conducted. This manual is designed to provide general guidelines for the design of strain comparison trials in aquaculture … quantitative genetics and experience in statistical methods and data analysis as well as familiarity with computer software. The …

Aquaculture production systems in developing countries are largely based on the use of unimproved species and strains …

An agreement on the need for concerted international efforts for advancing the science of fish breeding and genetics …

producer of this species in 2007 and its aquaculture production rose to 43,000 metric tons (t) in 2005 froin less than 500 t in … species was deemed a high priority. The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, India in …

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 …