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The commercial culture of channel catfish in the south eastern part of the United States has grown at such an amazing rate in the last decade that more research efforts have been introduced to meet the need for additional technology. Although some of this research has been summarized within particular disciplines, there is no comprehensive treatise available that provides an overall summary of the current information available on the culture of this fish. This book has been written to try and cater for this need. However although researchers and commercial catfish producers will find much practical information in it, it is not intended to be only a fish culture manual. The material presented deals primarily with culture as practiced in the south eastern United States, but the principles should apply wherever this species is cultured. ... Read more

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Currently there is great concern about over-fishing and the effects of fisheries on other marine organisms. This book addresses ecological and environmental issues associated with responsible and sustainable marine fisheries. It includes 20 chapters developed from an international conference and concurrent symposium held in Iceland in October 2001. Contributors include leading international authorities from around the world.Contents include: global overview of marine capture fisheries; legal protection for marine ecosystems; dynamics of marine ecosystems; the role of man in marine ecosystems; and incorporating ecosystem considerations in fisheries management. ... Read more

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This book introduces the theory and practice of Chinese freshwater fish culture to the world. Fish resources, reproduction, feeding and nutrition, genetics and breeding, fry and fingerling nursing, integrated fish farming, fish culture in lakes, reservoirs, pens and cages, luxury species culture, as well as disease control are described. A representative collection of the Chinese literature is cited, most of it exposed to the world for the first time. This volume will be invaluable to all aquaculturists and animal/fisheries scientists. ... Read more

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As salmonids have been reared for more than a century in many countries, one might expect that principles are well established and provide a solid foundation for salmonid aquaculture. Indeed, some of the methods used today in salmonid rearing are nearly identical to those employed one hundred years ago. Areas of salmonid research today include nutrition, smolt and stress physiology, genetics and biotechnology.

The purpose of this book is to provide a useful synthesis of the biology and culture of salmonid fishes. The important practices in salmonid culture as well as the theory behind them is described. This volume will be of interest to students, researchers, fisheries biologists and managers as well as practising aquaculturists. ... Read more

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Excellent overview of the Bay of Fundy marine environment.
This book is an excellent and comprehensive treatment of one of the most dynamic marine regions on the planet.From intertidal invertebrates to subtidal kelps, whales, shorebirds, hydrological and geological features, this book has it all.It is well written and has great references, compiled from many authors who are expert marine scientists with much experience in the region.This is a great book for any marine biology library, and is indispensable for anyone studying in the boreal waters near the Bay of Fundy or the Gulf of Maine. ... Read more

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This book describes the general principles and specific examples of modelling aquacultural production processes. Bioeconomic modelling combines two disciplines (applied economics and applied biological science) and its use in analysing optimal management decisions in aquacultural production is relatively new compared with agriculture. Containing published and unpublished work by the authors and other studies appearing in the literature, the book discusses modelling philosophies and provides workable approaches to the construction and testing of quantitative models. Necessary economic concepts are illustrated, specific types of biological and environmental responses with examples, are described, as are technical engineering functions applicable to aquacultural production. Final chapters give a selection of concise examples of bioeconomic modelling, often drawn from relatively inaccessible reports. Researchers conducting experiments on aquatic species wishing to express their results in quantitative responses, and aquacultural and fisheries economists working with biological response functions will find the book very useful. ... Read more

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This book is an up-to-date discussion of the culture of striped bass and other Morone spp. The subject matter is broken down into functional components of the spawning, husbandry, and economics of the industry, and is written by some of the leading scientists in each of the respective areas of discussion. The chapters on reproduction, nutrition, environmental requirements, transportation, economics and fish processing are not found anywhere else in the striped bass literature. The chapter on water quality takes a very non-traditional approach to considering the impact water quality has on the production success of Morone and offers some very thought-provoking ideas on water management.

Primarily written as a reference work, this book is intended to complement existing technique manuals. ... Read more

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The first edition of this book on diagnosis and control of diseases in North American marine aquaculture was published in 1977, with the promise that the material would be updated frequently, in view of the rapid expansion of marine aquaculture and the importance of disease control to successful production.Now, ten years later, the promised update has finally been prepared, incorporating new information that has been published in the intervening time.

The concept and format of the book remain the same - to present information on disease diagnosis and control in a concise standard format, emphasising those diseases which affect survival of cultured populations. Because of the amount of new material, many new sections have been added, and some of the previous sections have been rewritten entirely or almost so.This is particularly true of the section on penaeid shrimp, which now contains current descriptions of 28 diseases.

As with the original edition, many disease specialists have contributed individually authored sections in their areas of expertise.The editors have authored some of the major sections and have added introductory material, but the work represents a genuine group effort.

The volume will be essential reading for all those involved in the diagnosis and control of disease in aquacultured species throughout the world, and indeed for aquaculturists in general.

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