This book has as its nucleus a report prepared for the American Institute of Biological Sciences, under contract with the U.S. President's Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, but the report has been rewritten and supplemented with much new information. The authors' aim is to...

This book covers all aspects of subsistence and commercial aquaculture practiced around the world and would be of use to aquaculture students and those involved in the aquaculture industry and fish farms, research institutions, teaching, and aquaculture equipment and feed suppliers. The new...

The paper provides a short overview of Brazilian aquaculture production and some of the influences affecting its development. Data on total and species-specific production are provided along with the locations, numbers of producers, their market contributions and influences. The focus is on some of ...

We examined co-culture of Scylla olivacea with different brackishwater fishes in confined earthen ponds to promote livelihood options for coastal farmers. Culture duration was 240 days. Significantly higher (p < .05) mean body weight was recorded for Scylla olivacea (201.3 ± 8.02 g) in crab-grey mullet (T₁) and among different fish...

South Africa produces both marine and freshwater aquaculture species, with a combined production output of 5418 tons of food fish in 2015. Key aquaculture species reportedly cultured include four marine species - abalone, dusky kob, mussels and oysters and seven freshwater species - tilapia, trout, ...

This project aimed to develop profitable aquaculture systems, focusing on tilapia, freshwater prawns and sea cucumber. These systems improved the value of aquaculture production, nutrition and livelihoods in rural communities through better access to aquaculture technologies and management systems. ...

The Republic of Honduras is one of the main fisheries and aquaculture countries in Central America. Together, both activities make up the third largest economic sector in the country. Annual commercial fisheries exports reach approximately 4 500 tonnes consisting mainly of lobster, shrimp, scale ...

A comparative study was carried out to compare the effect of caging mullet and tilapia in a shrimp polyculture system. In six shrimp tanks (three tanks for each fish species), either mullet, Mugil cephalus (CCT-SM), or tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (CCT-ST), was stocked in cages. In three other...