This paper reviews the experience and status of coastal aquaculture of seaweeds, molluscs, fish, and crustaceans in eastern Africa and the islands of the Western Indian Ocean. In many respects, coastal aquaculture is still in its infancy in the region, and there is a pressing need to formulate...

Molluscs are major aquaculture species worldwide. Molluscan aquaculture accounts for approximately 27% of the total world aquaculture production. The use and exchange of genetic resources have played an important role in the development of molluscan aquaculture. The introduction and use of...

This technical paper provides a comprehensive review of on-farm feeding and feed management practices in aquaculture. It comprises of (a) ten case studies on feeding and feed management practices carried out in seven selected countries of Asia and Africa for eight species that belong to four major...

Aquaculture production reached some 79 million tonnes in 2010. During the period from 1998-2010, production from feed-dependent aquaculture increased more than twofold from 20 to 45 million tonnes, largely through intensification. The use of exotics with established technologies such as tilapias,...

In Africa, nearly 10 million people depend on fishing, fish farming, fish processing and trading fish. Fishing produces 7.3 million tonnes of fish per year, more than 90% of it caught by small-scale fishermen. Fish provides the main source of protein for the majority of Africans, and yet fish...

Global aquaculture production has more than tripled over the last 15 years. The 45.6 million tonnes of produce derived from aquaculture in 2004 made a notable (47.7 percent) contribution towards total global fish, crustacean and mollusc production. However, there is concern that the contribution by ...

For many of the world's poor, aquatic products are critical for food security and health. Because the global population is increasing as wild aquatic stocks are declining, aquaculture is an increasingly important source of aquatic products. We undertook a scoping review of the English-language...

Shrimp farming in the Americas began to develop in the late 1970s into a significant industry. In its first decade of development, the technology used was simple and postlarvae (PLs) produced from wild adults and wild caught PLs were used for stocking farms. Prior to 1990, there were no World...

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and sustains a high level of biodiversity in the mid-reach area of the Yangtze River watershed. Poyang Lake is also one of the most important aquaculture regions in China, and a great number of non-native species have been introduced into it. We...