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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786104303321

Titolo

Advances in aquaculture hatchery technology / / edited by Geoff Allan and Gavin Burnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

0-85709-746-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 645 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

Woodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition ; ; no. 242

Disciplina

639.3

Soggetti

Aquaculture - Research

Fishes - Breeding

Fish hatcheries

Fishery resources - Hatchery vs. wild stocks

Fishery management

Seafood

Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Reproduction and larval rearing -- part II. Closing the life-cycle and overcoming challenges in hatchery production for selected invertebrate species -- part III. Closing the life-cycle and overcoming challenges in hatchery production for selected fish species -- part IV. Aquaculture hatcheries for conservation and education.

Sommario/riassunto

For seafood production to meet expected demand from a growing global population, many more millions of tons of seafood will need to be produced. The expectations for increased product from capture fisheries is limited, so this rise in production will have to come from aquaculture, one of the fastest growing food producing sectors in the world. A primary constraint to the continuing growth of aquaculture is the supply of juveniles from hatcheries --