
Transgenic improvement: Salmon, trout technology awaits regulatory approval
Transgenic salmon and trout developed by AquaBounty Technologies are minimally different from other farm-raised fish, but exhibit impressive and inheritable growth rates.
Mycobacterial infections can happen to aquaculture workers and others who handle seafood or animals in aquatic ecosystems.
Transgenic salmon and trout developed by AquaBounty Technologies are minimally different from other farm-raised fish, but exhibit impressive and inheritable growth rates.
In a study, results showed that raising water temperature to 33 degrees-C after inoculation was sufficient to prevent shrimp mortality from WSSV.
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) guidelines should be modified and closely followed to guard against the possibility of introducing new viral pathogens.
Despite research challenges, ongoing work on phytase supplementation in shrimp is striving to enhance shrimp feed performance in similar ways.
Parasite management is crucial for cod farming in Scotland. The main threat comes from parasites with direct or single-host life cycles.
Using intramuscular injection of white spot syndrome virus, study determines number of viral particles associated with the infectious dose.
Translocated shrimp have the potential to carry pathogens to new areas. Shrimp have a tendency to carry persistent infections without showing signs of disease.
Study in Peru that evaluated three food sources for larval pacu shows that water fleas appear to be a cost-effective substitute for artemia.
Research at the Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute is evaluating a prototype percussive stunning system for slaughtering food-size rainbow trout.
In vitro pH-stat determination of digestibility is a promising technique for quick assessment of nutritional value and potential negative effects.
Aquaculture may deliver commerical quantities of the tiny sea creatures, Bugula neritina, that provide important anticancer compounds.
In a study, Senegal sole larvae had better survival when fed an initial diet of enriched rotifers with algae, rather than artemia alone.
The black spots of melanosis quickly arise in harvested shrimp from enzymatic reactions in shrimp tissue or external stressors.
Advances in equipment design keep pace to provide uniform, controlled cooking temperatures that allow more precise bacteria lethality with higher yields.
The Central Pertiwi Bahari farms in Indonesia found polyculture of white shrimp and black tiger shrimp at a density of 70 PLs per square meter promising.