Providing a broad and readable overview of the subject, this updated third edition of Aquaculture: An Introductory Text covers issues associated with sustainable aquaculture development, culture systems, hatchery methods, nutrition and feeding of aquaculture species, reproductive strategies, harvesting and many other topics.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 General Overview of Aquaculture
• Definitions
• What is aquaculture?
• What is involved?
• Parsing the discipline by temperature
• One species or more?
• Addressing Declining Capture Fisheries
• History of Aquaculture
• Culture Objectives
• A Wide Variety of Species
• The Big Players in Aquaculture
• A Question of Sustainability
• Opposition and Response
• Animal Welfare
• Ethics
• Changing Consumer Preferences
• Regulation
• Challenges to, and Opportunities for, Expansion
• Climate Change
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 2 Getting Started
• Site and Species Selection
• The Business of Aquaculture
• The Business Plan
• Water: the Common Factor
• Municipal water
• Runoff water
• Surface water
• Groundwater
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 3 Culture Systems
• Ponds
• Location
• Size, shape and depth
• Inflow and drain options
• Raceways
• Open raceway systems
• Microalgae Culture
• Partitioned Aquaculture Systems
• Recirculating Systems
• Cage and Net Pen Systems
• Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture
• Various Forms of Mollusc Culture
• Oysters
• Mussels
• Scallops
• Clams
• Abalone
• Geoducks
• Seaweed Culture: the Nori Example
• Biofloc Systems
• Some Challenges, Particularly for Mariculturists
• Personnel Considerations
• Other Issues
• Effluent disposal
• Pests and predators
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 4 Understanding and Maintaining Water Quality
• The Range of Variables
• Variables to Measure Frequently
• Temperature
• Dissolved oxygen
• The oxygen story
• Oxygen in ponds
• pH
• Nitrite
• Salinity
• Variables to Measure Periodically or Under Some Circumstances
• Alkalinity
• Hardness
• Ammonia
• Plant nutrients
• Fertilization
• Organic fertilization
• Inorganic fertilization
• Controlling Undesirable Plants
• Biological plant control
• Mechanical or environmental plant control
• Chemical plant control
• Other Factors
• Light
• Substrate
• Suspended solids
• Some Additional Water Quality Effects on Cultured Organisms
• Carrying capacity
• Harmful substances and off-flavours
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 5 Diseases and Parasites of Aquaculture Species
• Disease Array and Role of Stress
• Avoiding the Occurrence and Spread of Disease
• Diagnosing Disease Problems
• Treatment Options
• Chemicals
• Antibiotics
• Vaccines
• Phage Therapy
• Nutritional Diseases
• Toxins
• Common Aquaculture Diseases
• Viral diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Fungal diseases
• Protozoan parasites
• Helminth parasites
• Copepod parasites
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 6 Reproduction and Early Rearing
• Introduction
• How Aquaculture Animals Reproduce
• Closing the Life Cycle
• Sex Identification
• Controlling Spawning
• Spawning Methods
• Tilapia
• Salmon and trout
• Catfish
• Red drum
• Striped bass and hybrid striped bass
• Halibut
• Flounders and other flatfish
• Other finfish species
• Marine shrimp
• Freshwater shrimp
• Crayfish
• Oysters
• Clams
• Abalone
• Echinoderms
• Sea cucumber
• Providing Live Food
• Rotifers
• Brine shrimp
• Controlling Sex
• Sex reversal
• Polyploidy
• Hybridization
• Gynogenesis
• Selective Breeding
• Genetic Engineering
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 7 Prepared Feeds
• Introduction
• Types of Prepared Feed
• Particle size
• Particle form
• Purified, semi-purified and practical feeds
• Evaluation of an amino acid requirement
• Evaluation of a carbohydrate requirement
• Evaluation of a mineral or vitamin requirement
• Supplemental and complete feeds
• Feed Ingredients and Additives
• Feed Manufacture
• Pressure pelleting
• Extruded pellets
• Storage and Presentation
• Feeding Practices
• Determining Feeding Rate
• Feed Conversion
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 8 Aquatic Animal Nutrition
• Introduction
• Energy and Growth
• Proteins
• Lipids
• Carbohydrates
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Summary
• Additional Reading
• 9 A Pot-pourri of Additional Topics
• Introduction
• Harvesting
• Harvesting extensive culture systems
• Harvesting intensive systems
• Specialized harvesting methods
• Live-hauling
• Anaesthesia and Sedation
• Fee-fishing
• Tagging
• Processing and Marketing
• Potential Aquaculture Moneymakers
• A Few Additional Topics
• Jewellery and curios
• Hydroponics and aquaponics
• Enhancement and conservation
• Bait
• Ornamental species
• The Future
• Summary
• Additional Reading