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Fish can be farmed in tanks, dams, lakes, ponds, or even old swimming pools. The big questions are not just where and how you are going to grow them, but also, what type of fish to grow. Some fish species suit very specific climates. Some tolerate variations in water quality and water temperature much better than others. In some situations, the water conditions may be very settled, but in other situations they fluctuate. Some species are much more palatable than others. Some are of higher commercial value. These and other concerns are all important if you are to make a good decision about what to grow; and this book is designed to help you make that decision.
ISBN: 978-0-9954356-7-4
Pages: 43
Images: 18
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO AQUACULTURE
What is aquaculture?
Pisciculture, aquaponics, aquaculture or aquaria
Commercial aquaculture systems
Land-based freshwater aquaculture
Could farmed fish from closed systems be better?
Which fish is best?
CHAPTER 2 FISH BIOLOGY FISH ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Digestive system
Pathology
Predation
Reproduction and genetics
CHAPTER 3 TROUT
Rainbow trout
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
CHAPTER 4 CATFISH
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Eel tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus)
Straight backed catfish (Neosilurus hyrtlii)
CHAPTER 5 PERCHES
Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua)
Jade perch (Scortum barcoo)
Redfin or english perch (Perca fluviatillis)
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus)
Spangled perch (Leiopotherapon unicolor)
Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum)
CHAPTER 6 OTHER FISH
Bream
Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala)
Common bream (Abramis brama)
Black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri)
Bass
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata)
Carp
Eels (Anguilla spp) - short-finned eel, silver eel, yellow eel
Milkfish (Chanos chanos)
Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii)
Snakeheads
Northern snakehead (Channa argus)
Roach
Saratoga
Saratoga (Scleropages leichardti)
Northern saratoga (Scleropages jardini)
Silver barbel (Schilbe intermedius)
Sleepy cod (Oxyeleotris lineolata)
Sooty grunter or black bream (Hephaestus fuliginosus)
Sturgeon (Acipenser and Huso)
Tench (Tinca tinca)
Tilapia (Oreochromis spp)
Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)
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