aquaculture production. The application of genetics can play an important role in efforts to increase aquaculture production in …Aquaculture in Africa is fairly insignificant by world standards and accounts for a mere 0.4 per cent of global … aquaculture. …

improvement of farmed aquaculture species, especially in freshwater fish. Firstly, the current breeding objective in aquatic … unlikely to be sufficient to meet the future needs of the aquaculture industry. To meet future demands breeding programs will … these traits will be required. Generally, there is a paucity of data on variable and fixed production costs in aquaculture …

fish breeds and/or alien species in aquaculture while at the same time conserve the aquatic genetic diversity. This paper … discussed were status of aquaculture in Africa and the role of genetic enhancement; potential benefits and risks involved in …