Health & Welfare
Live diets for pacu larvae tested in Peru
Study in Peru that evaluated three food sources for larval pacu shows that water fleas appear to be a cost-effective substitute for artemia.
Health & Welfare
Peru project studies blood cockles for stock enhancement, aquaculture
In Peru, some wild cockle communities have been so overfished that total fishing bans are being considered. A project was therefore established to develop sustainable spat production as a crucial step toward the implementation of a conservation strategy for blood cockles that fosters social aquaculture and stock enhancement. The project rested on the establishment of protocols for reproduction, larval culture and seeding; development of diagnostic tools for molluscan pathogens and the study of blood cockles’ genetic diversity.
Health & Welfare
Pond-condition improvements used to manage WSSV in Peru
An experiment with WSSV in Peru produced good survival rates in an area where the virus is established and where other efforts have failed.