Posts Tagged ‘aquaculture’
Minnows may inherit ideal temperatures
STONY BROOK (US) — Fish can be preconditioned to grow fastest in the same water temperature their parents experienced, say researchers. Continue…
Friday, January 13, 2012 14:28 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Apr 12, 2011 11:02 - 0 Comments
As fish farms flourish, so does waste
STANFORD (US) — Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the U.S. but the problem of controlling fish effluent may be growing even faster. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 25, 2010 11:11 - 0 Comments
Tax loophole for ‘well-tuned’ oysters
USC (US)—In physical, as in financial growth, it’s not what you make but what you keep that counts. That’s true of oysters and other slow-growing animals that appear to waste energy in two specific ways: They make too much of some protein building blocks and expend energy disposing of the excess. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 4, 2009 13:53 - 0 Comments
Farming the sea to feed the world
An open-air “nursery” outside the main Wrigley Institute research building is where USC professor Dennis Hedgecock grows the oysters he breeds and crosses in a lab inside. Seawater is pumped into bins, which hold oyster seeds that are about the size of a shirt button. Hedgecock compares a meaty hybrid oyster at right with an inbred oyster of the same age. (Credit: Philip Channing/University of Southern California)
