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...

This work contain conference proceedings on the reproduction, physiology, feeding, diseases, culture and management of shellfish.

Diversification of production systems has been identified as one of the major strategies for the long-term sustainability of brackishwater aquaculture. On the context of diversification, a 180-day culture experiment was carried out where four farming systems were tested: monoculture of mud crab, ...

This document was based on the proceedings of a workshop organized by the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on assessing the feasibility and sustainability of establishing a regional shellfish hatchery for the Wider...

This section is comprised of 52 abstracts of papers presented at the 30th Milford Aquaculture Seminar. The topics discussed include shellfish aquaculture, its effects on the environment and ecology, pollution by heavy metals, techniques employed in shellfish culture, management of aquaculture...

The production of most farmed molluscs, including mussels, oysters, scallops, abalone, and clams, is heavily dependent on natural seed from the plankton. Closing the lifecycle of species in hatcheries can secure independence from wild stocks and enables long-term genetic improvement of broodstock...

This article describes an inexpensive, low labour, brood-preserving, minimal space method for spawning bivalves called the bin-silo method. The components of this system are presented as well as results of trials using the bin-silo system to successfully spawn Eastern oyster, hard clam and ribbed ...

Worldwide production of farmed shellfish is estimated at 12 million tonnes/year, compared with 26 million tonnes/year of fish and 2.1 million tonnes/year of crustaceans. This figure includes 4 million tonnes of oysters, 3.43 million tonnes of clams, 1.5 million tonnes of various species of mussels...

The increasing growth of the bivalve-culture industry necessitates a scientific assessment of the carrying capacity (CC) of this aquaculture system, in order to ensure sustainability. Here, using a marine plankton ecological model and the food balance, bivalve CCs were estimated for aquaculture...

The first U.S. National Report on Aquaculture for the 41st U.S. Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture overviews major policy items, current trends in aquaculture production, and other important developments affecting contemporary U.S. aquaculture. Policy - April 2013 saw the release of the...