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Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement

Author : Harry V. Daniels
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470961716
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement written by Harry V. Daniels and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a key reference on culture methods, offering both practical applications and essential biological information. Throughout the text, the culture and stock enhancement issues are treated simultaneously, integrating these two perspectives. By looking to the outcomes of hatchery culture methods, including the economics and fish behavior, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a valuable tool in making management decisions. With chapters on disease diagnosis and treatment, culture methods for a number of specific species, and the use of flatfish as model organisms in laboratory settings, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement comprehensively covers the subject of culture and stock enhancement. The book is especially useful for aquaculture professionals, industry personnel, researchers, biologists, and aquaculture and fisheries management students.

Flatfishes

Author : Robin N. Gibson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118501195
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Flatfishes written by Robin N. Gibson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating and instantly recognizable, flatfishes are unique in their asymmetric postlarval body form. With over 800 extant species recognized and a distribution stretching around the globe, these fishes are of considerable research interest and provide a major contribution to commercial and recreational fisheries worldwide. This second edition of Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation has been completely revised, updated and enlarged to respond to the ever-growing body of research. It provides: • Overviews of systematics, distribution, life history strategies, reproduction, recruitment, ecology and behaviour • Descriptions of the major fisheries and their management • An assessment of the synergies between ecological and aquaculture research of flatfishes. Carefully compiled and edited by four internationally-known scientists and with chapters written by many world leaders in the field, this excellent new edition of a very popular and successful book is essential reading for fish biologists, fisheries scientists, marine biologists, aquaculture personnel, ecologists, environmental scientists, and government workers in fisheries and fish and wildlife departments. Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation, Second Edition, should be found in all libraries of research establishments and universities where life sciences, fish biology, fisheries, aquaculture, marine sciences, oceanography, ecology and environmental sciences are studied and taught. Reviews of the First Edition • A solid, up-to-date book that advanced students and research scientists with interests in fish biology will find interesting and useful. Aquaculture International • A data-rich book that outlines much of what you might ever want to know about flatfishes. Fish & Fisheries • Well presented with clear illustrations and a valuable source of information for those with a general interest in fish ecology or for the more specialist reader. You should make sure that your library has a copy. J Fish Biology • An excellent and very practical overview of the whole, global flatfish scene. Anyone interested in flatfish at whichever stage of the economic food chain should invest in a copy immediately. Ausmarine • Because of the high quality of each chapter, written by international experts, it is a valuable reference. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Aquaculture

Author : John S. Lucas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119230861
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Aquaculture written by John S. Lucas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zeigt übersichtlich die wichtige und unterstützende Rolle der Aquakultur für die Lebensmittelsicherheit, den Erhalt der Lebensgrundlagen und die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung auf der ganzen Welt. Diese neue Auflage von Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants beschäftigt sich mit wesentlichen Aspekten der Kultur von Fischen, Schalentieren und Algen in Süß- und Salzwasser. Zu den behandelten Themen gehören: Prinzipien der Aquakultur, Wasserqualität, Umweltauswirkungen auf die Aquakultur, Aquakultur in der Wüste, Reproduktion, Lebenszyklen und Wachstum, Genetik und Bestandsverbesserung, Fütterung und Herstellung von Futtermitteln, Krankheiten, Impfungen, Post-Harvest-Technologien, Betriebswirtschaft und Marketing, zukünftige Entwicklung der Aquakultur. In speziellen Kapiteln geht es auch um die Kultur von Algen, Karpfen, Salmoniden, Tilapia, Wels, Salz- und Brackwasserfischen, Weichschildkröten, Barramundi, Seegarnelen, Wollhandkrabben und sonstigen Dekapoden und Krebstieren, Muscheln, Gastropoden und Zierarten. In dieser Ausgabe wird die Aquakultur Chinas umfassender erläutert, auch die Bedeutung des Landes in einem globalen Kontext.

Flatfishes

Author : Robin N. Gibson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 140514338X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Flatfishes written by Robin N. Gibson and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating and instantly recognisable, flatfishes are unique in their asymmetric postlarval body form. With over 700 extant species recognised and a distribution stretching across the globe this group of fishes are of considerable research interest and provide a major contribution to recreational and commercial fisheries, and to aquaculture, worldwide. Flatfishes: Biology and exploitation is the only comprehensive and current book in the field and responds to the economic importance and growing body of research to produce an invaluable addition to the Fish and Aquatic Resources Series providing: Outlines of systematics, distribution, reproduction, recruitment, ecology and behaviour Descriptions of the major fisheries and their management Full coverage of recent advances in aquaculture and stock enhancement This book is essential reading for fish biologists; fisheries scientists; marine biologists; ecologists and environmental scientists; aquaculture personnel and government workers in fisheries and fish and wildlife departments. It should be found in all libraries of research establishments and universities where biology, fish biology, fisheries, aquaculture, marine sciences, oceanography, ecology and environmental sciences are studied or taught.

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Journal of Zoology written by and published by . This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aquaculture in China

Author : Jian-Fang Gui
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119120764
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Aquaculture in China written by Jian-Fang Gui and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fish have been a major component of our diet and it has been suggested that fish/seafood consumption contributed to the development of the human brain, and this together with the acquisition of bipedalism, perhaps made us what we are. In the modern context global fish consumption is increasing. However, unlike our other staples, until a few years back the greater proportion of our fish supplies were of a hunted origin. This scenario is changing and a greater proportion of fish we consume now is of farmed origin. Aquaculture, the farming of waters, is thought to have originated in China, many millennia ago. Nevertheless, it transformed into a major food sector only since the second half of the last century, and continues to forge ahead, primarily in the developing world. China leads the global aquaculture production in volume, in the number of species that are farmed, and have contributed immensely to transforming the practices from an art to a science. This book attempts to capture some of the key elements and practices that have contributed to the success of Chinese aquaculture. The book entails contributions from over 100 leading experts in China, and provides insights into some aquaculture practices that are little known to the rest of the world. This book will be essential reading for aquaculturists, practitioners, researchers and students, and planners and developers.

The History of Aquaculture

Author : Colin Nash
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470958863
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The History of Aquaculture written by Colin Nash and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquaculture has become of the fastest growing segments of agriculture around the world, but until recently many people have been unaware of its existence. The practice of raising fish is centuries old with a rich history of techniques and scientific advances. The History of Aquaculture traces the development of fish farming from its ancient roots to the technologically advanced methods of today. The History of Aquaculture is a comprehensive history of captive fish production from its small scale prehistoric roots through to the large-scale industrialized practices of today. Thirteen chapters take readers chronologically through the evolution of this important discipline. Chapters cover key periods of advancement and trace changes in the field from subsistence fish farming in the Middle Ages through the efforts to build global capacity for fish production to meet the needs of the world's ever growing population. Informative and engaging, The History of Aquaculture will broadly appeal to aquaculture scientists, researchers, professionals, and students. Special Features: Comprehensive history of advances in aquaculture production from prehistoric origins to industrialized practices Written by a revered scientists with decades of experience working in the aquaculture field Engaging and informative it will broadly appeal to individuals involved in all facets of aquaculture

Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching

Author : Kenneth M. Leber
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470751312
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching written by Kenneth M. Leber and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of many of the World’s fisheries continues to be of major concern and the enhancement of fish stocks through techniques such as ranching is of huge importance and interest across the globe. This important book, which contains fully peer reviewed and carefully edited papers from the 2nd International Symposium in Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching is broadly divided into sections covering the following areas: The present situation of stock enhancement Seed quality and techniques for effective stocking Health management of hatchery stocks Methods for evaluating stocking effectiveness Population management in stock enhancement and sea ranching Management of stocked populations Ecological interactions with wild stocks Genetic management of hatchery and wild stocks Socio-economics of stock enhancement Case studies Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching has been written and edited by some of the world’s foremost authorities in fisheries science and related areas and is essential reading for all fisheries scientists throughout the World. Fish biologists, marine and aquatic scientists, environmental biologists, ecologists, conservationists, aquaculture personnel and oceanographers will all find much of use and interest within this book. All libraries within universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies of this book on their shelves.

Aquaculture and stock enhancement of finfish

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Aquaculture and stock enhancement of finfish written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Selective Breeding in Aquaculture: an Introduction

Author : Trygve Gjedrem
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048127734
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Selective Breeding in Aquaculture: an Introduction written by Trygve Gjedrem and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foundation of quantitative genetics theory was developed during the last century and facilitated many successful breeding programs for cultivated plants and t- restrial livestock. The results have been almost universally impressive, and today nearly all agricultural production utilises genetically improved seed and animals. The aquaculture industry can learn a great deal from these experiences, because the basic theory behind selective breeding is the same for all species. The ?rst published selection experiments in aquaculture started in 1920 s to improve disease resistance in ?sh, but it was not before the 1970 s that the ?rst family based breeding program was initiated for Atlantic salmon in Norway by AKVAFORSK. Unfortunately, the subsequent implementation of selective breeding on a wider scale in aquaculture has been slow, and despite the dramatic gains that have been demonstrated in a number of species, less than 10% of world aquaculture production is currently based on improved stocks. For the long-term sustainability of aquaculture production, there is an urgent need to develop and implement e- cient breeding programs for all species under commercial production. The ability for aquaculture to successfully meet the demands of an ever increasing human p- ulation, will rely on genetically improved stocks that utilise feed, water and land resources in an ef?cient way. Technological advances like genome sequences of aquaculture species, and advanced molecular methods means that there are new and exciting prospects for building on these well-established methods into the future.

Fish Culture in Fisheries Management

Author : Richard H. Stroud
Publisher : Fish Culture Section and Fisheries Management Section of Ame
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Fish Culture in Fisheries Management written by Richard H. Stroud and published by Fish Culture Section and Fisheries Management Section of Ame. This book was released on 1986 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stocking warm-water species to restore or enhance fisheries; 2) Stocking cool-water species to meet management needs; 3) Informational needs to improve stocking as a cold-water fisheries management tool; 4) Stocking anadromous species to restore or enhance fisheries; 5) Stocking to restore or enhance marine fisheries; 6) Coping with future shock: matching predator stocking programs to prey abundance; 7) Evaluation of hatchery reared lake trout for reestablishment of populations in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior, 1960-84; 8) Considerations in reprogramming hatchery production to improve harvest management: a case study in the Pacific Northwest; 9) Mariculture and fisheries management - a future cooperative approach; 10) Hatcheries and wild trout management; 11) Stocking criteria and goals for restoration and enhancement of warm-water and cool-water fisheries; 12) Stocking goals and criteria for restoration and enhancement of cold-water fisheries; 13) Use of cultured striped bass in restoration and enhancement programs; 14) Sustaining optimum population size through stocking; 15) A model for selecting harvest fraction for aggregate populations of hatchery and wild anadromous salmonids; 16) Management problems with recycling of adult summer steelhead trout at Foster Reservoir, Oregon; 17) Latitudinal influences upon largemouth bass and bluegill interactions in small impoundments; 18) Trout broodstocks used in management of national fisheries; 19) Improving strains and species genetically for higher production, faster growth, and increased survival; 20) Engineering advances related to new production capabilities; 21) Physical and biological factors influencing growth and survival of stocked fish; 22) Role of private industry in increasing production capabilities; 23) Marine finfish culture in Texas: a model for the future; 24) Impact of an artificial spawning operation on the walleye population of Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin; 25) The role of hatcheries in the management and recovery of threatened and endangered fishes; 26) Net-pen aquaculture in Bull Shoals Reservoir; 27) Strategies for evaluating fresh-water stocking programs: past practices and future needs; 28) Important parameters for assessing anadromous fish stocking programs; 29) Techniques for identification and conservation of fish stocks; 30) Impacts of hatchery stocks on wild fish populations; 31) Management considerations in the stocking of diseased or carrier fish; 32) Economic benefits and costs associated with stocking fish; 33) Requirements for integrating natural and artificial production of anadromous salmonids in the Pacific Northwest; 34) Use of yearling largemouth bass for initial stocking of small impoundments; 35) Post-stocking survival of walleye fingerlings in Canadarago Lake, New York; 36) Parameters for assessing Hudson River striped bass stocking; 37) Exotic fishes in North American fisheries management; 38) The Frankenstein Effect: impact of introduced fishes on.

Success Factors for Fish Larval Production

Author : Luis Conceicao
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119072166
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Success Factors for Fish Larval Production written by Luis Conceicao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and authoritative synthesis on the successful production of fish larvae Success Factors for Fish Larval Production is a vital resource that includes the most current understanding of larval biology, in the context of larval production. The text covers topics such as how external (environmental and nutritional) and internal (molecular/ developmental/ physiological/ behavioral/ genetic) factors interact in defining the phenotype and quality of fish larvae and juveniles. The expert contributors review broodstock genetics and husbandry, water quality, larval nutrition and feeding, growth physiology, health, metamorphosis, underlying molecular mechanisms, including epigenetics, for development, larval behavior and environmental conditions. Compiled by members of a European Union-funded consortium of top researchers, Success Factors for Fish Larval Production provides a wide-range of authoritative information for the aquaculture industry and academia. In addition to a wealth of information, the authors review research and commercially applicable larval quality indicators and predictors. The successful production of good-quality fish larvae is of vital importance for fish farming and stock enhancement of wild fisheries: Includes contributions from a consortium of noted researchers and experts in the field Deals with on how to improve egg quality and larval production via broodstock management and nutrition Suggests ways to control the phenotype of juveniles and table-size fish via manipulations of the conditions of larval rearing (e.g., epigenetics) Includes ideas for optimizing diet composition, formulation, and technology Integrates knowledge and practical experience in order to help advancing excellence in aquaculture Success Factors for Fish Larval Production offers fish biologists, developmental biologists, physiologists and zoologists the most current and reliable information on the topic. All those working in fish aquaculture facilities and hatcheries in particular will find great interest to their commercial operations within this book.

Water Quality and Fish Health

Author : Zdeňka Svobodová
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251034378
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Water Quality and Fish Health written by Zdeňka Svobodová and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aquaculture Engineering

Author : Odd-Ivar Lekang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118496094
Total Pages : 743 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Aquaculture Engineering written by Odd-Ivar Lekang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As aquaculture continues to grow at a rapid pace, understanding the engineering behind aquatic production facilities is of increasing importance for all those working in the industry. Aquaculture engineering requires knowledge of the many general aspects of engineering such as material technology, building design and construction, mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering. In this comprehensive book now in its second edition, author Odd-Ivar Lekang introduces these principles and demonstrates how such technical knowledge can be applied to aquaculture systems. Review of the first edition: 'Fish farmers and other personnel involved in the aquaculture industry, suppliers to the fish farming business and designers and manufacturers will find this book an invaluable resource. The book will be an important addition to the shelves of all libraries in universities and research institutions where aquaculture, agriculture and environmental sciences are studied and taught.' Aquaculture Europe 'A useful book that, hopefully, will inspire successors that focus more on warm water aquaculture and on large-scale mariculture such as tuna farming.' Cision

Sex Control in Aquaculture

Author : Hanping Wang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119127270
Total Pages : 1810 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Sex Control in Aquaculture written by Hanping Wang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 1810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded Bookauthority's "Best Aquaculture Books of all Time" A comprehensive resource that covers all the aspects of sex control in aquaculture written by internationally-acclaimed scientists Comprehensive in scope, Sex Control in Aquaculture first explains the concepts and rationale for sex control in aquaculture, which serves different purposes. The most important are: to produce monosex stocks to rear only the fastest-growing sex in some species, to prevent precocious or uncontrolled reproduction in other species and to aid in broodstock management. The application of sex ratio manipulation for population control and invasive species management is also included. Next, this book provides detailed and updated information on the underlying genetic, epigenetic, endocrine and environmental mechanisms responsible for the establishment of the sexes, and explains chromosome set manipulation techniques, hybridization and the latest gene knockout approaches. Furthermore, the book offers detailed protocols and key summarizing information on how sex control is practiced worldwide in 35 major aquaculture species or groups, including fish and crustaceans, and puts the focus on its application in the aquaculture industry. With contributions from an international panel of leading scientists, Sex Control in Aquaculture will appeal to a large audience: aquaculture/fisheries professionals and students, scientists or biologists working with basic aspects of fish/shrimp biology, growth and reproductive endocrinology, genetics, molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and R&D managers and administrators. This text explores sex control technologies and monosex production of commercially-farmed fish and crustacean species that are highly in demand for aquaculture, to improve feed utilization efficiency, reduce energy consumption for reproduction and eliminate a series of problems caused by mixed sex rearing. Thus, this book: Contains contributions from an international panel of leading scientists and professionals in the field Provides comprehensive coverage of both established and new technologies to control sex ratios that are becoming more necessary to increase productivity in aquaculture Includes detailed coverage of the most effective sex control techniques used in the world's most important commercially-farmed species Sex Control in Aquaculture is the comprehensive resource for understanding the biological rationale, scientific principles and real-world practices in this exciting and expanding field.

Improving the Collection, Management, and Use of Marine Fisheries Data

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309171547
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Improving the Collection, Management, and Use of Marine Fisheries Data written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress has promoted fisheries science for over a century and its involvement in fisheries management took a great leap forward with passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976. In the past decade, Congress has requested advice from the National Research Council (NRC) on both national issues (e.g., individual fishing quotas and community development quotas) and the assessments related to specific fisheries (Northeast groundfish). This report was produced, in part, in response to another congressional request, this time related to the assessments of the summer flounder stocks along the East Coast of the United States. Following the initial request, the NRC, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and congressional staff agreed to broaden the study into a more comprehensive review of marine fisheries data collection, management, and use.

Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309152313
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. mariculture production of bivalve molluscs-those cultivated in the marine environment-has roughly doubled over the last 25 years. Although mariculture operations may expand the production of seafood without additional exploitation of wild populations, they still depend upon and affect natural ecosystems and ecosystem services. Every additional animal has an incremental effect arising from food extraction and waste excretion. Increasing domestic seafood production in the United States in an environmentally and socially responsible way will likely require the use of policy tools, such as best management practices (BMPs) and performance standards. BMPs represent one approach to protecting against undesirable consequences of mariculture. An alternative approach to voluntary or mandatory BMPs is the establishment of performance standards for mariculture. Variability in environmental conditions makes it difficult to develop BMPs that are sufficiently flexible and adaptable to protect ecosystem integrity across a broad range of locations and conditions. An alternative that measures performance in sustaining key indicators of ecosystem state and function may be more effective. Because BMPs address mariculture methods rather than monitoring actual ecosystem responses, they do not guarantee that detrimental ecosystem impacts will be controlled or that unacceptable impact will be avoided. Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture finds that while performance standards can be applied for some broad ecosystem indicators, BMPs may be more appropriate for addressing parameters that change from site to site, such as the species being cultured, different culture methods, and various environmental conditions. This book takes an in-depth look at the environmental, social, and economic issues to present recommendations for sustainable bivalve mariculture.