Because of poor planning, improper construction, or lack of proper management, many Mississippi lakes and ponds are relatively unproductive. A pond that consistently produces good catches of fish is a result of proper planning, construction, and management. The purpose of this publication is to encourage Mississippi landowners to plan, construct, and manage their ponds and [...]
Entries from August 31, 2005
Managing Mississippi Farm Ponds and Small Lakes
August 31, 2005 · Comments Off · ecosystems, facilities
Thailand freshwater biotope
August 30, 2005 · Comments Off · ecosystems, ornamental
Siamensis Group was formed by a group of people who met online. Their love of freshwater fish and aquatic plants brought them together to make their dream come true – a website about Thai fish and their husbandry. Siamensis Group is an independent non-profit group working to save Thai freshwater fish, aquatic plants, and their [...]
Australian Aquaculture and the AAHL Fish Diseases Laboratory
August 29, 2005 · Comments Off · diseases
The strength of Australian aquaculture lies in its disease-free status and reputation for providing clean, green products. Many serious infectious diseases, which limit aquaculture production overseas, remain exotic (foreign) to Australia. However, experience overseas shows that as fish production intensifies, the incidence of diseases also increases. Exotic disease outbreaks are a significant threat to Australian [...]
Gender issues in aquaculture
August 28, 2005 · 1 Comment · development, gender issues
The crucial roles women play in aquaculture production have been explored at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland. For example in Cambodia, higher yields are obtained from fish ponds managed mainly by women. In Thailand and China, they often bear the sole responsibility of farm and aquaculture production because of male migration to [...]
Commercial production of Trichogaster trichopterus
August 27, 2005 · Comments Off · ornamental
The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) is one of five regional aquaculture centers in the United States established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The regional aquaculture centers integrate individual and institutional expertise and resources in support of commercial aquaculture development. The Center produces a number of publications, including this ‘Manual for Commerical [...]
Breeding shortfinned eels in captivity – New Zealand
August 26, 2005 · Comments Off · freshwater fin fish
Interest in eel farming in New Zealand began in the late 1960s, and in the early 1970s there were five trial eel farms, ranging from a traditional Japanese outdoor pond farm to an indoor intensive heated water system. By late 1975 only one farm remained. The reasons for farm closures were combinations of high overheads, [...]
African Rift Lake Cichlids in Southern Oregon, USA
August 25, 2005 · Comments Off · ornamental
It’s hard to imagine anyone would try to establish an aquaculture facility specialising in raising Mbuna – the african Rift Lake cichlids – outdoors – in Southern Oregon’s harsh temperatures. But, if there’s enough water, at the right temperatures, anything is possible. This report outlines how Ron Barnes tapped an abundant local supply of geothermally [...]
Sturgeon farming for caviar and more
August 24, 2005 · Comments Off · freshwater fin fish
Sturgeon AquaFarm’s Florida USA based aquaculture operation is dedicated to restoring the world’s resources of sturgeon. The company was established in order farm various sturgeon species for commercial production of sturgeon meat and caviar – beluga, osetra, sevruga. Sturgeon are prehistoric fish that can live up to 100 years and grow to be 2800 lb. [...]
Cui-ui recovery efforts, Nevada USA
August 23, 2005 · Comments Off · ecosystems
The Cui-ui lakesucker, Chasmistes cujus, is listed as an endangered species, and Pyramid Lake, in Nevada, USA, is the only place in the world where it is found. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe built a hatchery based in Sutcliffe in 1973 – it is now operated and maintained by the Pyramid Lake Fisheries. The US [...]
Farming Trochus
August 22, 2005 · Comments Off · shellfish
Trochus, Trochus niloticus, have long been exploited for both subsistence and export in the South Pacific. On the coral reefs where they are found, most can be collected by hand or free diving. The shells are used to make jewellery and as inlay in carvings, but their primary use is in the production of mother-of-pearl [...]
Digging out geoducks – North America
August 21, 2005 · Comments Off · shellfish
I remember reading in a magazine a few years back that perhaps the most important fact about geoducks (pronounce gooey ducks) is: size matters. I believe that back in more genteel days the rather obvious tumescence of geoducks was concealed from female eyes to protect them from the shock – or perhaps to stop them [...]
Farming sponges – Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
August 20, 2005 · Comments Off · development
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) congratulates the Manbarra Traditional Owners of Palm Island and Coolgaree CDEP on achieving an important milestone towards establishing Australia’s first commercial sea sponge farm, with an agreement for the development of Coolgaree Bay Sponge Farm ILUA, Palm Island, Queensland. The Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA), signed on 26 [...]
Lagoon farming giant clams (Tridacna sp.)
August 19, 2005 · Comments Off · shellfish
Giant clams have long been a culturally important resource throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. Their meat has been traditionally used as a subsistence food source. The shell also has many uses for both practical and decorative purposes, being used to make dishes, tools, jewelry and ornaments. In more recent times, the meat has become a delicacy [...]
Northern Snakehead – Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)
August 18, 2005 · Comments Off · ecosystems, freshwater fin fish
One of the great experiences for me was visiting an aquaculture establishment just outside the sprawling city of Guangzhou. The farm was new then, and was developing stocks of turtles and snakeheads, and possibly other species for supply to the numerous restuarants in the city. I was later able to try a meal of snakehead [...]
Aquaculture: The Farming and Husbandry of Freshwater and Marine Organisms
August 17, 2005 · Comments Off · book pile
Aquaculture: The Farming and Husbandry of Freshwater and Marine Organisms by John E. Bardach, John H. Ryther, William O. McLarney “Husbandry of aquatic organisms, though a novelty to much of the world, has been practiced through the ages…” Back in the days before Amazon, I finally found a copy of the 1972 edition in Hong [...]
New Zealand Seafood Industry Training Organisation
August 16, 2005 · Comments Off · study
Historically, training within trades or industry has either been in an apprentice/tradesman type approach or an uncoordinated approach where a qualification might not be recognised in another part of the country or even with another employer located nearby. New Zealand has taken a very coordinated approach to industry training, with over 40 industry training organisations. [...]
Barramundi Farming – Queensland, Australia
August 15, 2005 · Comments Off · freshwater fin fish
In May 2005, while attending a conference in Sydney (about blogging, rather than aquaculture) I was offered fresh barramundi at the restaurant we were dining at. The price was $A 26 for the meal. I saw $A 28 for a main course featuring barramundi at another restaurant. Barramundi was presented as a somewhat exotic, seasonal [...]
National Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture – NIWA (New Zealand)
August 14, 2005 · Comments Off · crustacea
NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) has the largest team of aquaculture specialists and dedicated facilities in New Zealand and is able to help with all aspects of aquaculture. They provide aquaculture advice and services to industry, iwi (indigenous people tribal groups), community groups and government agencies. You can access NIWA’s expertise in [...]
David Suzuki Foundation “Fish farm causes sea lice abundances”
August 13, 2005 · Comments Off · diseases, ecosystems
The David Suzuki Foundation web site has released (March 29, 2005) a report entitled: “Fish farm causes sea lice abundances thousands of times higher than natural levels, new study confirms” The results show transmission of lice from farmed salmon to migrating wild salmon peaked at an intensity of 70 times greater than natural near the [...]
Notifiable diseases affecting fish, molluscs, and crustacea
August 12, 2005 · Comments Off · diseases
OIE World Organisation for Animal Health has published a list of notifiable diseases affecting fish, molluscs, and crustacea which hopefully can be avoided by all. These diseases share the list with BSE (Mad Cow Disease) and Foot and Mouth Disease, and similar foes of terraculturalists. Gyrodactylus salaris on the skin of an Atlantic salmon parr [...]
