Aquaculture is the fastest-growing farmed food sector and will soon become the primary
source of fish and shellfish for human diets. In contrast to crop and livestock production …

Since its introduction in 2001, genomic selection (GS) has progressed rapidly. As a research
and application hot topic, GS has led to a revolution in the field of animal and plant breeding …

Selective breeding has been successfully applied to improve profitability and sustainability
in numerous aquatic species. Recent developments of high throughput genotyping …

Genomic resources are increasingly being used to improve the production efficiency and
profitability of aquaculture. Crustaceans are a large group of invertebrates that …

Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for
global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that …

Selective breeding programs have been initiated worldwide for the Pacific oyster
Crassostrea gigas to improve economically important traits such as growth and disease …

Background Flavobacterium columnare is the pathogen agent of columnaris disease, a
major emerging disease that affects rainbow trout aquaculture. Selective breeding using …

Genomic selection can accelerate genetic progress in aquaculture breeding programmes,
particularly for traits measured on siblings of selection candidates. However, it is not widely …

While the UK is the fourth largest aquaculture producer in Europe by volume, it is the second
largest by value with an annual first sale value of around£ 1 billion. Over 90% of this value is …

The potential of genomic selection (GS) to improve production traits has been widely
demonstrated in many aquaculture species. Atlantic salmon breeding programmes typically …