Capture-based aquaculture. The fattening of eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails.
Capture-based aquaculture. The fattening of eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails
Francesca Ottolenghi, Cecilia Silvestri, Paola Giordano, Alessandro Lovatelli and Michael B. New
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome 2004
Preparation of this document
This report was prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by consultants and staff employed by the FAO Fisheries Department to provide a definition and review of the capture-based aquaculture of four species groups: eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails.
The principal targeted audience includes policy-makers, administrators and trainers in the fields of aquaculture, fisheries and the environment.
It is hoped that the document will provide background information and reference sources for those embarking on research in this field.
This document was prepared with financial assistance from the Government of Japan under the International Conservation and Management of Fisheries Resources Trust Fund Project (GCP/INT/715/JPN).
Abstract
CAPTURE-BASED AQUACULTURE defines and reviews certain practices that are shared between aquaculture and capture fisheries. It specifically considers the on-growing or fattening of four species groups – eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails – which is based on the use of wild-caught “seed”. The report begins with an introduction on the overlap between aquaculture and fisheries and their global trends. Chapters on the four species groups follow and include information on species identification, fishery trends, the supply and transfer of “seed” for stocking purposes, aquaculture trends, culture systems, feeds and feeding regimes, fish health, harvesting and marketing. Further chapters examine the environmental and socio-economic impacts of capture based aquaculture, together with the relevant fisheries and aquaculture management issues. Finally, the report looks at food safety issues, as well as identifies topics for future consideration.
Ottolenghi, F.; Silvestri, C.; Giordano, P.; Lovatelli, A.; New, M.B.
Capture-based aquaculture. The fattening of eels, groupers, tunas and yellowtails. Rome, FAO. 2004. 308p.