Tilapia Culture

Second Edition
2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-12-816509-6
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

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.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers, farmers, farm owners and managers, and grad students those involved in tilapia research and production, aquaculturists</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

El-Sayed, Abdel-Fattah M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Fische (Ichthyologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Fischerei, Fischzucht, Aquakultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Current State and Future Potential 2. Taxonomy and Basic Biology3. Distribution, Transfers and Introductions 4. Environmental Requirements5. Semi-intensive Culture6. Intensive Culture7. Nutrition and Feeding8. Reproduction and Seed Production9. Stress and Diseases10. Harvesting, Processing and Economics11. Trade and Marketing 12. The Role of Tilapia Culture in Rural Development13. Recent Technological Innovations14. Environmental Impacts

Über Autor(innen)

El-Sayed, Abdel-Fattah M.
Abdel-Fattah El-Sayed has authored and co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications on aquaculture and fisheries, in addition to 4 books and 8 book chapters. He has participated in many local, regional, and international aquaculture and fishery research projects and has served as a visiting professor to scientific institutions in Japan, Spain, Malaysia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Sultanate of Oman. Dr. El-Sayed has also served as an aquaculture consultant for organizations including the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, the World Fisheries Trust (WFT), and the African Union's Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR).