Fish nutrition can be the deciding factor between a robust and healthy farmed fish population and low aquaculture production. In an age where chemicals and antibiotics are under greater scrutiny than ever, a strong understanding of the role of nutrients and feed additives is essential in the ...

Marine shrimp farming has become an important component of aquaculture. Water and soil conditions have a great influence on the efficiency of shrimp production, and a review of water quality and bottom soil management will be provided. After a shrimp pond has been drained for harvest, organic...

Fish play an important role in the nutrition of people in India. Per capita availability of fish in the country is 9.5 kg with production at 5.8 million tonnes during 1999-2000. This production level makes India the second largest aquaculture producing country in the world, China is the leading ...

In the hatchery production of aquatic animals for aquaculture, live foods such as diatoms; rotifer, Brachionus plicatilis and brine shrimp, Artemia salina, have been used throughout the world. However, such production requires large facilities, maintenance expenses, and labour to produce a desired...

Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) meal, produced from the larvae of Hermetia illucens, has shown promise as a fish meal (FM) replacement in diets for rainbow trout, catfish and tilapia, but has not been examined as an alternative protein source in shrimp diets. Six isonitrogenous (35% crude protein,...

Commercial producers raising centrarchids in Arkansas routinely report winter mortality. Juvenile centrarchids are susceptible to harsh winter conditions. The Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurescens is a popular sport fish for recreational fishing, and there are no recommended best...

The biofloc technology production system is a production-intensifying management strategy used primarily for culturing tilapia and penaeid shrimp, both of which can consume the biofloc. Other fish can be grown in biofloc systems because the biofloc serves to maintain water quality, metabolizing the ...

The freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, commonly called 'scampi,' is the most important culturable freshwater species of prawn with a fairly high growth rate, wide range of temperature (15-35°C) and salinity tolerance. The nutrients required by this species for growth and associated...

The objective of this study was to evaluate inclusion of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as partial replacement of commercial, solvent-extracted soybean meal (SBM) in fish meal-free diets for Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaria connected to a recirculating...

Development of science and technology of cultured pearl production in a freshwater environment in India is described. Distribution of Indian pearl mussels, pond mussel Lamellidens marginalis, paddy field mussel L. corrianus, and riverine mussel Parreysia corrugata in relation to environmental...