Product Description: Tilapias are an increasingly important farmed fish for human consumption. Hailed as an important source of protein for growing populations, production is set to double within the next ten years and expand beyond traditional areas of production in Africa and Asia...read more

Product Description: These books give young readers an understanding of how the food they eat is raised or cultivated and how different foods make their way to the supermarket and then onto our plates. The series includes information about the people around the world who grow crops and raise livestock, as well as facts about where in the world a variety of foods are grown...read more

What is commercial fishing? How do fish get from the sea to the supermarket? This book explores the technology used in fishing.

Product Description: This document provides basic technical guidance for better management practices (BMPs) for small carp culture in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region. These BMPs are expected to be useful for regional fisheries and aquaculture research institutions, regional organizations as well as for people involved in aquaculture, particularly owners of carp hatcheries and farms, and employees of these establishments...read more

Product Description: This paper reviews the dietary feeding practices employed for the production of the major cultured fed species, the total global production and market availability of the major feed ingredient sources used and the major constraints to feed ingredient usage, and recommends approaches to feed ingredient selection and usage for the major species of cultivated fish and crustacean...read more

Product Description: Throughout the last century, specialisation and intensification were buzz words for farmers in the Western world. However, this approach has not resulted in sustainable development as evidenced by the fact that scientists now need to create technologies to reduce negative impacts...read more

Describes the characteristics, behavior, life cycle and diet of fish and explains how fish farms work.

Product Description: The history of channel catfish farming in the United States serves as a model for the development of pond-based aquaculture industries worldwide. Channel catfish farming is the largest and economically most important aquaculture industry in the United States...read more

Defines and reviews certain practices that are shared between aquaculture and capture fisheries. Specifically considers the on-growing or fattening of four species groups - eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails - which is based on the use of wild-caught 'seed'. Begins with an introduction on the overlap between aquaculture and fisheries and their global trends. Chapters on the four species groups follow and include information on species identification, fishery trends, the supply and transfer of 'seed' for stocking purposes, aquaculture trends, culture systems, feeds and feeding regimes, fish health, harvesting and marketing. Further chapters examine the environmental and socio-economic impacts of capture-based aquaculture, together with the relevant fisheries and aquaculture management issues, and food safety issues.

Book by Lewis, Jerre G.

Discusses water chemistry, offers advice on stocking levels, compatibility, and filtration, and identifies common pests and diseases.

Describes the sun, its size and composition, its effect on people and on the earth, and explains why the sun is needed by plants and animals.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of some species of fish and how they are raised on farms across the United States.

Product Description: Traditional fish stocks are in decline, yet fish products are continuously in demand, making fish culture the predominant means of supply. This dramatic expansion in fish farming has followed an intense and exciting period of research into the biology of farmed species...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Examines current research and experimentation to enable man to exploit the sea as a primary food source