Assessment of freshwater fish seed resources for sustainable aquaculture
Bondad-Reantaso, M.G. (2007). Assessment of freshwater fish seed resources for sustainable aquaculture. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper = FAO Document technique sur les pêches, 501. FAO: Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-105895-4. 628 pp.http://www.fao.org/3/a1495e/a1495e00.htm Part of: FAO Fisheries Technical Paper = FAO Document technique sur les pêches. FAO: Roma. ISSN 0429-9345, more |  |
| Abstract | Four of the most important resources to aquaculture, outside human and technological resources, are land, water, seed and feed. Efficient use of these resources are necessary to guarantee optimum production from aquaculture. A number of regional and international events highlighted some of the most pressing issues concerning seed in global aquaculture development. These include inadequate and unreliable supply of quality seed, genetic quality, inadequate hatchery technology and facilities for rearing fry/fingerlings, distribution mechanisms, impacts of releases of cultured seed stocks, the need for more hatcheries with business orientation and others. In order to secure stable seed supply for major freshwater aquaculture species, factors affecting seed availability, seed quality, seed production technologies and support services, seed distribution networks, breeding technologies, genetic improvement and domestication need to be understood well if resources are best to be targeted and policy decisions on future investment and management options improved. |
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