Fish Hatchery Management

The second edition of this text expands and updates the original "Fish Hatchery Management", originally published in 1982, which has been used in universities and training centres to train new generations of culturists. This edition has been completely rewritten by experts to include major advances in hatchery operation, in practical knowledge about raising high-quality fish, and in optimal use of cultured fishes in management programmes. This volume is a training tool and day-to-day hatchery resource. Like the first edition, the book includes information about particular species, but its focus remains on the requirements and practical operation of culture systems. The new edition covers advances in production, water issues, transportation, stocking, open systems, controlled systems, semi-controlled systems, broodstocks and spawning, nutrition and feeding, fish health, and special considerations. Authors have developed chapters for relevance to both private and public fish culture.