Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) maximises the nitrogen cycle between system components, including bacteria. In order to maximise the bacterial role in nitrogen elimination in an IMTA system, we investigated the effect of bivalve culture on water quality and bacterial community structure...

Shrimp farming has been the fastest-growing sector in seawater aquaculture and has contributed to improving the farmers income and the utilization efficiency of aquaculture resources in China. The shrimp industry has deployed ever-improved and innovated methods, from extensive farming to...

The economic and ecological effects of three shrimp farming models commonly adopted in China, including the indoor super-intensive culture model (ISIC), the pond integrated multi-trophic aquaculture model (PIMTA), and the pond mono-culture model (PMC) were evaluated in this study. The economic and ...

Viral covert mortality disease (VCMD), caused by covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV), is a newly emerging disease affecting most cultured shrimp and other crustaceans, but not fish. However, we discovered for the first time that Mugilogobius abei, a common marine fish collecting from shrimp farming...

Litopenaeus vannamei is one of the most productive shrimp species in the world. However, shrimp farming is suffering from adverse environmental conditions and disease outbreaks. Typically, Lactobacillus pentosus and Arthrospira platensis are used as substitutes for some antibiotics. In the present ...

The Hong Kong oyster, Crassostrea hongkongensis is an economically important and widely cultivated oyster species in southern China. Aiming to improve the aquaculture potentials of C. hongkongensis, a triploid organism was generated by inhibiting the second polar body formation in the fertilized...

The predatory Bdellovibrio is considered one of the most promising probiotics in aquaculture. Yet the effect of dietary Bdellovibrio probiotics on Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis has never been evaluated. In the present study, a fifty-day feeding trial was conducted to assess the effects of...

Ulva prolifera is one of the most common macroalgae and is distributed widely off the coast of China. It is well known for its rapid growth rate and good reproduction and it has fast nitrogen removal efficiency. Integration of seaweed cultivation in shrimp farming water is considered a potential ...

Viral covert mortality disease (VCMD) has caused serious losses to shrimp aquaculture in China in recent years and the ridgetail white prawn Exopalaemon carinicauda has been suspected to be one important factor in perpetuating the high prevalence of covert mortality nodavirus (CMNV) infections due...

In order to study the effects of carbon source addition on the bacterial community, water quality and shrimp growth in the recirculating aquaculture system of Litopenaeus vannamei, sucrose with 50% of the daily feed was added daily to the system from the middle stage of culture. The bacterial...