Aquaculture facilities worldwide continue to experience significant economic losses because of disease caused by pathogenic bacteria, including multidrug-resistant strains. This scenario drives the search for alternative methods to inactivate pathogenic bacteria. Phage therapy is currently considered as a viable alternative to antibiotics for inactivation of bacterial pathogens in aquaculture s...

1School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 2Institute of Tropical Aquaculture (Aquatrop), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 3 Institute of marine biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Terengganu, Malaysia. 4Agriculture and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Teren...

15 The influence of sea-cage aquaculture on wildfish assemblages has received little attention 16 outside of Europe. Sea-cage aquaculture of finfish is a major focus in South Australia, and 17 while the main species farmed is southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), there is also an 18 important yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) industry. Yellowtail kingfish aquaculture did 19 not appear t...

the increasing world demand for fish cannot be met by capture fisheries. aquaculture production is increasing and nowadays cage culture has an important role in meeting the world’s fish demand. the design of the physical structure of a cage is determined by the oceanographic conditions of the culture site. each design is site-specific and knowledge of the topography, wind force and direction, p...

abstract the main purpose of this research was the analysis of economic effects of fish farming pools establishment in ardal county of chaharemahal and bakhtiyari province. this research was a sort of survey search measure and a questionnaire was compiled for collecting of data. statistical society of this study was included of 171 fish farming units that 75 units were chosen by random sampling...

People who are food and nutrition insecure largely reside in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and for many, fish represents a rich source of protein, micronutrients and essential fatty acids. The contribution of fish to household food and nutrition security depends upon availability, access and cultural and personal preferences. Access is largely determined by location, seasonality and price but at ...

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food-producing sector, accounting almost 50% of the world food fish demand. Considering the projected population growth over the next two decades, it is estimated that at least an additional 40 million tonnes of aquatic food will be required by 2030 to maintain the current per capita consumption (NACA/FAO, 2001). Marine aquaculture production was 30.2 million ...