This chapter discussed the different issues such as developmental, biodiversity, political, and economic issues of genetic biotechnology in aquaculture and fishery resources.

Genetically enhanced aquatic organisms are being applied in fish farming with increasing frequency. These aquacultured fish, crustaceans, and shellfish have been improved by a variety of genetic improvement programs such as strain selection, intraspecific crossbreeding, interspecific hybridization, ...

This chapter is a reprint of a section from the FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Animals including Fish. (2003) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome and World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. The chapter...

Genetic conservation is partly accomplished by genetic management of wild populations by governments and natural resource agencies. However, various forms of gene banking can act as long-term backup because of the expense of live systems, mismanagement, politics, and environmental catastrophe. Gene ...

Genetically enhanced aquatic organisms are being applied in fish farming with increasing frequency. This chapter highlights the environmental impact on aquacultured fish, crustaceans, and shellfish which have been improved by a variety of genetic improvement programs such as strain selection,...

This chapter focuses on the initial history of government regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), followed by the current status. It is indicated that unlike genetically engineered plants, transgenic and gene-edited animals have been little used, and only a few have been approved by...

This chapter describes the risks and environmental impact of escaped genetically enhanced aquacultured species and the use of physical containment/confinement, genetic and transgenic sterilization, hybridization, triploidy, monosex approaches, gene editing and xenogenesis to control invasive...

This chapter describes the characteristics of traditional breeding systems, polyploidy and transgenics to investigate the effects of genotype-environment interactions on the conformation, behaviour, health and productive performance of salmon, tilapia, catfish, oysters and other aquacultured...

Xenogenesis is a method of reproduction in which successive generations differ from each other and no genetic material is transmitted from the parent to the offspring. A xenogenic organism is comprised of elements typically foreign to its species or self. Xenogenesis can be accomplished...

This chapter focuses on exploring the links between veterinary healthcare and ecosystems, how registered veterinary nurses can practice more sustainably, and how veterinary professionals can lead and influence their wider communities to address ecosystem crises.