Health & Welfare
Experimental culture of wreckfish in Spain
Fast growth and attractive market prices make wreckfish an interesting option among the new species considered for commercial aquaculture.
Health & Welfare
Raceway systems offer tools for EMS management
Highly controlled tank and raceway systems can help farmers raise postlarval shrimp to larger sizes before stocking in grow-out ponds. Raceways have recently been implemented for EMS management.
Health & Welfare
Statistical modeling of field data can aid shrimp grow-out operations
In order to monitor and compare the performance levels of shrimp, statistical modeling of comprehensive field data collection from many commercial shrimp operations.
Health & Welfare
Biofloc technology expanding at white shrimp farms
Biofloc technology provides high productivity, low feed-conversion ratios and a stable culture environment. Also, with viral problems and rising costs for energy, biofloc technology can help deliver sustainable production at lower cost.
Health & Welfare
Disease risk factors for shrimp production in Brazil
For two years of data, the effects of management, season, stocking density and salinity on the incidence of disease in northeastern Brazil’s shrimp farms were found to be highly significant.
Health & Welfare
Bioreactor technology for tilapia advances in Latin America
Early biofloc-based culture systems in tanks in Brazil have given way to commercial-scale bioreactors housed in greenhouses that utilize water fertilization regimes, high-protein feeds and salinity controls.
Intelligence
Lobster aquaculture in eastern Indonesia, part 1
Lobster cage culture has great potential in Indonesia. The current industry consists of about 1,000 small-scale farm units, many of which raise lobsters in polyculture with seaweed and grouper.
Intelligence
Southern Brazilian flounder
Work on the reproduction and larval rearing of southern Brazilian flounder supports the feasibility of flounder culture. Further research will improve weaning and grow-out techniques for the species.
Health & Welfare
‘Boutique’ RAS for spotted sea trout
A boutique design project validated a land-based, recirculating production system capable of producing 50 metric tons of spotted sea trout per year.