Aquaculture is the keeping, breeding, hatching or culturing of fish. Fish used for aquaculture include nonpearl oysters, mussels, yabbies, marron, crayfish, abalone, prawns, freshwater and marine finfish, trochus and algae for beta carotene (ie any marine organism other than reptiles, birds and...

The occurrence of pinnotherid crab Arcotheres tivelae in the bivalve mollusc Amiantis umbonella was investigated for one year on the Bandar Abbas coast (Persian Gulf, Iran). Specimens of A. umbonella were collected monthly from two transects from April 2007 to March 2008 and were investigated for...

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a double-stranded DNA virus that causes the most serious losses to shrimp farmers worldwide. Since the first WSSV incidence in Iran in 2001, it has caused several outbreaks of disease with high mortality and economic loss in the Iranian shrimp farming industry....

The aim of this study is to evaluate the length-weight relationship (LWR) of Macrobrachium nipponense in the Anzali Lagoon in Iran. Specimens of M. nipponense were collected from the three sites of the lagoon, namely Site 1 (Talab gharb), Site 2 (Siah darvishan), and site 3 (Sorkhankol) which is a...

This paper analyzes the results of implementing Value Engineering (VE) into SWOT methodology undertaken in Yazd province of Iran. This is the first time that these techniques have been undertaken for fisheries sector in Iran. The study mainly aims at applying Value Engineering and SWOT techniques...

Farming of the pacific whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), consists the greatest percent of aquaculture production of crustaceans all over the world. Vibriosis caused by Vibrio species such as Vibrio alginolyticus, is a serious limiting agent for aquaculture. Phage therapy is an eco-friendly...

Because of raising of large-scale high density prawn aquaculture techniques, production of this prawn worldwide is facing a serious threat from fatal diseases caused by nodaviruses and bacteria, particularly from the Vibrio species. The development of antibiotic resistance by Vibrio represents a...

In Iran, shrimp farming development plays an important role in employment, export and rural development in coastal areas. However, the physical potentials for shrimp farming development may be clear in Iran, its profitability for the producers needs to be analyzed, particularly followed by 40...

This article presents data on the species, production factors and constraints of shrimp farming in the Persian Gulf of Iran during 2002-2012.

Shrimp farming in Iran is one of the fast growing segments of the economy. In 1994, around 1% of Iranian shrimp production was farmed and by 2004 the share of shrimp farming increased to 60%. In spite of the fact that shrimp culture had relatively rapid growth in last decade, due to increase in...