Aquaculture is the fastest-growing farmed food sector and will soon become the primary
source of fish and shellfish for human diets. In contrast to crop and livestock production …

Recent advancements in genomic technologies have led to the discovery and application of
DNA‐markers [eg single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)] for the genetic improvement of …

Since its introduction in 2001, genomic selection (GS) has progressed rapidly. As a research
and application hot topic, GS has led to a revolution in the field of animal and plant breeding …

Selective breeding has been successfully applied to improve profitability and sustainability
in numerous aquatic species. Recent developments of high throughput genoty** …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable plastic. Numerous bacteria produce PHAs
under environmental stress conditions, such as excess carbon-rich organic matter and …

Large yellow croaker is an important marine aquaculture species in the southeast coast of
China. It suffers serious diseases caused by Cryptocaryon irritans, a parasitic cilliate which …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are produced by a large number of microbes under stress
conditions such as high carbon (C) availability and limitations of nutrients such as nitrogen …

The production of most farmed molluscs, including mussels, oysters, scallops, abalone, and
clams, is heavily dependent on natural seed from the plankton. Closing the lifecycle of …

Piscirickettsia salmonis is one of the main infectious diseases affecting coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) farming, and current treatments have been ineffective for the control …

Selective breeding of tilapia populations started in the early 1990s and over the past three
decades tilapia has become one of the most important farmed freshwater species, being …