The importance of aquaculture is now established, in the context of global food production, aquatic resource management and socioeconomic development of rural areas. Remarkable advances are being achieved on an increasing scale, and development and donor agencies now consider aquaculture to be a priority area. Aquaculture has become a prime subject for research internationally and it is expected to overtake capture as a source of several high-valued species of fish and shellfish within a decade or so. This major work by a leading world authority is now available in paperback and will become THE major text for students of aquaculture It is fully comprehensive and covers all aspects of aquaculture, including all the major species of fish, shellfish and edible seaweed.
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"The new edition of Aquaculture: Principles and Practices is a useful addition to the literature, and it is suitable as a textbook for college and university courses."
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“The first edition of this fins book was reviewed on these pages some fifteen years ago. …now it has simply grown much bigger and better.
If you want an overview of the international aquaculture industry…this is your reference.
A wonderful, highly detailed and very useful overview of the global aquaculture scene”
Ausmarine, May 2006
"The new edition is fully revised and covers recent developments in history and planning, nutrition, reproduction and genetic selection, production statistics and economics, integrated aquaculture and sustainability and environmental effects."
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'This book covers all aspects of subsistence and commercial aquaculture practised 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.'
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The importance of aquaculture is now established, in the context of global food production, aquatic resource management and socioeconomic development of rural areas. Remarkable advances are being achieved on an increasing scale, and development and donor agencies now consider aquaculture to be a priority area. Aquaculture has become a prime subject for research internationally and it is expected to overtake capture as a source of several high-valued species of fish and shellfish within a decade or so. This major work by a leading world authority is now available in paperback and will become THE major text for students of aquaculture It is fully comprehensive and covers all aspects of aquaculture, including all the major species of fish, shellfish and edible seaweed.
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The word 'aquaculture', though used rather widely for over a decade to denote all forms of culture of aquatic animals and plants in fresh, brackish and marine environments, is still used by many in a more restrictive sense. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coastal pond farms, stocking zone, composite fish culture, harvesting sumps, inner hapa, ground trash fish, brood fish, milkfish ponds, raceway farm, wild seed stock, catching ponds, larval tanks, yellowtail culture, brood ponds, other aquaculture species, fine rice bran, commercial catfish farming, spawning ponds, important aquaculture species, subsidiary species, coastal fish farms, raceway culture, wintering ponds, milkfish farming, polyculture ponds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fishing News Books, New York, John Wiley, North America, World Maricul, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South America, Boca Raton, East European, Nikola Fijan, Academic Press, Southeast Asia, Technical Paper, United States, Culture of Penaeid, European Aquaculture Society, American Fisheries Society, Crustacean Aquaculture, Iloilo City, Tel Aviv University, Aquaculture Department, Laguna de Bay, Board Can, Fishing Nest's Books New!
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The word 'aquaculture', though used rather widely for over a decade to denote all forms of culture of aquatic animals and plants in fresh, brackish and marine environments, is still used by many in a more restrictive sense. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coastal pond farms, stocking zone, composite fish culture, harvesting sumps, inner hapa, ground trash fish, brood fish, milkfish ponds, raceway farm, wild seed stock, catching ponds, larval tanks, yellowtail culture, brood ponds, other aquaculture species, fine rice bran, commercial catfish farming, spawning ponds, important aquaculture species, subsidiary species, coastal fish farms, raceway culture, wintering ponds, milkfish farming, polyculture ponds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fishing News Books, New York, John Wiley, North America, World Maricul, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South America, Boca Raton, East European, Nikola Fijan, Academic Press, Southeast Asia, Technical Paper, United States, Culture of Penaeid, European Aquaculture Society, American Fisheries Society, Crustacean Aquaculture, Iloilo City, Tel Aviv University, Aquaculture Department, Laguna de Bay, Board Can, Fishing Nest's Books New!
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- Commercial Catfish Farming by Jasper S. Lee on 4 pages
- Fish and Fisheries of India by V.G. Jhingram on 4 pages
- Pond Fisheries (Russian Translation Series) by F. Martyshev on page 228, page 350, and page 423
- Fish Nutrition, Third Edition by John E. Halver on page 152, page 153, and page 154
- Salmon Ranching by James Ernest Thorpe on page 43, and page 562
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- Aquaculture: Principles and Practices (Fishing News Books) by T. V. R. Pillay on 11 pages
- Aquaculture Desk Reference by LeRoy Creswell on 4 pages
- Bivalve Molluscs: Biology, Ecology and Culture by Elizabeth Gosling on page 331
- Aquaculture and the Environment by T. V. R. Pillay in Back Matter
- Food Safety and Quality Assurance: Foods of Animal Origin by William T. Hubbert on page 122
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