NORWAY - Harald Takle, research fellow at AKVAFORSK, has identified several genes that are active when deformities occur at the egg stage in farmed salmon. He recently presented his findings in his…
Positioning of sea cages at sites with high water current velocities expose the fish to a largely unknown environmental challenge. In this study David Johansson et al, Institute of Marine Research,…
Several indices were examined to assess the physical condition of wrasse stocked on Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, farms as cleaner fish, and included examination of eye condition, snout erosion, skin…
By adjusting water discharges in ways designed to boost salmon productivity, officials at a dam in central Washington were able to more than triple the numbers of juvenile salmon downstream of the…
Collection and Submission of Samples for Fish-Kill Investigation and Toxic-Substance Analysis - By Robert A. Pierce, Extension Fish and Wildlife Specialist; Thomas W. May, National Biological Survey,…
By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - The European Commission (EC) has published a proposal concerning the animal welfare of farmed fish to be adopted at the November 2005 meeting of the…
By Janet Raloff and published by Science News Online - Aquaculture - farming fish for our dinner tables - is a big and growing international industry. Because many of the tastiest and most-profitable…
Aquaculture Outlook Report - October 2005 - By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the October 2005: Aquaculture Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture…
By David Cox, the Fish Vet Group - The Veterinary Health Plan (VHP) has been used for several years as part of good farming practice in many terrestrial animal production systems and forms the basis…
By Pete Southgate, the Fish Vet Group - While oxygen and ammonia levels are often viewed, rightly, as critical to fish health and performance, carbon dioxide tends to be ignored and very few…
SWITZERLAND - Apex-IHN, the first effective vaccine to prevent Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) in farm raised Atlantic Salmon, was cleared for marketing by the Canadian Food Inspection…
By Alasdair H McVicar, Garien Aquaculture and Fish Health Consultants Ltd - There are serious inadequacies in the paper many of which could be attributable to mathematicians analysing numerical data…
By Jeffery A. Foran, Midwest Center for Environmental Science and Public Policy, David O. Carpenter, Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, M. Coreen Hamilton, AXYS…
Presented by Canadian agencies and organizations currently undertaking aquaculture research in Canada - Commercialization of cod aquaculture in Atlantic Canada has taken a significant step forward…
By the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service - This full-text annual report by NASS contains the number of trout operations, grower sales, and fish losses for selected states during 2004.
By DuPont Animal Health Solutions - Now that salmon and trout eggs are near hatching, farmers will be getting hatching trays and first feeding troughs ready. As this signals a potential increase in…
By Aquamedia - Welcome to Aquatour, a virtual tour of European fish farming. Aquatour takes you across Europe to see what fish are reared, how and where fish are farmed and to meet the people who…
For her doctorate, Dr Janicke Nordgreen has studied nociception and pain in teleost fish. Her conclusion is that it is very likely the fish feel pain, according to the Norwegian School of Veterinary…
A new report from the Joint Marine Programme (JMP), 'Feeding the Fish', reveals that fish feed manufacturers are using threatened fish stocks to supply the Scottish aquaculture industry with salmon…
By the National Marine Fisheries Service - This document examines the potential of Atlantic salmon farming in Puget Sound to impose adverse impacts on the Puget Sound chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus…
By Otto E. Langer R.P. Bio, Director of Marine Conservation, David Suzuki Foundation - Despite early attempts to farm salmon in British Columbias marine environment, the industry did not take hold…
By Salmon of the Americas - Much has been said recently about the need to alter feeds in farmed salmon to reduce contaminant levels. While this has just been "discovered" by some outside our…
By Salmon of the Americas - This report by SOTA looks at Flame retardants (PBDEs), how they compare to other environmental contaminants and it also discusses critical questions such as how PBDE's…
By the Environmental Media Services - This report by the Environmental Media Services raises its concerns and opinions on the impact of Salmon Farming in the Environment.
By Bruce A. Babcock and Quinn Weninger, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University - Declining salmon prices, due primarily to expansion of farmed salmon production, have…
By Schering-Plough Animal Health - Sea lice infestations represent the most significant disease problem currently affecting sea-farmed salmon and trout around the world. These external parasites have…
A Code of Practice - Published by Scottish Salmon - At the SSGA Technical Seminar in November 1997, Industry scientists reported on significant work regarding a strategic approach to control of sea…
By DuPont Animal Health Solutions. This report looks at the importance of Biosecurity on protecting fish stocks. The intensification of fish production provides an ideal environment in which…
By Schering-Plough Aquaculture - This article looks at a case study of how treatment with Ergosan prior to transport reduced the incidence of RTFS within the treated fish and helped lower mortality.
By Gregory N. Whitis, Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service. To be profitable, an aquaculture pond…
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - The classification, structure and biological function of the essential nutrients are described; including proteins and amino acids,…
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