Finds Washington to Alaska Coasts ISA Free27 Nov 2014US - After more than 2,000 tests of wild and farmed salmon in Washington and Alaska, scientists have found no evidence of the Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) virus in Pacific waters.
Plans for Cornwall Trout Farm Abandoned26 Nov 2014UK - Plans to develop trout farms off the Cornish coast have been dropped.
New Fishways in Maine Increasing Fish Habitats25 Nov 2014US - As part of its Maine Headwaters Project, the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) has completed two fish passage projects in the Penobscot watershed and in the East Machias watershed to directly bene…
