List of Contributors xxix
Foreword xxxvii
Preface xxxix
Acknowledgments xli
Section 1 Notable Developments in Chinese Aquaculture in the Past Few Decades 1
1.1 Contribution of Chinese Aquaculture to the Sector, Globally,
and to Overall Food Security 3
Jiansan Jia, Weiming Miao, Junning Cai, and Xinhua Yuan
1.2 Inland Aquaculture: Trends and Prospects 25
Zhongjie Li, Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, and Sena S. De Silva
1.3 Mariculture: Developments, Present Status and Prospects
38
Qingyin Wang, Hui Liu, and Juan Sui
1.4 Chinese Aquaculture: Its Contribution to Rural Development
and the Economy 55
Ningsheng Yang
1.5 Species Composition in Chinese Aquaculture with Reference to
Trophic Level of Cultured Species 70
Qisheng Tang, Dong Han, Xiujuan Shan, Wenbing Zhang, and Yuze
Mao
Section 2 Traditionally Farmed Species/Species Groups and Farming Practices 93
2.1 Grass Carp: The Fish that Feeds Half of China 95
Congxin Xie, Jiale Li, Dapeng Li, Yubang Shen, Yu Gao, and Zhimin
Zhang
2.2 Typical Cases of Silver Carp Culture 116
Guiwei Zou, Dan Wang, and Xiangzhong Luo
2.3 Developments in Common Carp Culture and Selective Breeding
of New Varieties 125
Xuesong Hu, Yanlong Ge, Chitao Li, Zhiying Jia, Mei Shang, Shihui
Wang, and Lianyu Shi
2.4 Crucian Carp and Gibel Carp Culture 149
Zhou Li, Zhong]Wei Wang, Yang Wang, and Jian]Fang Gui
2.5 Recent Developments in Bream Culture: Culture Systems and
Genetic Improvement 158
Weimin Wang and Zexia Gao
2.6 Integrated Rice]Field Aquaculture in China, A
Long]Standing Practice, with Recent Leapfrog Developments 174
Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, Jing Yuan, Tanglin Zhang, Shaowen Ye, Wei
Li, Zhongjie Li, and Jian]Fang Gui
Section 3 Emerging Cultured Species/Species Groups 185
3.1 Freshwater Pearl Culture 187
Jiale Li, Xiaoping Wu, and Zhiyi Bai
3.2 Chinese mitten Crab Culture: Current Status and Recent
Progress Towards Sustainable Development 197
Yongxu Cheng, Xugan Wu, and Jiayao Li
3.3 Culture of the Oriental River Prawn (Macrobrachium
nipponense) 218
Fu Hongtuo and Shubo Jin
3.4 Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain China’s Leading Maricultured
Crab 226
Yuanyou Li, Chunxiang Ai, and Lijie Liu
3.5 Sturgeon Culture: Status and Practices 234
Deguo Yang, Guojun Ma, and Dajiang Sun
3.6 Snakehead Culture 246
Xiuqi Li, Qinglei Meng, and Nan Xie
3.7 Mandarin Fish Culture: Status and Development Prospects
256
Guocheng Yao, and Wei Li
3.8 The Success of Yellow Catfish Aquaculture in China: From
Rare Wild Fish to Popular Farmed Fish 270
Dapeng Li, Congxin Xie, Xugang He, Rong Tan, Xing Tian, Zhimin
Zhang, and Yu Gao
3.9 Aquaculture of the Paddy Eel, Monopterus albus 283
Daiqin Yang, Fang Chen, and Guoliang Ruan
3.10 Aquaculture of the Large Yellow Croaker 297
Shixi Chen, Yongquan Su, and Wanshu Hong
3.11 Flatfish Farming 309
Changtao Guan, Yuxia Ding, Aijun Ma, Yufen Wang, Jun Li, Qi Ni,
Xuezhou Liu, Qiyao Wang, Kangsen Mai, Hong Lin, Bin Huang, and
Zhengyong Yang
3.12 Rabbitfish – an Emerging Herbivorous Marine Aquaculture
Species 329
Yuanyou Li, Qinghao Zhang, and Yang Liu
3.13 Soft]Shelled Turtle Culture 335
Zhong Yang He, and Haiqi Zhang
3.14 Hard]Shelled Turtle Culture 353
Xinping Zhu and Jian Zhao
Section 4 Alien Species in Chinese Aquaculture 363
4.1 Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) Cultivation in China: A
Decade of Unprecedented Development 365
Qidong Wang, Huaiyu Ding, Zhonghu Tao, and Dawen Ma
4.2 Development of the Culture of the White]Legged Shrimp,
Penaeus vannamei 378
Xiaohan Chen and Jianhua Xiong
4.3 Channel Catfish Culture 393
Dapeng Li, Congxin Xie, Xugang He, Chenglong Qi, Yu Gao, and Xiao
Liang
4.4 Status and Trends of the Tilapia Farming Industry
Development 404
Pao Xu and Junchao Ming
4.5 Development of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Culture 421
Junjie Bai and Shengjie Li
Section 5 Developments in Feeds in Chinese Aquaculture 431
5.1 Feed Developments in Freshwater Aquaculture 433
Shouqi Xie, Dong Han, Yong Yang, and Song Zhang
5.2 Feed Developments in Mariculture 451
Kangsen Mai and Wenbing Zhang
Section 6 Genetic Breeding and Seed Industry 463
6.1 Applications of Genetic Breeding Biotechnologies in Chinese
Aquaculture 465
Li Zhou and Jian]Fang Gui
6.2 Half]Smooth Tongue Sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis): Whole
Genome Sequencing to Molecular Sex Control 497
Song Lin Chen and Qian Zhou
6.3 Stock Enhancement and Genetic Preservation of Chinese Mitten
Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Yangtze River Estuary 514
Guangpeng Feng and Ping Zhuang
6.4 Enhancing Aquaculture Through Artificial Propagation:
Freshwater Fish Fry and Fingerling Production 527
Xinhui Li and Yuguo Xia
Section 7 Environmental-Related Issues in Chinese Aquaculture 541
7.1 Multi-Trophic Mariculture Practices in Coastal Waters
543
Jihong Zhang, Changzi Ge, Jianguang Fang, and Qisheng Tang
7.2 Ecological Engineering Technologies for Optimizing
Freshwater Pond Aquaculture 555
Xing-guo Liu, Hao Xu, and Chong Liu
7.3 Disease Prevention and Control 577
Lang Gui and Qi-Ya Zhang
7.4 Development of Lake and Reservoir Aquaculture Related
Practices in China 599
Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, Tanglin Zhang, Shaowen Ye, Wei Li, Jing
Yuan, and Zhongjie Li
7.5 In Situ Conservation of Aquatic Genetic Resources and
Associated Reserves 611
Wenbo Yang, Kun Cao, Fang Ding, Yingren Li, and Jilong Li
Section 8 Development Strategies and Prospects 629
8.1 Development Strategies and Prospects – Driving Forces and
Sustainable Development of Chinese Aquaculture 631
Qisheng Tang and Hui Liu
Index 647
Jian-Fang Gui, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Qisheng Tang, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shandong, China
Zhongjie Li, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Jiashou Liu, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Sena S. De Silva, School of Life & Environmental Science, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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