Current growth in aquaculture production is parallel with the increasing number of disease
outbreaks, which negatively affect the production, profitability, and sustainability of the global …

The search for novel compounds of marine origin has increased in the last decades for their
application in various areas such as pharmaceutical, human or animal nutrition, cosmetics …

Tilapia culture is currently practised in 95 countries all over the world and the number is
expected to increase. This book discusses in detail the principles and practices of tilapia …

The aquaculture industry has rapidly increased in response to the increasing world
population, with the appreciation that aquaculture products are beneficial for human health …

Tilapia are the second most farmed fish worldwide and their production has quadrupled over
the past decade due to ease of aquaculture, marketability and stable market prices. Tilapia …

Despite the recent progress in the production of inert diets for fish larvae, feeding of most
species of interest for aquaculture still relies on live feeds during the early life stages …

The massive (mis) use of antibiotics to control infections in aquaculture has resulted in the
development of resistant strains, which have rendered antibiotic treatments ineffective …

Recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS s) are increasingly considered as production
systems of the future with a minimum ecological impact for the production of aquatic food. To …

Shrimp aquaculture is under pressure to increase its production to meet the growing
demand for food from a growing population. In the Philippines, aquaculture has experienced …

Disease outbreaks—some of them caused by pathogenic bacteria—are considered to be
one of the largest constraints to development of the aquaculture sector. So far, antibiotics …