Directory of Finfish Resources

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A finfish, or fish, is a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in water. This category contains scientific information on the hatching and rearing of marine and freshwater fish, and their cultivation in a restricted or controlled environment.

Subcategories

• Salmon, Trout
• Tilapia

Resources in This Category

• Barramundi

  http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Barramundi/Pages/default.aspx
  Provides information on distribution, habitat, general biology, several methods of culture, larval rearing and potential in Western Australia.

• Biological Weed Control in Alberta Using Triploid Grass Carp

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3446
  Describes the use of the herbivorous grass carp to control dense stands of submerged aquatic vegetation.

• Black Bream

  http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Black-Bream/Pages/default.aspx
  Provides information on this estuarine species, its culture environment, spawning and the supply of juveniles, diet, growth, health and the aquaculture potential in Western Australia.

• Constructing Dugouts for Fish

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex1348
  Factsheet covering site selection, size, capacity, design, construction, lining and maintenance.

• Cyprinus carpio: Common Carp

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Cyprinus_carpio/en
  Information from the FAO on this fish, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Dicentrarchus labrax: European Seabass

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Dicentrarchus_labrax/en
  Information from the FAO on this species, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Farm Pond Management: Increasing Production through Fertilization

  http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/sites/default/files/files/FarmPondManagement.pdf
  Fact sheet from the Maryland Sea Grant Extension on when and how to apply fertilizer, and the selection of the right product.

• Finfish Aquaculture workbooks

  http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/topics/finfish-aquaculture/finfish-aquaculture
  Specialists from Maryland Sea Grant produced a series of aquaculture pdf books.

• Fish Farm in Europe

  http://fish-farm.eu/
  Service provides information about fish farms in European countries. Aquaculture in European Union and fisheries law.

• Haddock Culture: Current Knowledge and Challenges

  http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/367/haddock-culture-current-knowledge-and-challenges
  Provides information on this promising species for culture including broodstock, rearing the fry and growing on to maturation, with a discussion of health issues.

• Ictalurus punctatus: Channel Catfish

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Ictalurus_punctatus/en
  Information from the FAO on this freshwater species, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Lates calcarifer: Barramundi

  http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Lates_calcarifer/en
  Information from the FAO on this fish from Australia, its biology, habitat, the production cycle, production systems, diseases and their control, production statistics, markets and trade.

• Luciopercimprove

  http://www.luciopercimprove.be/
  Research project at the University of Namur, Belgium, on improving pikeperch larval quality and production, by broodstock management and nutrition, husbandry and sex control.

• Pink snapper

  http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Pink-Snapper/Pages/default.aspx
  Provides information on this fish, its culture environment, obtaining a supply of juveniles, diet, growth, health and aquaculture potential in Western Australia.

• Predator Damage Control in Cultured Fish

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex821
  Article from the Alberta Government on damage prevention and control techniques.

• Silver Perch - Aquaculture Prospects

  http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/aquaculture/publications/species-freshwater/silver-perch---aquaculture-prospects
  Description of habitat, diet, reproduction, diseases, system design and marketability. By New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in Australia.

• Species Profile: Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens

  http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/241/species-profile-yellow-perch-perca-flavescens
  Provides information on this freshwater fish which has potential for tank and pond culture, its natural history, range, reproduction, larva and fingerling culture, growout, diets and diseases.

• The Culture of Striped Bass and its Hybrids in Cages

  http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/sites/default/files/files/Cultureofstripedbass.pdf
  Fact sheet from the Maryland Sea Grant Extension on using existing ponds to farm this fish.

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