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2009 January – February

2009 January – February

Volume 10 Issue 1 January/February 2009

COVER

  • Smolt Transport - Possibly the most stressful point in a farmed salmonís life, and arguably the most stressful period for a hatchery manager, smolt transport can make or break a year’s worth of
  • painstaking work leading up to this point.
  • Spanish hatchery ready to expand - Despite faltering European markets this CastellÛn producer of bass, bream and meagre sets itself up for future expansion.
  • Canadian fisheries society develops sterile and all-female kokanee for sports fishery

CONTROVERSY
Australian hatchery gathers more evidence on pesticide pollution - Fish, horses, poultry all affected says hatchery owner

NEWS

  • Scotland’s Landcatch takes swing at Chilean stance on imported eggs
  • Huon ramping up smolt production from new recirc hatchery in Tasmania
  • New research seeks solution to caviar conundrum  …just when is the right time to harvest…

DEVELOPMENTS
Smolt down, ova up in Scottish salmon hatcheries

Landcatch ready to expand Scottish smolt output

THE BUSINESS OF HATCHERIES
Fry Intelligence and Bullwhips - Dealing with crisis in the Mediterranean seabass & seabream sectors

SHELLFISH
Abalone males just not performing in California breeding project …just not interested…

RESEARCH
Classical music soothes fish at feeding time - Greek researcher extols benefits of Mozart in hatchery setting

FEATURE
Revamped Canadian hatchery replaces oil with geothermal heating system

Annual fishing derby helps Florida researchers aid failing snook stocks - Catch-and-release competition provides vital information for Mote hatchery program

PROFILE
Piscimar - Spanish hatchery ready to expand production of bass, bream and meagre when market returns

TUNA RESEARCH
The challenges of spawning Really Big Fish - How a seemingly little issue can cause tuna-size problems

GENETICS
US fish strain registry documents key characteristics of wild and domestic populations - Trout, catfish, sturgeon, paddlefish

BREEDING
Breeding Wrasse
European researchers investigate best ways to culture cleaner-fish  - still a long way to go

HEALTH
Norwegian producer reacts to BKD infection

Gene-sequencing gives boost to BKD breakthrough

PROFILE
Overproduction the solution to predation at world’s biggest minnow farm - Arkansas hatchery turns out extra fingerlings to feed pesky birds, snakes, mink and turtles -

NUTS AND BOLTS
Water Use Options for Fish Hatcheries

RECIRC IN ACTION
Disinfecting Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: Post-harvest cleaning

SHOWCASE

  • Concrete technology comes to Wyoming
  • Dutch catfish hatchery sells recirc systems too
  • New Optical DO and DO/TGP probes from Point Four
  • New rotifer feed from BernAqua
  • Catchy slogan, simple system the brainchild of California aquaponics entrepreneurs - Backyard production unit grows fish and veggies under one small roof