The 2012 benchmark stock assessment and peer review have concluded that the American eel population is depleted in US waters. The stock is at or near historically low levels due to a combination of historical overfishing, habitat loss, food web alterations, pr…
Tilapia is losing ground in the US market whilst catfish supply is expected to increase during 2012 but with a stronger focus on quality and safety, according to the FAO Global Food Outloook.
This study aims to investigate the impact of commonly used pesticides (deltamethrin) on the blood and tissue oxidative stress level in catfish; in addition to the protective effect of alpha-tocopherol on deltamethrin induced oxidative stress, write Kamal A Ami…
Hybrid catfish offer productionadvantages over channel catfish.Trials have shown the greatersurvival and faster growth of thehybrids allows shorter productioncycles. The hybrids alsohave better feed conversion andfillet yield, writes Nagaraj G. Chatakondi, USD…
Low market prices challenge the Chinese tilapia industry as it seeks to become sustainable, writes Dr Liu Liping and Dr Zhang Zongfen from Shanghai Ocean University, and Dr Francis Murray and Dr David Little from the University of Stirling. Taken from the Glob…
The pangasius industry in Viet Nam faced difficulties of supply, with increased production costs, disease problems and high interest rates for bank loans. However, imports during the first half of 2011 increased to the US market but declined to the EU, writes …
The economic importance of sandfish to poor rural Asian communitiestriggered a collaborative, multinational research effort to advance breedingand rearing techniques when fish numbers started to decline, writes Catherine Norwood, Australian Centre for Internat…
