Crustaceans

However Thai shrimp production has been on the decline in recent years. If most of the decline (10%) in 2011 was related to natural disasters like oods, the main culprit in 2012 has been the…

Omer M. Yousif, Kumar K.M. Krishnankutty and Abdul Fatah Ali, Aquaculture and Marine Studies Center, Abu Al Abyad Island, Department of the President's Affairs, looked at the reproductive…

BASIC PARAMETERS ON HANDLING OF AQUACULTURAL PONDS WATER REPLACEMENT Amount of oxigen dissolved Evaporation and filtering Water temperature Coloring Salinity Turbidity pH TEMPERATURE Water…

Introduction Discussion of the current shrimp disease crisis focuses on the microbiology of pathogens and the regulations needed to limit their spread locally and across national boundaries (FAO…

Taurine is not considered an essential amino acid for fish, but many studies indicated that it is conditionally essential, especially if fish are fed plant protein-based diets. In response to these…

Introduction Marine protected areas (MPAs) have received increasing attention as tools in fisheries management and conservation. However, examples of replicated experiments that sampled organismal…

INDIA - A scientist and his team of the Division of Fisheries Science, Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Port Blair, have initiated research on breeding and larval rearing of Giant…

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 the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission - This report looks at the problem of White Spot Syndrome and gives an overview of its biology and recommendations to guard against it.

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…

By Aqua-In-Tech - Diseases are due interaction between environments, the animal being reared (genetics, health, nutritional status, etc.) and the pathogen. In an ideal system these are in balance…

By Laura Tiu and Geoff Wallat, Ohio State University - This article provides answers to a number of frequently asked questions regards the cultivation of freshwater prawns in ponds. The article has a…

Freshwater Prawns Pond Production and Grow-Out - By the Mississippi State University - A final phase of freshwater prawn (shrimp) production is grow-out of juveniles to adults for market as a food…

VIETNAM - Vietnam's Ministry of Fisheries is setting an annual production target of 200,000 tonnes of tilapia by 2010, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Hong Minh said.

As the global average temperature increases and CO2 within the ocean begins to reach saturation the ability of the ocean to absorb carbon will alter significantly, writes J. P. Hickey, School of…

US - Cargill Animal Nutrition announced that it has signed a purchase agreement for the assets of Burris Mill & Feed Inc., Franklinton, La. which primarily produces fish feed.

By the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, The Oceanic Institute, Hawaii - This report looks at an outbreak of the Taura Syndrome Virus in a shrimp farm in Hawaii and discusses the…

By Delma Bratvold, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Published by CSIRO Marine Research - Traditionally, prawns are cultured in large shallow (1 to 2 m) ponds adjacent to estuaries,…

By Shaun M. Moss, Steve M. Arce, Dustin R. Moss and Clete A. Otoshi, The Oceanic Institute - Penaeid shrimp aquaculture expanded significantly over the past two decades. However, shrimp farmers have…

By U Win Latt, Aquaculture Asia - Intensive shrimp farming developed rapidly in the mid 1980's, especially in the Southeast Asian region. Shrimp production levels increased mainly due to expansion of…