'The book was prepared by compiling articles contributed by various experts from central fisheries institutes and state fisheries colleges. In this book, articles related to advanced methods being practiced in aquaculture were included. The edited book contains 15 number of Chapters covering, Coastal and Brackish water aquaculture, aquafarming systems in India, ornamental fish breeding, all male red tilapia production, culture and seed production of mud crab, shrimp, seabass, shrimps, polychaetes, groupers, pompano, micro algal production, cage culture, RAS, Bio-floc technology, Aquaponics and feed production. All these techniques are emphasizing advance cultures techniques in various aquatic animals. Each and every article is narrating elaborately about techniques involved in production of various fish and shellfishes. The chapters are written in simple language and easy to understand Read more
Acknowledgement v Preface vii 1. Coastal and Brackish Water Aquaculture in India 1 V.S. Chandrasekaran 2. Aqua Farming Systems in India 17 D. Ravindra Kumar Reddy and R. Ram Mohan 3. Breeding and Culture of Ornamental Fish and Aquarium Keeping 31 R. Ram Mohan 4. All Male Fingerling Production of Red Tilapia 53 P. Chidambaram 5. Culture of Mud Crab Scylla Species 59 Ravindra Sontakke and Harsha Haridas 6. Farming of Asian Seabass (Lates calcarifer) in India: Present Status and Way Forward 73 M. Kailasam, Pankaj A. Patil, Tanveer Hussain, Dani Thomas, Aritra Bera, R. Subburaj, G. Thiagarajan and D. Raja Babu 7. Seed Production and Culture of Shrimps 87 C.P. Balasubramanian, P.S. Shyne Anand and K.K. Vijayan x 8. Development of Production System for Mud Worm Polychaete, Marphysa gravelyi 111 S. Kannappan, S. Sivagnanam, C.P. Balasubramanian and K.K. Vijayan 9. Formulation and Preparation Read more
Dr. A. Balasubramanian Professor and Head, Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fishery Science, Muthukur, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Dr. Balasubramanian obtained his M.F.Sc., degree from Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Ph.D from Central Institute of Fisheries Education, ICAR, Mumbai, specialized in Fishing Gears and Fisheries Resource Management. He is Professor and Head, Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fishery Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Muthukur, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India. In addition, he served as Head of Research Station and College and University Head for the discipline of Fisheries Economics and Statistics and Academic Council member in the University. He teaches and guides the BFSc., MFSc., and Ph.D scholars in the discipline of Fisheries Resource Management Read more