Aquaculture: An Introductory Text.0851990819 Aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. ; an introductory text. Stickney, Robert R. CABI CABI Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International (UK) CABI Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (UK) CABI Colorado Association of Business Intermediaries CABI California Birth Index Publishing 2005 265 pages $55.00 Paperback SH135 This introductory textbook for undergraduate courses in aquaculture provides a broad overview of the subject. Coverage includes warm and cool water production in both fresh and salt water. Although the focus is on the principles of aquatic animal production (mainly finfish finfish fish with fins, that is teleosts, elasmobranches, holocephalids, agnathids and cephalochordates; also a fish marketer's term used to include that section of marketable fish which is neither shellfish nor molluscs. and shellfish shellfish, popular name for certain edible mollusks (see Mollusca), e.g., oysters, clams, and scallops, and for certain edible crustaceans, e.g., crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. All are aquatic invertebrates with shells; they are not fish. ), aquatic plants are also mentioned. Business considerations and the current debate about the environmental impact of aquaculture are also addressed. Distributed in the U.S. by Oxford U. Press. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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