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Larvi '95 : fish & shellfish larviculture symposium : Gent, September 3-7, 1995
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ISBN: 9071625141 Year: 1995 Volume: 24 Publisher: Gent European Aquaculture Society


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Inbreeding and brood stock management
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ISBN: 925104340X Year: 1999 Publisher: Rome : FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations = Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture),


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Larvi '91 : short communications and abstracts of contributions presented at the international symposium on fish and crustacean larviculture, Gent, August 27-30, 1991
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ISBN: 9071625095 Year: 1991 Volume: vol 15 Publisher: Gent European Aquaculture Society


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The use of homoserine lactone-degrading and poly-B-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacteria in crustacean and fish larviculture
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ISBN: 9789059892996 Year: 2009 Publisher: Gent Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Bio-Ingenieurswetenschappen

Selection and breeding programs in aquaculture
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ISBN: 9781402033414 9781402033421 1402033419 1402033427 1281043834 9786611043834 9048168406 Year: 2005 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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Although aquaculture as a biological production system has a long history, systematic and efficient breeding programs to improve economically important traits in the farmed species have rarely been utilized until recently, except for salmonid species. This means that the majority of aquaculture production (more than 90 %) is based on genetically unimproved stocks. In farm animals the situation is vastly different: practically no terrestrial farm production is based on genetically unimproved and undomesticated populations. This difference between aquaculture and livestock production is in spite of the fact that the basic elements of breeding theory are the same for fish and shellfish as for farm animals. One possible reason for the difference is the complexity of reproductive biology in aquatic species, and special consideration needs to be taken in the design of breeding plans for these species. Since 1971 AKVAFORSK, has continuously carried out large scale breeding research projects with salmonid species, and during the latest 15 years also with a number of fresh water and marine species. Results from this work and the results from other institutions around the world have brought forward considerable knowledge, which make the development of efficient breeding programs feasible. The genetic improvement obtained in selection programs for fish and shellfish is remarkable and much higher than what has been achieved in terrestrial farm animals.

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