In an area of the central basin of the lagoon of Venice, Italy, where there are relevant natural beds of T. philippinarum, the relationship between the development of this bivalve and the level of tidal exposure was studied. The results of the sampling provide information on growth, density and...

The study was designed to evaluate the effects of solids in suspension in seawater on clams (Chamelca gallina). The aim was to investigate the possible correlation between the widespread deaths of clams in the coastal waters of the central and northern Adriatic in the last five years and increased...

A microbiological and parasitological survey was carried out on 325 samples of bivalve molluscs (202 razor clams (Ensis spp.), 55 mussels (Mytilus spp.), 42 tellina (Donax spp.), 23 clams (Venus gallina), 3 Tapes decussatus), which were collected along the Latium coast and in the mussel and clam...

The aim of this research was to investigate the presence and the diffusion of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. and heavy metal (cadmium, chromium, lead and mercury) among the most commercially important mollusks farmed and/or caught along the coast of Emilia Romagna (Italy), in order to...

This report describes the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the productive and economic aspects of livestock and aquaculture production in Italy, including farm management, labour, income, marketing and consumption of animal products (meat, fish, eggs, milk and dairy products), consumer...

Due to the gradual depletion of fish stock and overfishing, nowadays over 50% of global products comes from aquaculture and more than 65% is imported. The future perspective of aquaculture industry is the movement towards true sustainability in terms of gradual substitution of fish meal and/or fish ...

Fish welfare represents a key factor for aquaculture certification. This paper provides an overview on welfare of farmed fish, analyzing different approaches for welfare evaluation, welfare indicators, risk factors, standard and certification schemes. The new Regulation for organic aquaculture (CE...

Changes in swimming activity can reflect the perception and the response to environmental variations from a fish perspective. Thus metrics such as Ucrit, recovery test and muscular activity measured via electromyogram (EMG) were explored for their potential use as welfare indicators. Aquaculture...

The results of the research highlighted two bottleneck of the organic food chain of the production of organic feed for fish farming: the supplying of fish meal and fish oil, and the natural antioxidants. A possible solution of the reduction of the use of fish meal and oil could be represented by...

Molecular biomarkers are useful to evaluate quality in aquaculture. By means of these techniques, in the last few years, we have obtained several biomarkers (put together in a sort of tool-box) that we use to question the fish and obtain the right answer.