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... Nannochloropsis is one of the most important microalgae utilized as the feedstuff in aquaculture and is emerging model oleaginous microalgae. Recently, different genetic tools such as RNA interference, gene overexpression and gene editing have been developed in Nannochloropsis. However, the available genetic modification methods based on CRISPR technology are rather limited for modulating gene exp ...
aquaculture; geographical distribution; larval development; life history; market prices; markets; niches; principal component analysis; research and development; trade
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... An average of 7.6 M individual fishes, representing 1.8 K species from 125 distinct fish families, are imported into the U.S. annually for the marine aquarium trade. While many wild-caught species are traded annually, there are only ~39 commercial aquaculture businesses in the U.S. (2020), and 96 species commercially available as aquacultured. This study presents a data-driven framework to empower ...
João Lucas Rocha; Ana Carolina da Silveira Pereira; Alcinéa Malzete Correia; Lucas Dupont Giumbelli; Gustavo Brunetto; Arcângelo Loss; Luis Alejandro Vinatea Arana
Litopenaeus vannamei; adsorption; aluminum; aquaculture; bioremediation; calcium; case studies; farms; magnesium; nitrogen; nutrient content; pH; phosphorus; potassium; probiotics; regression analysis; sandy loam soils; shrimp; soil chemistry; soil texture; t-test; total nitrogen; total organic carbon; total phosphorus; wastes; Brazil
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... Improvements in the sampling of pond soil and bioremediation techniques can increase the efficiency of soil treatments by emphasizing zones of greater nutrient deposition. This work evaluated the relative deposition of nutrients and their statistical correlation in pond soils in intensive and extensive Litopenaeus vannamei farming. Soil samples were collected (n: 150) in six ponds at two marine sh ...
... Mass reproduction is widely used in fish farms because it is relatively easy and inexpensive. It also enables the development of mass selection programmes that provide gains for traits with high heritability. The main weakness of this approach is that it is currently impossible to know which females participated in reproductive events, unless by conducting expensive genomic experiments. We tested ...
Clinten A. Graham; Hamed Shamkhalichenar; Valentino E. Browning; Victoria J. Byrd; Yue Liu; M. Teresa Gutierrez-Wing; Noel Novelo; Jin-Woo Choi; Terrence R. Tiersch
... Machine learning is a powerful tool to improve efficiency of industrial processes, but it has not yet been well utilized in aquacultural and hatchery applications. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of using a broad array of machine learning approaches (testing of >200 vectorization and model combinations, reporting on 20) to classify ultrasound images spanning annual ov ...
activists; aquaculture; case studies; environmental sustainability; forestry; issues and policy; natural resource management; renewable energy sources; Tasmania
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... ‘Social License to Operate’ (SLO) is now a key term in natural resource development vocabulary across the world. Like industries such as mining, forestry and renewable energy, the concept is increasingly found across aquaculture research, policy, and activism. As a state in which SLO has been well-studied but is also continuing to be questioned, Tasmania constitutes a useful case study to investig ...
... An eight-week feeding trial was performed to determine how methionine regulates muscle growth in the rice field eel Monopterus albus (initial weight 25.08 ± 0.31 g). Six isonitrogenous and isoenergetic experimental feeds were formulated, and different levels of methionine (0, 2 g/kg, 4 g/kg, 6 g/kg, 8 g/kg, or 10 g/kg) were added to the basic diet (110 g/kg fish meal, 400 g/kg soy concentrate meal ...
... Sea lice infestations have been a major problem for the global salmon farming industry for several decades. To date, few studies have addressed the measurement of lice abundance in plankton samples and a standardized method to quantify sea lice larvae in water samples is still lacking. This study aims to: (1) evaluate the methods used to detect sea lice larvae based on published data and (2) to de ...
cage culture; farm profitability; fish; profits and margins; Ghana
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... Over the past decade, the aquaculture sector in Ghana has experienced tremendous growth—driven mainly by large-scale cage aquaculture. Pond aquaculture, traditionally extensive and with limited external inputs, has been transforming over the same period. Farm profitability was wide-ranging, between −12.00 and 46.00 Ghanaian cedi (GHC) per square meter (m²), with an average of GHC 8.82/m² for farme ...
Thamnaconus; adhesion; aquaculture; egg masses; enzymatic treatment; feces; freshwater; fungi; glycoproteins; glycosaminoglycans; peptides; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; sodium hypochlorite; subtilisin; tannins; wastes; East Asia
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... The greenfin horse-faced filefish Thamnaconus septentrionalis is a new marine culture species in East Asia in recent years. It has demersal and adhesive eggs. The artificial fertilization technique of T. septentrionalis has not been established, and commercial hatcheries currently rely on the collection of naturally fertilized eggs. It is impracticable to separate dead eggs from the egg mass, and ...
... The incorporation of macroalgae in formulated fish diets is an important goal for fish farming sustainability that is under current development. While several studies have evaluated the effects of algae on growth or functional aspects in fish, the fraction of algae biomass that is effectively incorporated into their tissues has not yet been assessed. This is a key issue to understand the potential ...
Oreochromis niloticus; aquaculture; aquaculture industry; diet; males; methyltestosterone; phenotype; protein synthesis; sex reversal; thermosensitivity; water temperature
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... Previous studies have shown that high-temperature treatment during thermosensitive periods (TSPs) induces >70% Nile tilapia to become pseudomales (XX phenotypic males) in all-XX families mainly by downregulating the 17β-estradiol (E2) levels. Commercially, methyltestosterone (MT) is used to induce the sex reversal of XX individuals in Nile tilapia and produce all-male larvae. In order to reduce th ...
... For pelagic fish, length and weight measurements are common in aquaculture facilities to determine growth rates and rearing stocking densities. Body surface area is required to estimate stocking densities in the case of demersal fish species such as California halibut (Paralichthys californicus). Using image analysis processing technology allowed for the first time to determine body surface area ( ...
Ctenopharyngodon idella; Megalobrama amblycephala; aeration; aquaculture; fish production; growth performance; income; muscles; water quality
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... Pond partitioned aquaculture system is developed in recent years, and it contributes to increasing yield and lowering land occupation. Based on the concept of partitioned aquaculture system, a new in-pond tank culture system (IPTCS) was constructed in this study. This system consists of culture tank, capture and aeration module, waste collection module, and vertical flow constructed wetland (VFCW) ...
credit; economic investment; exports; extrusion; feed industry; fish; fish feeds; market share; markets; modernization; private sector; questionnaires; research support; supply chain; Egypt; Middle East
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... The aquafeed industry acts as a critical development driver along the entire Egyptian aquaculture value chain. This study aimed to analyze the competitiveness of the aquafeed subsector in Egypt, comparing its performance in 2018 with the results from an earlier study based on 2013 data. The current situation, the market and regulatory environment, key risks and potential mitigation measures were a ...
... A feed trial was conducted in Penaeus monodon to evaluate the efficacy of two probiotic strains Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus firmus. The marine shrimp, P. monodon was fed with probiotics in live, lyophilized forms, and also formulated feeds incorporated individually with spirulina and yeast. Results manifested that the two probiotic - live or lyophilized, independently or in combination could b ...
... Anemia in salmonid aquaculture is a recognized blood disorder resulting from the reduction of hemoglobin concentration and/or erythrocyte count. Because of sub-optimal oxygen supply to the tissues, as a negative impact of anemia fish will experience reduced growth and poor health. This health challenge may be linked with several factors including anthropogenic changes in the marine environment, in ...
... Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) are point-of-care detection systems based on the principle of immunochromatography. They have several advantages, including a relatively low manufacturing cost and a simple, rapid, and user-friendly application. A standard LFIA strip generally consists of two target-specific antibodies (one anti-species antibody and one bio-recognition element) and one reaction pl ...
... Aeromonas spp. can infect a variety of aquatic and terrestrial animals including humans and cause motile aeromonad septicemia (MAS). OmpA is an important virulence factor of fish pathogens such as Aeromonas veronii and Aeromonas hydrophila. In the current study, we examined the antigenicity and immune efficiency of a recombinant protein OmpAII vaccine against a lethal challenge of A. veronii. The ...
... Histones are important players in the formation and transcriptional regulation of eukaryotic nucleosomes. In most vertebrates, histones and histone-derived peptides have also been implicated in antimicrobial activities against various pathogenic microbes. In this study, the sera of Vibrio parahaemolyticus-infected Penaeus vannamei shrimp were filtered through 3 kDa ultrafiltration tubes followed b ...