aquaculture development Articles

This paper introduces Mangrove Capital; a programme conceived by Wetlands International and partner organisations, that aims to bring the values of mangroves to the fore and provide the knowledge and tools necessary for the improved management of mangrove forests. The project will enable governments, private sector organisations and local communities in Indonesia to manage mangroves, so that they ...

Aug. 24, 2011

By Wetlands International

There are two main ways to obtain feed for fish farming in Ghana: locally produced feed and imported feed. However, fish feeds locally produced are in bad quality as most of them are not extruded. Imported feed is appropriately 30% more expensive than locally produced. So importation is not a quick fix. On average the costs for Tilapia farming in Ghana consist of 70% of the feed cost. Therefore, ...

Aug. 9, 2015

By Azeus Fertilizer Machinery Co.,Ltd.

Governance is defined as a process allowing actors to contextualise the regulatory system and, as a result, to transform sustainable development (SD) into an instrument of action. It will be all the easier for actors to familiarise themselves with SD and its implementation measures if these measures are similar to their representation on SD and its consequences on their activity and social life. ...

Jun. 17, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

In order to support healthy aquaculture, we developed assays to assess immune functions and their susceptibility to environmental conditions or toxicants. Flow cytometry allowed the rapid and quantitative analysis of oyster and lobster cell subpopulations and their functions (phagocytosis, peroxide production, natural killer cell-like activity and apoptosis). We demonstrated experimentally that ...

Sep. 30, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

US aquaculture is one of the fastest growing segments of US agriculture; however, as aquaculture expands, a number of environmental, regulatory, and socioeconomic concerns threaten to constrain further development of the industry. This presents unique challenges to the Sea Grant network. Although Sea Grant encourages the commercial development of aquaculture, it must work with local communities ...

Sep. 30, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

The advantages and disadvantages of culturing fish. Experts develop practical recommendations for decision-makers, scientists and producers for a sustainable development of Mediterranean aquaculture. Human demand for fish is growing steadily. With fisheries decreasing worldwide, aquaculture is becoming an important socio-economic alternative and a source of proteins and healthy oils. ...

Jul. 12, 2007

By International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Fish Feed Plant Background & Necessity Along with the development of aquaculture, aquafeed industry has also made a quite fast progress, especially in virtue of continue advancement of breeding technology, the culturing mode has turned into intensive cultivation from extensive fish farming, which provides vast space for fish feed production. In line with the FAO (Food and Agriculture ...

Apr. 14, 2017

By Amisy Fish Feed Machinery

Is sustainable aquaculture possible? Aquaculture is facing a new era of expansion in Europe. What are the environmental implications of this, and how can the sector expand sustainably? This Future Brief from Science for Environment Policy presents an overview of research into aquaculture’s impacts, and considers how it could develop in harmony with environmental goals. The ...

Apr. 30, 2015

By European Commission

Currently, fisheries and aquaculture continue to be crucial sources of food, nourishment, earnings and sustenance for hundreds of millions of people all over the world, especially for Nigerians. Fortunately, all the above datum also tell that there are big profits for Nigerian fishery, fish farmers, fish feed manufacturers and suppliers if they can use scientific methods to develop aquaculture, ...

Dec. 11, 2017

By Fanway Fish Feed Machinery

Nutrient over-enrichment of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, or eutrophication, is a rapidly growing environmental crisis. Worldwide, the number of coastal areas impacted by eutrophication stands at over 500. In coastal areas, occurrences of dead zones, which are caused by eutrophic conditions, have increased from 10 documented cases in 1960 to 405 documented cases in 2008. In addition, many of ...

May 31, 2009

By World Resources Institute WRI

In virtue of mature processing technology and unique advantages in fish farming, extruded floating and sinking fish feed has become the most ideal fish feed in modern aquaculture industry. With the further development of fish farming industry, extruded fish feeds have obtained more and more wide applications in virtue of unique advantages including high nutrient, good palatability, strong ...

Sep. 6, 2017

By Fanway Fish Feed Machinery

Diatom algae are known to play an important role as primary producers in many diverse ecosystems, including artificial aquaculture ponds where they also aid in maintaining water quality by consuming excess nutrients. But factors influencing their growth are still poorly understood. In the present study the effect of micronutrients, N:P ratio and silica concentration on benthic diatom Synedra ...

Mar. 15, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Shrimp aquaculture is now establishing itself as an important aquaculture industry in coastal Bangladesh. However, the benefit of this industry is concentrated to only the interests of a specific group of people who contribute a significant amount of foreign earnings to the nation, while the present development process is posing a challenge to the coastal sustainability, as well as the industry ...

Mar. 7, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

It has been another busy year for Fusion Marine with the international fish farming sector ordering fish containment pens and a wide range of other specialist aquaculture systems from their diverse range. ...

Feb. 27, 2019

By Gael Force Aquaculture - Gael Force Group Limited.

Background Mulroy Bay in North West Ireland is a pristine marine environment with a number of rare and sensitive habitats. As a result Mulroy Bay is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). The sheltered nature of the bay has seen it develop into a major centre for aquaculture producing shellfish and salmon with an annual value of ...

May 5, 2010

By OTT HydroMet

Climate change could benefit some Pacific fisheries, but tracking the success of adaptation needs effective monitoring, says Johann Bell. Climate change could derail plans by Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to use ...

Feb. 14, 2012

By SciDev.Net

As one of the fastest growing food processing industry in the world, aquaculture has provided more than half of all aquatic products for human consumption. The rapid and healthy development of aquaculture industry can hardly do without the support of artificial breeding technology, knowledge of nutritional requirement to aquatic animals, aquafeed processing ...

Apr. 23, 2017

By Amisy Fish Feed Machinery

As aquaculture becomes more popular and sophisticated, many companies are offering exciting new technologies that require major infrastructure investment. But what about existing local fish farms – how can fish farmers keep up with developments without going into debt? The majority of land-based aquaculture centers around the world use earthen ponds. This traditional extensive farming ...

Oct. 9, 2016

By AquaLifeNet