Aquaculture : Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants

by Editor: John S. Lucas; Editor: Paul C. Southgate (School of Biological Sciences, James Cook University, Australia)

• ISBN13: 9780852382226
• ISBN10: 0852382227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The output from world aquaculture, a multi-billion dollar global industry, continues to rise at a very rapid rate and it is now acknowledged that it will take over from fisheries to become the main source of animal and plant products from aquatic environments.This exciting, new and comprehensive book covers all major aspects of the aquaculture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas covered include water quality and environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture, reproduction, life cycles and growth, genetics and stock improvement, nutrition and feed production, diseases, post-harvest technology and processing, economics and marketing. Separate chapters also cover the culture of algae, carps, salmonids, tilapias, channel catfish, barramundi, marine shrimp, freshwater crayfish and prawns, bivalves and marine gastropods.Written by 30 internationally-known and respected authors, and drawn together and carefully presented by Professors John Lucas and Paul Southgate, Aquaculture is a book that is essential reading for all students and professionals studying and working in aquaculture. Fish farmers, hatchery managers and all those supplying the aquaculture industry, including personnel within equipment and feed manufacturing companies, will find a great deal of commercially useful information within this important book.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
General Principles	p. 11
Water Quality	p. 47
Environmental and Other Impacts of Aquaculture	p. 74
Desert Aquaculture	p. 100
Reproduction, Life Cycles and Growth	p. 111
Genetics and Stock Improvement	p. 123
Nutrition	p. 146
Feeds and Feed Production	p. 172
Diseases	p. 199
Post-harvest Technology and Processing	p. 215
Economics and Marketing	p. 237
Algae Culture	p. 253
Carps	p. 276
Salmonids	p. 295
Tilapias	p. 321
Channel Catfish	p. 346
Barramundi	p. 364
Marine Shrimp	p. 382
Freshwater Crustaceans	p. 420
Bivalves	p. 443
Marine Gastropods	p. 467
The Future	p. 488
Index	p. 495
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