Overview

An encyclopedic, mixed media resource covering all aspects of aquaculture. It addresses issues of aquatic animal and plant production, natural resources and environment, biodiversity, trade, food security and safety, poverty alleviation, livelihoods and much more.
 

Vital stats

• Over 700 datasheets including detailed information on 300+ cultured aquatic species and 100 aquatic diseases and disorders
• Summary information on 200 other diseases
• Overview datasheets on production and environmental systems, and wide-ranging issues in aquaculture
• 130 case studies; examples of practical problem solving and innovation
• An electronic library of specially commissioned and previously published information – featuring 1000 items from internationally respected sources
• Bibliographic database with over 150,000 records, all soft-linked from citations within the text
• Over 2,000 images to allow for easy identifi cation and teaching
• An Interactive glossary, with more than 30,000 defi nitions

 

Unique features

• Case studies covering major aquaculture issues and hot topics that not only summarise present knowledge, but also provide models of practical problem solving and improvement through educational, technical, social or economic innovation
• Informative texts provided by leading world experts on cultured aquatic animals and plants, and their production, diseases and environmental impact as well as important generic issues and topics in aquaculture
• Maps illustrating aquatic species’ wild and cultured distributions, sourced from FishBase, by permission of WorldFish Center, FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the U.N), and other publishing partners
• Informative mapping of disease distribution data, kindly provided by OIE (World Organization for Animal Health)
• Over 2,000 images illustrating cultured species, diseases, production systems and other aquaculture issues and topics
• Electronic Library of over 1,000 articles sourced from over 80 publishers, including over 50 book chapters re-published from CABI books. Other material includes electronic books, reports, classifi ed and indexed Internet links, and a large collection of extension documents
• Veterinary drugs and vaccines database – generic and proprietary drug and vaccine names and information collated from fi ve different continents; an amalgamation of six sources of information on veterinary products by kind permission of their publishers
   

Who uses it? 

• Aquaculture production, health and food industries
• Agriculturalists and agronomists
• Coastal zone managers
• Development professionals
• Fish and shellfi sh farmers; both marine and freshwater, and also integrated aquaculture/livestock/agriculture
• Feed and chemical suppliers
• Investors and fi nanciers
• Irrigation and water engineers
• Quarantine specialists
• Researchers and extension workers
• Retailers
• Social scientists
• Start-up aquaculture ventures
• Students and teachers
• Veterinarians and pathologists

 

 

Delivery Platforms

Compendia

Coverage

Coverage is of fish, molluscs, crustacea, algae and live feed culture in marine, brackish and freshwater environments, including:
 

• Production, health and husbandry 
• Engineering and technology 
• Economics, economic development and marketing 
• Environment, governance, trade, legislation and social impacts

 

Training Material

Training materials for CABI products, on a variety of platforms, are available to download from our dedicated training pages.

If you require personal training on any of our products, please contact our International Training Manager, Chris Ison (c.ison@cabi.org), for more information.

Promotional Material

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A variety of promotional materials are available to download from our For Librarians area.