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Tilapia Culture, Second Edition, covers the vital issues of farmed tilapia in the world, including their biology, environmental requirements, semi-intensive culture, intensive culture systems, nutrition and feeding, reproduction, seed production and larval rearing, stress and disease, harvesting, economics, trade, marketing, the role of tilapia culture in rural development and poverty eradication, and technological innovations in, and the environmental impacts of, tilapia culture. In addition, the book highlights and presents the experiences of leading countries in tilapia culture, thus making it ideal for tilapia farmers and researchers who seek the most relevant research and information.
The new second edition not only brings the most updated information within each chapter, but also delivers new content on tilapia transfers, introductions and their impacts, the use of probiotics and other additives in tilapia culture, tilapia trade, including marketing, and sustainability approaches and practices, such as management practices, ecosystem approaches to tilapia culture, and value chain analyses of tilapia farming.
- Presents the biology of tilapia, including taxonomy, body shapes, geographical distribution, introductions and transfers, gut morphology, and feeding habits
- Covers semi-intensive tilapia culture in earthen ponds, tanks, raceways, cages, recirculating systems, and aquaponics
- Provides the latest information on brood stock management, production of monosex tilapia, seed production, and larval rearing under different culture systems
- Highlights the most common infectious and non-infectious diseases affecting farmed tilapia, with a full description of disease symptoms and treatment measures
- Provides an in-depth exploration of tilapia economics, trade and marketing
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Chapter 1
Current state and future potential
Abstract
This chapter describes the current status and future potential of tilapia culture. It starts with a historical review on the global development of tilapia culture industry and the phases it went through since 1970. Global production statistics of both wild-captured and farmed tilapia is provided. Regional and country production; farmed tilapia species and production environments in Asia, Africa and the Americas; the major tilapia producers are also highlighted. The chapter ends with the future potentials of tilapia culture industry and the major constraints and challenges facing the development of this industry.
Keywords
Culture environment; Cultured species; Future potential; Historical review; Major producers; Production statistics; Tilapia culture
1.1. Historical review∗
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants in freshwater, brackish water and...
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Chapter 1. Current state and future potential
- Chapter 2. Taxonomy and basic biology
- Chapter 3. Tilapia distribution, transfers and introductions
- Chapter 4. Environmental requirements
- Chapter 5. Semi-intensive culture
- Chapter 6. Intensive culture
- Chapter 7. Nutrition and feeding
- Chapter 8. Reproduction and seed production
- Chapter 9. Stress and diseases
- Chapter 10. Harvesting, processing, economics and value chain
- Chapter 11. Tilapia trade and marketing
- Chapter 12. The role of tilapia culture in rural development
- Chapter 13. Technological innovations
- Chapter 14. Environmental impacts
- Index
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