Ebook: Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants

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The output from world aquaculture, a multi-billion dollar global industry, continues to rise at a very rapid rate and it is now acknowledged that it will take over from fisheries to become the main source of animal and plant products from aquatic environments in the future. Since the first edition of this excellent and successful book was published, the aquaculture industry has continued to expand at a massive rate globally and has seen huge advances across its many and diverse facets.

This new edition of Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants covers all major aspects of the culture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas covered include principles, water quality, environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture, reproduction, life cycles and growth, genetics and stock improvement, nutrition and feed production, diseases, vaccination, post-harvest technology, economics and marketing, and future developments of aquaculture. Separate chapters also cover the culture of algae, carps, salmonids, tilapias, channel catfish, marine and brackish fishes, soft-shelled turtles, marine shrimp, mitten crabs and other decapod crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and ornamentals. There is greater coverage of aquaculture in China in this new edition, reflecting China's importance in the world scene.

For many, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants is now the book of choice, as a recommended text for students and as a concise reference for those working or entering into the industry. Providing core scientific and commercially useful information, and written by around 30 internationally-known and respected authors, this expanded and fully updated new edition of Aquaculture is a book that is essential reading for all students and professionals studying and working in aquaculture. Fish farmers, hatchery managers and all those supplying the aquaculture industry, including personnel within equipment and feed manufacturing companies, will find a great deal of commercially useful information within this important and now established book.

Reviews of the First Edition

"This exciting, new and comprehensive book covers all major aspects of the aquaculture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments including nutrition and feed production."
—International Aquafeed

"Do we really need yet another book about aquaculture? As far as this 502-page work goes, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. This book will definitely find a place in university libraries, in the offices of policy-makers and with economists looking for production and marketing figures. Fish farmers can benefit greatly from the thematic chapters, as well as from those pertaining to the specific plant or animal they are keeping or intending to farm. Also, they may explore new species, using the wealth of information supplied."
—African Journal of Aquatic Science

"Anyone studying the subject or working in any way interested in aquaculture would be well advised to acquire and study this wide-ranging book. One of the real 'bibles' on the aquaculture industry."
—Fishing Boat World and also Ausmarine

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The output from world aquaculture, a multi-billion dollar global industry, continues to rise at a very rapid rate and it is now acknowledged that it will take over from fisheries to become the main source of animal and plant products from aquatic environments in the future. Since the first edition of this excellent and successful book was published, the aquaculture industry has continued to expand at a massive rate globally and has seen huge advances across its many and diverse facets.

This new edition of Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants covers all major aspects of the culture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas covered include principles, water quality, environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture, reproduction, life cycles and growth, genetics and stock improvement, nutrition and feed production, diseases, vaccination, post-harvest technology, economics and marketing, and future developments of aquaculture. Separate chapters also cover the culture of algae, carps, salmonids, tilapias, channel catfish, marine and brackish fishes, soft-shelled turtles, marine shrimp, mitten crabs and other decapod crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and ornamentals. There is greater coverage of aquaculture in China in this new edition, reflecting China's importance in the world scene.

For many, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants is now the book of choice, as a recommended text for students and as a concise reference for those working or entering into the industry. Providing core scientific and commercially useful information, and written by around 30 internationally-known and respected authors, this expanded and fully updated new edition of Aquaculture is a book that is essential reading for all students and professionals studying and working in aquaculture. Fish farmers, hatchery managers and all those supplying the aquaculture industry, including personnel within equipment and feed manufacturing companies, will find a great deal of commercially useful information within this important and now established book.

Reviews of the First Edition

"This exciting, new and comprehensive book covers all major aspects of the aquaculture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments including nutrition and feed production."
—International Aquafeed

"Do we really need yet another book about aquaculture? As far as this 502-page work goes, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. This book will definitely find a place in university libraries, in the offices of policy-makers and with economists looking for production and marketing figures. Fish farmers can benefit greatly from the thematic chapters, as well as from those pertaining to the specific plant or animal they are keeping or intending to farm. Also, they may explore new species, using the wealth of information supplied."
—African Journal of Aquatic Science

"Anyone studying the subject or working in any way interested in aquaculture would be well advised to acquire and study this wide-ranging book. One of the real 'bibles' on the aquaculture industry."
—Fishing Boat World and also Ausmarine
Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–17): John S. Lucas
Chapter 2 General Principles (pages 18–51): Peter Appleford, John S. Lucas and Paul C. Southgate
Chapter 3 Water Quality (pages 52–83): Claude Boyd
Chapter 4 Environmental Aspects (pages 84–106): Martin Kumar and Simon Cripps
Chapter 5 Desert Aquaculture (pages 107–125): Inland: Sagiv Kolkovski, Yitzhak Simon, Gideon Hulata, Coastal: Sagiv Kolkovski and Nasser Ayaril
Chapter 6 Reproduction, Life Cycles and Growth (pages 126–137): John S. Lucas and Paul C. Southgate
Chapter 7 Genetics (pages 138–163): Rex Dunham
Chapter 8 Nutrition (pages 164–187): Sena De Silva, Giovanni Turchini and David Francis
Chapter 9 Foods and Feeding (pages 188–213): Paul C. Southgate
Chapter 10 Diseases (pages 214–228): Leigh Owens
Chapter 11 Post‐harvest Technology and Processing (pages 229–251): Allan Bremner
Chapter 12 Economics and Marketing (pages 252–267): Clem Tisdell
Chapter 13 Seaweed and Microalgae (pages 268–293): Seaweed: Nicholas A. Paul, C. K. Tseng and Microalgae: Michael Borowitzka
Chapter 14 Carps (pages 294–312): Sena De Silva
Chapter 15 Salmonids (pages 313–337): John Purser and Nigel Forteath
Chapter 16 Tilapias (pages 338–364): Victor Suresh and Ram C. Bhujel
Chapter 17 Channel Catfish (pages 365–383): Craig Tucker
Chapter 18 Marine Fish (pages 384–444): John Tucker
Chapter 19 Preventing Diseases in Fish by Vaccination (pages 445–459): Andrew Barnes
Chapter 20 Soft‐shelled Turtles (pages 460–475): Qingjun Shao
Chapter 21 Marine Shrimp (pages 476–513): Darryl Jory and Tom´s Cabrera
Chapter 22 Other Decapod Crustaceans (pages 514–540): Chaoshu Zeng, Yongxu Cheng, John S. Lucas and Paul C. Southgate
Chapter 23 Bivalve Molluscs (pages 541–566): John S. Lucas
Chapter 24 Gastropod Molluscs (pages 567–582): Laura Castell
Chapter 25 Ornamentals (pages 583–605): Daniel Knop (marine) and Jonathan Moorhead (freshwater)
Chapter 26 The Next 20 Years (pages 606–616): Rohana Subasinghe and Nathanael Hishamunda