Aquaculture Technical Articles
Article published the April 4, 2014:
INTRODUCTION
Tilapia species constitute a major and important item in the Egyptian fish farming. It displays many favourable attributes as culture species, on the basis of its general hardness, resistance to d...
Article published the March 26, 2014:
1Botany Department and Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa 2Feed Technology Project, Divison of Aquaculture, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa3Dep...
Article published the March 21, 2014:
(First published: March 2006)
Small islands with no rivers or clay have always had to forgo assistance to develop aquaculture. With the rapid depletion of reef fishes in the Caribbean, St Kitts was forced to i...
Article published the March 20, 2014:
Phytoplankton are the key food item in both aquaculture and mariculture. Both systems are utilizing phytoplankton as food for the animals being farmed. In aquaculture, phytoplankton must be obtained and develop...
Article published the March 17, 2014:
INTRODUCTION
Tilapia species constitute a major and important item in the Egyptian fish farming. It displays many favourable attributes as culture species, on the basis of its general hardness, resistance to d...
Article published the February 28, 2014:
Background
Catfish is the major aquaculture species in the United States, accounting for over 60% of all US aquaculture production. While channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) accounts for the majority of comm...
Article published the February 18, 2014:
The milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskål) is the most important cultured fish species in the Philippines. In 2011, almost 373,000 t milkfish were produced there (FAO, 2013), around 42% of its entire world pro...
Article published the January 31, 2014:
INTRODUCTION
Probiotics (specific microbial feeds with potential benefits to the host), and prebiotics (dietary components such as complex carbohydrates able to change the colonic microenvironment fostering co...
Article published the January 31, 2014:
INTRODUCTION
The research of probiotics for aquatic animals is increasing with the demand for environment friendly aquaculture. The probiotics were defined as live microbial feed supplements that biocontrol &n...
Article published the January 31, 2014:
INTRODUCTION
The first probiotics tested in fish were commercial preparations devised for land animals. Though some effects were observed with such preparations, the survival of these bacteria was uncertain in...