Aquaculture

A three-year CFC-funded project, which ended recently, successfully produced and marketed certified organic aquaculture products from three Southeast Asian countries, sparking off interest in organic aquafarming in the region and an Asian generation of organic seafood. [Continue]

The GLOBALG.A.P Aquaculture Standard is a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognized pre-farm gate standard.  [Continue]

Conference held in Cochin, India January 2011 - Who's eating my prawns? A cointegration analysis of intra EU trade for frozen shrimp and prawns - Retail channels for farmed fish in South Europe [Continue]

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the marine aquaculture industry in the Mediterranean and its markets based on national country reports submitted by national marketing experts selected in the Mediterranean countries. [Continue]

With the dramatic recent growth of aquaculture, the planning of its development has become increasingly important. Proper planning will stimulate and guide the evolution of the sector by providing incentives and safeguards, attracting investment and boosting development. Moreover, it will help to ensure the long-term economic, environmental and social sustainability of the sector, and its ultimate contribution to economic growth and poverty alleviation. [Continue]

“Regional synthesis of the Mediterranean marine finfish aquaculture sector and development of a strategy for marketing and promotion of Mediterranean aquaculture (MedAquaMarket). GFCM Studies and Reviews No. 88. Rome, FAO. 2010.”.  [Continue]

The first global guidelines for aquaculture certification have been adopted by the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the Committee on Fisheries, part of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Over 50 countries attended the meeting of the sub-committee, which is the only global intergovernmental forum discussing aquaculture development.  [Continue]

Regional Aquaculture Information System. The RAIS groups all Member countries of the RECOFI which has decided to establish a web-based information system....  [Continue]

An analysis about the future of salmon production, which ends with the consideration that probably it will continue to increase because it is profitable over time...  [Continue]

The Global production of fish from aquaculture has grown rapidly during the past four decades, contributing significant quantities to the world’s supply of fish for human consumption.  [Continue]

This multidisciplinary glossary has been prepared by the Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI) of FAO Fisheries Department, under the coordination of Valerio Crespi.  [Continue]

An electronic version, on CD Rom of FAO Training Series: Simple methods for aquaculture.  [Continue]

The fattening of eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails  [Continue]

In addition to explanations of culture technology and methodology, the manual includes a brief discussion of the processes of identifying a suitable site for locating a hatchery and considerations in planning and designing the hatchery. It also includes advances that are likely to improve the reliability and economic viability of the hatchery industry in the near future, featuring topics such as polyploidy, the development of selected strains, cryopreservation of gametes and the need for novel, non-living foods.  [Continue]

In Morocco, marine fish represent 50.8 percent of the total landings, followed by freshwater fish which represent 24 percent [...]. Marine aquaculture is mainly based on farming the Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and the Europeans seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). [Continue]

Due to the rapidly changing production processes in aquaculture worldwide (e.g. submergible cages, sea ranching, intensification, aquaponics and recirculation systems), which sometimes increase vulnerability to disease outbreaks and which generally require large investments from aquaculturists, over the last decades the demand for insurance to share and cover the risks involved has increased significantly within the aquaculture sector.  [Continue]

An examination of the fishmeal-soybean meal relationship and research initiatives aimed at reducing the fishmeal inclusion level in fish feeds. [Continue]