Aquaculture Production Systems

Aquaculture is an increasingly diverse industry with an ever-growing number of species cultured and production systems available to professionals. A basic understanding of production systems is vital to the successful practice of aquaculture.

Published with the World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture Production Systems captures the huge diversity of production systems used in the production of shellfish and finfish in one concise volume that allows the reader to better understand how aquaculture depends upon and interacts with its environment.

The systems examined range from low input methods to super-intensive systems. Divided into five sections that each focus on a distinct family of systems, Aquaculture Production Systems serves as an excellent text to those just being introduced to aquaculture as well as being a valuable reference to well-established professionals seeking information on production methods.

Aquaculture is an increasingly diverse industry with an ever-gorwing number of species cultured and available production systems. A basic understanding of production systems in vital to the successful practice of aqualculture, and Aquaculture Production Systems provides a valuable survey of key production systems to help readers better understand how aquaculture depends upon and intereacts with its environment. Aquaculture Production Systems look at a variety of systems currently used in the production of shellfish and finfish, ranging from low input methods to super-intensive systems. Divided into five sections that each focus on a distinct family of systems, Aquaculture Production Systems will serve as an exceelent text to those recently introduced to aquaculture as well as being a valuable reference to well-established professionals seeking information on production methods.