Aquaculture Technical Articles
Article published the March 14, 2018:
1. Introduction
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a tropical and subtropical marine fish, and has only one species under Genus Rachycentridae. Due to its good-quality meat and extraordinarily high growth rate, c...
Article published the March 13, 2018:
Introduction
The global aquaculture production of food fish has increased tremendously over the last decade, reaching 62.7 million metric tonnes in 2011 or about 40.1% of world total fish production [1]. Asian...
Article published the February 8, 2018:
Engineering design at Chambo Fisheries, the world’s largest biofloc tank farm for tilapia
Battery of eight multi-cohort sequential continuous culture BFT tanks at Chambo Fisheries.
Experience ...
Article published the January 23, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
In a broad sense, every single microorganism has been perceived to be a pathogenic threat, which, if uncontrolled, may cause devastating disease in complex live organisms. To understand this view,...
Article published the December 14, 2017:
1. Introduction
Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms, has been the agroindustrial activity with the highest growth rate worldwide in the last four decades. From 1970 to 2008 the production of ...
Article published the November 9, 2017:
Introduction
Aquaponics is a combination of both hydroponics and aquaculture. Marine aquaponics system applies this technology to marine aquatic organisms and plants that can be grown in sea water systems. Aqu...
Article published the September 14, 2017:
Introduction
Cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, harmful algae, and toxic algae are words that can confuse people who are trying to decide on pond water safety. Certain algae can cause serious problems when they ...
Article published the July 27, 2017:
The Vibrio bacteria in shrimp: how a common pathogen in shrimp farming became the leading character in the EMS story.
During the past year, evidence has accumulated on how the ongoing outbreak of early mortali...
Article published the July 20, 2017:
Introduction
Egyptian aquaculture has grown rapidly, with annual production reaching 705,000 tons in 2009 – up from 57,000 tons in 1994. Per capita consumption of fish in Egypt rose from8.5 kg to 15.4 ...
Article published the July 14, 2017:
A phytobiotic was able to reduce Vibrio counts in intestine and hepatopancreas leading to an increase in survival and better health.
Shrimp farming is growing very fast in recent years, due to the high pr...