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| Aquaculture Automated Database Searches
USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
Conduct automated, real-time, searches to locate current resources on aquaculture-related topics – ready-made searches for AGRICOLA, USDA Agricultural Research Service, all USDA servers and Internet search engines. |
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| Organic Aquaculture
USDA. NAL. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.
Briefly identifies and describes the important issues pertaining to organic aquaculture with regard to production technology, standards and laws, environmental and economic sustainability, research and development, and markets and trade. Suggested reading lists and extensive bibliography included. |
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| Fish, 2003
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
A comprehensive resource on fish used in research and aquaculture covering pain and distress, husbandry, guidelines, and regulatory issues. |
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| Molluscs, 2003
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
Contains lists of citations, Web sites, and organizations relating to the rearing, care, and housing of molluscs in research laboratories and aquaculture. |
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| AquaNIC
Purdue University. Aquaculture Network Information Center.
Gateway to electronic aquaculture resources with links to thousands of publications, newsletters, visual media, calendars, job services, directories and specialty sections for species and production systems. AquaNIC is a cooperative project based at Purdue University. |
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| Finfish Aquaculture Workbook Series
Maryland Sea Grant Extension.
A series of fact sheets about fish farm and pond maintenance. A list of relevant videos and publications is provided. |
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| Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture Digital Library
National Sea Grant Library.
Contains documents relating to aquaculture and arranged into the following subject areas: general, open ocean, cage/net pen culture, recirculating systems, stock enhancement, laws/regulations, and design/construction. Some documents are available online, others may be borrowed or ordered. |
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| FishBase
Froese, R.; Pauly, D.
Contains information almost 30,000 fish species known to science for professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, and zoologists. FishBase was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the FAO and many other partners. |
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| The Electronic Zoo: Fish
Washington University. Division of Comparative Medicine.
Compiles links to aquaculture, aquaria, ichthyology, marine fish, sport fishing, commercial and other related resources. |
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