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This 4th edition covers issues associated with sustainable aquaculture development, culture systems, hatchery methods, nutrition and feeding of aquaculture species, reproductive strategies, harvesting, and many other topics. While its main focus is on the culture of fish, molluscs and crustaceans...
This chapter provided indication of the methods by which various aquaculture species are reproduced. To close the life cycle of a species and make it possible to keep from having to go to nature to obtain animals for stocking, having control over reproduction is required, but sometimes achieving...
This chapter provided a brief overview of aquaculture nutrition, focusing on finfish and shrimp nutrition.
Fish nutrition can be the deciding factor between a robust and healthy farmed fish population and low aquaculture production. In an age where chemicals and antibiotics are under greater scrutiny than ever, a strong understanding of the role of nutrients and feed additives is essential in the ...
This chapter describes the design, location, maintenance, constraints and impacts of the different types of freshwater and saltwater aquaculture systems, including ponds, raceways, recirculating systems, cage systems, pen systems and multitrophic systems for fishes, shellfish, algae and seaweeds.
The definitions for probiotics and prebiotics are provided in this article. The applications of probiotics and prebiotics in aquacultured species nutrition are given focus. The benefits of certain prebiotics (mannanoligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides, short-chain fructooligosaccharides,...
Until now, trash fish/low valued fish continues to be widely used in marine cage culture of pompano and many other carnivorous species in China and other Asian countries. This study is the first attempt to compare the performance of juvenile golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus fed trash fish or...
The risk factors, epidemiology, prevalence, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of viral. bacterial, fungal, protozoal, helminth and ectoparasitic diseases of aquacultured fishes and shellfish are described.
Prebiotics and probiotics constitute a different approach to prevent diseases in cultured fish and shellfish and have shown a number of beneficial impacts, including improved growth, survival, immunological responses, increased area of intestinal absorption, and enhanced general well-being of the...
A 6-week growth trial was conducted to assess the replacement of fishmeal (FM), soy protein concentrate (SPC) and fish oil (FO) by Arthrospira sp. and Schizochytrium limacinum meals in diets for hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis) juveniles of 10.6±0.2 g initial individual weight...