Advances in aquaculture hatchery technology /
Aquaculture hatchery technology.
edited by Geoff Allan and Gavin Burnell.
- Oxford : Woodhead, 2013.
- xxxiv, 645 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
- Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology and nutrition. .
- Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 --
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Aquaculture--Research. Fishes--Breeding. Fish hatcheries. Fishery resources--Hatchery vs. wild stocks. Fishery management. Biotechnology.