Evolving Net Pens for Fish Culture - Reinventing the Wheel?
More than 20 years ago there a Pacific NW based company, Mariculture Systems, developed and patented a methodology for growing salmon...
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sgnewm5
- Mar 16
- 6 min
Why growing bacteria up pond side without professional oversight may be a biosecurity nightmare?
Typical pond side culture Perhaps the single largest biosecurity gap, right after not ensuring that broodstock are clean, in dealing with...
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sgnewm5
- Feb 6
- 7 min
What is the OIE and are they fulfilling their mandate to help aquaculture become sustainable?
The Office International des Epizooties, known by the acronym OIE, was founded almost 100 years ago. In May 2003 it broadened its scope...
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sgnewm5
- Nov 15, 2022
- 5 min
What Are Some Parameters That Shrimp Farmers Should Be Monitoring Regularly?
There is one real measure of success in shrimp and fish farming much as there is with any other agricultural activity. The value of the...
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sgnewm5
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Pro4000x’s role in successful shrimp farming
The quantities of shrimp farmed globally continue to increase. More than 5 million MTs of shrimp will be produced on farms in 2022, with...
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sgnewm5
- Mar 31, 2022
- 8 min
Vibriosis the Bane of Shrimp Farmers? ....an Update.
Six years ago, I wrote a brief article summarizing the challenges that shrimp farmers face when it comes to dealing with vibrio...
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sgnewm5
- Feb 9, 2022
- 7 min
Is Microbiome Manipulation a Solution or a Tool?
Science is a powerful tool for understanding how the world we live in works. This knowledge, when used wisely, has had and will continue...
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sgnewm5
- Dec 15, 2021
- 8 min
Why Controlling the White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is so Difficult?
WSSV affected shrimp Most who have had the WSSV affect their shrimp farming operation know that this virus can wipe a farm out in days....
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sgnewm5
- Oct 19, 2021
- 5 min
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) Update
EHP is caused by a spore forming microsporidian, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei. The spores are how it infects. When the spore is...
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sgnewm5
- Sep 3, 2021
- 8 min
Why Sustainable Aquaculture May Be Elusive?
There are few who will not agree that the need to be able to move forward without eroding the ability of the environment to support...
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sgnewm5
- Jun 29, 2021
- 7 min
Seven myths about microbial products used in aquaculture.
Bacteria are thought of as being primitive. This is far from reality. They are highly evolved and well adapted to the myriad of...
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sgnewm5
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
Investing in aquaculture: a road to riches or a path to poverty?
Aquaculture is growing at a greater rate globally than any other agribusiness sector. It is widely predicted that with 6 to 8% annual...
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