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2011 Sept – Oct

2011 Sept – Oct

COVER

  • A Lab for Lice - At a dedicated “louse-lab” in Norway, Skretting is raising sea lice that will be used in experiments to study fish resistance to the parasites & the effectiveness of various feeds in discouraging them.
  • AUSTRALIA - SUNLAND UP-DATE XV: Task force report roundly criticized
  • New mega hatchery ramps up production in Alaska

NEWS

  • Canadian researchers study impact of fin-clipping - Tiny adipose fin may be more important than previously thought
  • Aquarium reports successful spawning of endangered white abalone
  • Overfishing reduces genetic diversity in fish populations
  • Alligators escape from Florida farm
  • Hendrix and Landcatch complete deal
  • Name change for Intervet/Schering-Plough
  • Volcanic eruption triggers landslide and kills four million salmon at Chilean hatchery
  • Biomarker test determines sex of young sturgeon
  • Larval feeds get medicated
  • Fatty acids add punch to fish feeds
  • Wyoming trout hatchery celebrates reopening of renovated facility

THE BUSINESS OF HATCHERIES: Black Swans and White Spots: Managing Risk in Hatcheries

FEATURE:  Making photoperiod work for you

AUSTRALIA Queensland cyclones: aquaculture hit hard

SuperSmolt programme ramps up in Norway

Norwegian hatchery destroyed in fire

Closing the Cobia life-cycle in Brazil – A Brazilian-led team reports on its first successful closed-cycle cobia reproduction

ENHANCEMENT: Restocking trout in Welsh reservoirs

SHELLFISH: When things go wrong…

FEATURE: European tuna spawning and breeding program comes to an end

Spanish institute continues tuna breeding research - New facility to share resources with Spanish desalination plant

The evidence mounts: Dr. Landos runs a new trial of ‘other possible causes’

RESTOCKING - Welsh hatchery breeds endangered crayfish

RECIRC IN ACTION

  • Billund touts merits of Chilean recirc system
  • Conservation groups partner-up to test recirc technology for freshwater-reared salmon - The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and the US-based Conservation Fund recently announced a partnership to grow Atlantic salmon to market size in a commercial-scale closed-containment freshwater recirculating system.
  • New facility, bigger smolts for Marine Harvest in Canada

NUTS & BOLTS -  Challenges and solutions How to integrate ozone successfully into hatchery systems

SHOWCASE:

  • Fibre-optic technology to benefit aquaculture: Portuguese team develops new CO2 sensors
  • UK research and business centre creates opportunities for aquaculture start-ups
  • New heat exchanger will benefit chinook salmon at Alaska hatchery
  • Indian farmers get training in new carp hatchery technology
  • Cryo-preservation protocol developed for Chinook salmon
  • Aquatic Eco-Systems buys aquaponics firm
  • Skretting introduces water conditioner for larval rearing
  • Asian feed giant buys shrimp broodstock producer
  • BioMar Norway celebrates 25 years in business; expands production