This article discusses a very basic overview of the current status of off-bottom oyster farming within the Gulf of Mexico region, including consideration of potential, barriers and risks. Off-bottom culture of oysters requires significant investments of time, labour and money, but has the...

This work contains proceedings on the aetiology, epidemiology, prevalence, distribution, transmission, treatment, prevention and control of fish, shrimp, amphibian and mollusc diseases in the Asia-Pacific region.

In this special publication (no. 16) of the Aquaculture Association of Canada a review on the project (over 220) descriptions detailing an impressive range of topics, disciplines, and species from across the vast geography of Canada was presented. Projects include marine and freshwater species,...

The total organic aquaculture production at EU 27 level is estimated at 74.032 tonnes in 2020, accounting for 6.4% of the total EU aquaculture production. The production has increased by 60% compared to 2015 (46.341 tonnes at EU 27 level in 2015), this is mainly due to a growth in organic mussel...

Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms ranging from microbes to shellfish and finfish. Fisheries production from the capture of wild fish has remained fairly constant since the late 1980s and it is the increase in production from aquaculture that has led to substantial growth in fish...

The definitions for probiotics and prebiotics are provided in this article. The applications of probiotics and prebiotics in aquacultured species nutrition are given focus. The benefits of certain prebiotics (mannanoligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides, short-chain fructooligosaccharides,...

Most post-harvest procedures for shrimp are designed to maintain the quality of the product, not protect consumer health. However, food safety is not a big concern with shrimp because shrimp do not concentrate toxins and normally are not eaten raw (cooking destroys pathogenic microorganisms). On...