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 giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is a major focus of aquaculture in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the globe. Over the last 30 years, culture of M. rosenbergii has increased exponentially as demand has risen both for domestic consumption and for international export...

This book has as its nucleus a report prepared for the American Institute of Biological Sciences, under contract with the U.S. President's Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, but the report has been rewritten and supplemented with much new information. The authors' aim is to...

Intensification of aquaculture has led to frequent occurrence of disease outbreaks. To deal with this issue antibiotics are a widely-preferred control strategy, but one that poses risks to the environment and humans, if used indiscriminately. In pursuit of an alternative, probiotics have emerged...

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence and intensity of ectoparasites which infest mud crab (Scylla serrata) and white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). The prevalence of ectoparasite infestation in mud crab was 92.5% with an intensity of 801.18 per sample while the infestation in white ...

Published and new accounts of viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, metazoa, and infectious diseases of unknown aetiology in commercially exploited shellfish (molluscs, echinoderms, and crustaceans) are summarised. The information is organised according to the host that is normally infected (i.e. ...

Vibrio vulnificus (Vv) and Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) are water- and foodborne bacteria that can cause several distinct human diseases, collectively called vibriosis. The success of oyster aquaculture is negatively impacted by high Vibrio abundances. Myriad environmental factors affect the...

This work develops, applies, and tests a methodology for simulating three key determinants of aquaculture carrying capacity: production, environmental effects, and pathogen interactions. Deterministic models for simulation of biomass production and environmental effects for fish and shellfish were...