The main problems of the European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis (Linnaeus, 1758), cultivation present the use of outdated breeding technology, which is based on collecting larvae from the natural environment, and the application of growing systems where oysters are not protected from predators,...

The application of new aquaculture technologies and the introduction of technologies known in other industries are one of the ways for developing ecologically, socially, financially and energetically sustainable aquaculture production. Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) allow for the control...

The paper presents the current condition in aquaculture of Bosnia and Herzegovina, taking into account a long tradition in fishery and a global growth in aquaculture. Along with basic information on hydrography and ichthyofauna, the paper also presents information on the production of fish and ...

According to the statistics of the Croatian Chamber of Economy, the average annual production of common mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in Croatia is 3000 tonnes and that of oysters (Ostrea edulis) in the quantity of 60 tonnes. Shellfish are mostly cultivated in three areas: the west coast of...

Fish has always been very important in human nutrition as the food of animal origin, not only for its gastronomic characteristics, but also because of its nutritional value. The paper compares the quality of farmed gilthead sea breams from fish -farms with the quality of those caught in the open...

Reduction and possible elimination of fish meal and fish oil from the nutrition of aqua cultural fish species is one of the priorities in nowadays research. Due to the growing needs for fish for human consumption and the cost of fishmeal respectively, the global trend of excessive fishing has up to ...

Nowadays, the tuna (Thunnus thynnus) farming technology is based on fattening juveniles caught from natural populations. The reason is that the technology of artificial fertilization and rearing of juveniles has not been fully developed yet. In the last twenty years, numerous research projects have ...

The paper indicates values of fishing fish in open terrestrial waters, as well as results of breeding freshwater fish in carp fish-ponds and trout fish -farms on the territory of Republic of Croatia in the period between 1945 and 2007. Breeding of fish was monitored by means of the area of the...

Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is the largest member of the Scombridae family. It can reach over 700 kg in weight and over 3 m in length. The bluefin tuna is native to the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and its population is divided by the International Commission for the...

Cultivation of shellfish in Croatia is based on settling spat from natural populations on traditional rope collectors, followed by one or more processing stages. Since that processing steps increases production price of shellfish it was decided to perform an experimental cultivation of mussel on...