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 …

role in Chinese aquaculture and genetic studies. Selective breeding, particularly crossbreeding has been applied …, knowledge of the quantitative and molecular genetics of these carps is limited. Studies were therefore undertaken to: (1 …

by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture as a good breed for aquaculture. …