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2008 November – December

2008 November – December

Volume 9 Issue 6 November/December 2008

King crab project makes headway in Alaska - Big improvement in spawning success

NEWS

  • Cod larvae take to the air in Norway
  • Hatchery operators get tips on VHS avoidance at biosecurity workshop
  • Norwegian salmon hatcheries told to go easy on the salt - Too much is bad for fry says researcher

RESEARCH

  • Norwegian researchers evaluate optimal nutrition for cod broodstock
  • Halibut juveniles should stay longer in hatchery setting say Canadian researchers
  • US researchers seek best sea urchin diets
  • Probiotics: The beneficial effects of feeding yeast-enriched Daphnia magna to sturgeon larvae

DEVELOPMENTS
Maori organization spearheads major new aquaculture complex in New Zealand - Hatcheries for finfish & shellfish part of the plan

GETTING IT STRAIGHT
The importance of nutrition in larval diets

PROFILE
South East Queensland Fish - Australian company specializes in breeding native Australian warm water species for the ornamental and re-stocking markets

RESEARCH

  • Fish embryos used to test for environmental contaminants
  • Yellowtail juveniles grow faster with exercise
  • Tilapia juveniles grow well on diets that replace fish meal with yeast say Portuguese researchers

COUNTRY PROFILE
New ideas, new requirements change the face of hatchery technology in the Czech Republic

FEATURE

  • Egg supply a limiting factor for Cobia growth - More hatcheries, better broodstock and better diets are needed
  • Spawning and Early Life Stage Culture of the White Sturgeon
  • Eel progress - A Hungarian researcher reports on recent progress in the artificial induction of sexual maturation and propagation of European eels

FACILITIES
Construction starts on new Texas hatchery - State’s sport fishermen the beneficiaries

New hatchery needed to ease smolt shortage in northern Norway

FISH HEALTH
Ohio punches back at VHS scare - Virus threat overblown says one hatchery operator

RECIRC IN ACTION
New research looks into effects of C02 on marine species

Fairbanks Experimental Fish Hatchery - Pilot facility serves as test bench for big new recirc hatchery currently under construction in Alaska

NUTS AND BOLTS
Circular Tanks or Raceways? The Pros and Cons…

SHOWCASE
Recirculating Aquaculture

Siemens filter makes the grade in California