WorldFish is an international, nonprofit research organization that harnesses the potential of fisheries and aquaculture to […]
The EC funded SARNISSA project aims to link like minded individuals throughout Sub Saharan Africa and […]
As a food-producing sector, aquaculture has surpassed both capture fisheries and the terrestrial farmed meat production […]
Quarantine is an important risk management measure and a key activity that should be considered when […]
With the aim of alleviating poverty, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations […]
This document provides guidance to assist developing countries in improving national emergency preparedness in order to […]
In light of limited supplies of fish from natural populations, stock enhancement is being considered as […]
Risk analysis is complex subject that is best learned by actual experience. This manual will assist […]
This paper describes the utility of dead shrimp samples in epidemiological investigations of the white spot […]
Five isolates of a rhabdovirus associated with a severe ulcerative disease of striped snakehead, Ophicephalus striatus, […]
Annual outbreaks of a severe ulcerative disease with high mortalities of wild and pond cultured freshwater […]
This report reviews the production systems and practices of tilapia broodstock production in sewage ponds in […]
This article reports a project to examine the relationship between environmental conditions, bacterial load in the […]
Hybrid catfish farming has developed very successfully in Thailand over the last 10 years. Farmers, however, […]
To investigate the significance of viruses isolated from fish affected by epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), a […]
This 17-page document is the final report to the Overseas Development Administration. The objectives of the […]
The aims of this project were to: 1) provide an understanding of the general biology and […]
The morphology and physiology (temperature-growth relationships) of seventeen isolates of Saprolegnia from fish hatcheries in Japan […]
This BSc Project Report comprises a 4-page description of the principles of backyard aquaculture with reference […]
This manual is designed to aid hatcheries to produce large numbers of good quality silver barb […]
The main aims of the project were to develop a bio-economic model of tropical shrimp fisheries […]
This final technical report provides statement of the purpose, activities and results of the project. Supporting […]
White spot disease (WSD) is a pandemic disease caused by a virus commonly known as white […]
Greater than 99% of Vibrio alginolyticus were cleared from the haemolymph of Penaeus monodon within 4 […]
This workshop reviews the work carried out over the first two phases of the Fish Seed […]
White spot disease (WSD) is a viral disease of shrimp caused by white spot syndrome virus […]
The proceedings include an introduction to the TROPECA project, the use of environmental modelling and indicators, […]
White spot disease (WSD) is caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and is an acutely […]
This synthesis paper is one of a series that has been developed to assist research managers […]
Although poverty analysis was not part of the original design of the Renewable Natural Resources Research […]
The main objective of this five year action research project was to test technical and institutional […]
Pathogenicity and cultural experiments described here provide futher evidence that a distinct species of Aphanomyces is […]
A survey of fish affected with epizootic ulcerative syndrome taken from outbreaks in countries throughout South […]
The headings for this presentation, which has a number of colour photographs, are as follows: Background […]
This is one of a series of 10 working papers produced as the first stage of […]
Forty-nine compounds were tested in vitro for fungicidal activity against hyphae of the fish-pathogenic Oomycete fungus, […]
There is an increasing problem with bacterial disease associated with stress in farmed frogs. In general, […]
Five immunostimulants were injected intraperitoneally into striped snakeheads (Channa striata). The inhibitory effects of the serum […]
The report presents contextual information about the Lao PDR derived from many sources, incorporating the findings […]
Snakeheads, Channa striatus (Bloch), were inoculated with a spore suspension of the specific pathogenic Aphanomyces, isolated from fish affected […]
This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
This article reviews the project theme of management of exotic (nonindigenous) carp species in Asian aquaculture, […]
The effects of white spot disease of shrimps on the livelihoods of poor farmers of the […]
This is one of a series of working papers based on field research that took place […]
The purpose of the project was to identify the major social and bioeconomic constraints to the […]
White spot disease (WSD) is at present the most serious viral disease affecting cultivated shrimp species […]
This handbook on epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), aims to provide scientists and fish health workers with […]
This brief note describes the role of epidemiology in sustaining rural livelihoods, using as an example […]
The susceptibility of snakehead rhabdovirus to treatment at 20°C with 5 commercially available disinfectants was examined. […]
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed which detects Vibrio parahaemolyticus biotype alginolyticus. This sandwich […]
The work presented here represents an 18-month study to examine the relationship between environmental conditions, bacterial […]
This paper reviews existing knowledge concerning the outputs of tropical aquaculture production and the environmental capacity […]
Seven rhabdoviruses isolated from fish suffering from epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) were compared in terms of […]
Fifty-four isolates of various fish-pathogenic and saprophytic fungi were characterized in terms of their susceptibility to […]
Fungal mycelium extracts were subjected to gel electrophoresis and Western blot analysis with various lectins and […]
Twenty-one isolates of Aphanomyces invadans, the fungal pathogen associated with the Asian fish disease epizootic ulcerative […]
This is the first description of an economically important disease of intensively reared Pangasius hypophthalmus from […]
This conference paper outlines the need for and the production of genetically male tilapia for intensive […]
Genetic differences between a collection of aeromonads were studied in two laboratories by analysis of randomly […]
In the context of arid and semi-arid climates, where water resources are scarce and where multiple […]
Zoospores of an Aphanomyces from a diseased fish ceased to be motile following physical shock, or ionic shock […]
The coastal zone of the Mekong river delta has experienced rapid economic and environmental changes during […]
This presentation covered the following topics: Stand-alone aqua-production How flood and drought promote integration Why integration […]
This presentation was made at the OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic Animals, in Lisbon, Portugal, […]
Risk management is increasingly gaining attention within the aquaculture sector, which is reflected in the development […]
A qualitative screening-level risk assessment was developed to evaluate relative levels of risk from climate change […]
After the devastating earthquake in 2010, informal discussions were held about potential forms of a post-crisis […]
This document deals with the related BMPs of advanced fry and grow-out production of carps in […]
The present document is a follow-up to previous FAO technical assistance efforts in the sustainable development […]
Aquaculture is expected to continue to increase its contribution to the world’s production of aquatic food […]