Fisheries, Aquaculture and Biotechnology

Contents: Preface. 1. A survey on biology, ecology and genetics of Mexican Oysters for biotechnology purposes/Faustino Rodriguez Romero. 2. Autonomous vehicles in fisheries and aquaculture/Steven G. Hall, Randy R. Price and Daniel Smith. 3. Bioengineered reefs to enhance natural fisheries and culture Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in the Gulf of Mexico/Steven G. Hall, Robert R. Beine, Tyler Ortego, Matt Campbell and Michael Turley. 4. Engineering natural and artificial reefs in Oyster and coral dominated environments/Steven G. Hall. 5. Application of DNA Fingerprints in study of seaweeds/Delin Duan. 6. Genes involved in the compensatory growth induced by refeeding in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)/Genciana Terova, Giovanni Bernardini, Simona Rimoldi and Marco Saroglia. 7. Diversity and aquaculture exploitation of Ictaluridae species in Mexico/Faustino Rodriguez Romero. 8. Repetitive DNA Elements as probes for the genomic analysis of Scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper from the Gulf of Mexico/G.E. Koerper, R.L. Shipp and Y.M. Bhatnagar. 9. Serological methods for the detection of pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture: present status and future prospects/Santiago F. Gonzalez and Ysabel Santos. 10. Masculinization of Torafugu, Takifugu rubripes by Modulation of Aromatase activity/Harunur Rashid, Akihiko Yamaguchi and Michiya Matsuyama. 11. A review of Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, as a biomonitor species of Oxytetracycline Impacts/M.I. Uyaguari, P.B. Key, J.A. Gooch, K.L. Jackson and G.I. Scott. 12. Current status of shrimp farming in India/Arunachalam Manimekalan, Satyanarayana Masabathula, and Devarajan Thangadurai. 13. Molecular response to stress in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)/Genciana Terova, Rosalba Gornati, Simona Rimoldi and Marco Saroglia. 14. Diversity and distribution of fish genetic resources in Anamalai Hills of Western Ghats, India/A. Manimekalan, D. Thangadurai and V. Ganeshan. Subject Index. 

"To address social, environmental and economic challenges of the ever expanding world population, efforts to build a global knowledge based bio-economy by exploiting newer and modern biotechnologies are of immense use. Manipulation of DNA and other cellular constituents through biotechnology in fisheries and aquaculture offers significant economic and environmental benefits from fertilized eggs to the finished consumer products. Aquaculture now accounts for more than 40% of the global production of fish for human consumption. Fisheries, Aquaculture and Biotechnology explains the science and application of biotechnologies to fisheries and aquaculture and what other newer technologies like transgenics and genomics can potentially offer. This book also aims to provide various approaches in biotechnology and their potential impact on global fisheries and aquaculture research and will be most useful for advanced students and researchers in fisheries and aquaculture.

Key topics include:

• Fish and shrimp diversity in India and Mexico.
• Detection of pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture. 
• Autonomous vehicles in fisheries and aquaculture.
• DNA Fingerprinting technologies for seaweed studies.
• Ecology, genetics and biotechnology of Mexican oysters.
• Modulation of Aromatase activity in Takifugu rubripes.
• Bioengineering of natural and artificial reefs.
• Genomic analysis of Scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper.
• Stresses and Genes for compulsory growth in European Sea Bass."