Bacteria are everywhere.   There are very few environments on Earth where there are none.  They can be highly resilient with some forms...

The terms microbiome and microbiota are frequently confused with each other. The microbiota is a subset of the microbiome. It refers to...

EHP is caused by a spore forming microsporidian, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei. The disease is also known as hepatopancreatic...

More than 20 years ago there a Pacific NW based company, Mariculture Systems, developed and patented a methodology for growing salmon...

Typical pond side culture Perhaps the single largest biosecurity gap, right after not ensuring that broodstock are clean, in dealing with...

The Office International des Epizooties, known by the acronym OIE, was founded almost 100 years ago. In May 2003 it broadened its scope...

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...

The quantities of shrimp farmed globally continue to increase. More than 5 million MTs of shrimp will be produced on farms in 2022, with...

Six years ago, I wrote a brief article summarizing the challenges that shrimp farmers face when it comes to dealing with vibrio...

EHP is caused by a spore forming microsporidian, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei. The spores are how it infects. When the spore is...

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...

Bacteria are thought of as being primitive. This is far from reality. They are highly evolved and well adapted to the myriad of...

Aquaculture is growing at a greater rate globally than any other agribusiness sector. It is widely predicted that with 6 to 8% annual...