Table of Contents
List of Contributors xxix
Foreword xxxvii
Preface xxxix
Acknowledgments xli
Section 1 Notable Developments in Chinese Aquaculture in the Past Few Decades 1
1.1 Contribution of Chinese Aquaculture to the Sector, Globally, and to Overall Food Security 3Jiansan Jia, Weiming Miao, Junning Cai, and Xinhua Yuan
1.2 Inland Aquaculture: Trends and Prospects 25Zhongjie Li, Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, and Sena S. De Silva
1.3 Mariculture: Developments, Present Status and Prospects 38Qingyin Wang, Hui Liu, and Juan Sui
1.4 Chinese Aquaculture: Its Contribution to Rural Development and the Economy 55Ningsheng Yang
1.5 Species Composition in Chinese Aquaculture with Reference to Trophic Level of Cultured Species 70Qisheng Tang, Dong Han, Xiujuan Shan, Wenbing Zhang, and Yuze Mao
Section 2 Traditionally Farmed Species/Species Groups and Farming Practices 93
2.1 Grass Carp: The Fish that Feeds Half of China 95Congxin Xie, Jiale Li, Dapeng Li, Yubang Shen, Yu Gao, and Zhimin Zhang
2.2 Typical Cases of Silver Carp Culture 116Guiwei Zou, Dan Wang, and Xiangzhong Luo
2.3 Developments in Common Carp Culture and Selective Breeding of New Varieties 125Xuesong Hu, Yanlong Ge, Chitao Li, Zhiying Jia, Mei Shang, Shihui Wang, and Lianyu Shi
2.4 Crucian Carp and Gibel Carp Culture 149Zhou Li, Zhong-Wei Wang, Yang Wang, and Jian-Fang Gui
2.5 Recent Developments in Bream Culture: Culture Systems and Genetic Improvement 158Weimin Wang and Zexia Gao
2.6 Integrated Rice-Field Aquaculture in China, A Long-Standing Practice, with Recent Leapfrog Developments 174Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, Jing Yuan, Tanglin Zhang, Shaowen Ye, Wei Li, Zhongjie Li, and Jian-Fang Gui
Section 3 Emerging Cultured Species/Species Groups 185
3.1 Freshwater Pearl Culture 187Jiale Li, Xiaoping Wu, and Zhiyi Bai
3.2 Chinese mitten Crab Culture: Current Status and Recent Progress Towards Sustainable Development 197Yongxu Cheng, Xugan Wu, and Jiayao Li
3.3 Culture of the Oriental River Prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) 218Fu Hongtuo and Shubo Jin
3.4 Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain China’s Leading Maricultured Crab 226Yuanyou Li, Chunxiang Ai, and Lijie Liu
3.5 Sturgeon Culture: Status and Practices 234Deguo Yang, Guojun Ma, and Dajiang Sun
3.6 Snakehead Culture 246Xiuqi Li, Qinglei Meng, and Nan Xie
3.7 Mandarin Fish Culture: Status and Development Prospects 256Guocheng Yao, and Wei Li
3.8 The Success of Yellow Catfish Aquaculture in China: From Rare Wild Fish to Popular Farmed Fish 270Dapeng Li, Congxin Xie, Xugang He, Rong Tan, Xing Tian, Zhimin Zhang, and Yu Gao
3.9 Aquaculture of the Paddy Eel, Monopterus albus 283Daiqin Yang, Fang Chen, and Guoliang Ruan
3.10 Aquaculture of the Large Yellow Croaker 297Shixi Chen, Yongquan Su, and Wanshu Hong
3.11 Flatfish Farming 309Changtao Guan, Yuxia Ding, Aijun Ma, Yufen Wang, Jun Li, Qi Ni, Xuezhou Liu, Qiyao Wang, Kangsen Mai, Hong Lin, Bin Huang, and Zhengyong Yang
3.12 Rabbitfish – an Emerging Herbivorous Marine Aquaculture Species 329Yuanyou Li, Qinghao Zhang, and Yang Liu
3.13 Soft-Shelled Turtle Culture 335Zhong Yang He, and Haiqi Zhang
3.14 Hard-Shelled Turtle Culture 353Xinping Zhu and Jian Zhao
Section 4 Alien Species in Chinese Aquaculture 363
4.1 Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) Cultivation in China: A Decade of Unprecedented Development 365Qidong Wang, Huaiyu Ding, Zhonghu Tao, and Dawen Ma
4.2 Development of the Culture of the White-Legged Shrimp, Penaeus vannamei 378Xiaohan Chen and Jianhua Xiong
4.3 Channel Catfish Culture 393Dapeng Li, Congxin Xie, Xugang He, Chenglong Qi, Yu Gao, and Xiao Liang
4.4 Status and Trends of the Tilapia Farming Industry Development 404Pao Xu and Junchao Ming
4.5 Development of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) Culture 421Junjie Bai and Shengjie Li
Section 5 Developments in Feeds in Chinese Aquaculture 431
5.1 Feed Developments in Freshwater Aquaculture 433Shouqi Xie, Dong Han, Yong Yang, and Song Zhang
5.2 Feed Developments in Mariculture 451Kangsen Mai and Wenbing Zhang
Section 6 Genetic Breeding and Seed Industry 463
6.1 Applications of Genetic Breeding Biotechnologies in Chinese Aquaculture 465Li Zhou and Jian-Fang Gui
6.2 Half-Smooth Tongue Sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis): Whole Genome Sequencing to Molecular Sex Control 497Song Lin Chen and Qian Zhou
6.3 Stock Enhancement and Genetic Preservation of Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Yangtze River Estuary 514Guangpeng Feng and Ping Zhuang
6.4 Enhancing Aquaculture Through Artificial Propagation: Freshwater Fish Fry and Fingerling Production 527Xinhui Li and Yuguo Xia
Section 7 Environmental-Related Issues in Chinese Aquaculture 541
7.1 Multi-Trophic Mariculture Practices in Coastal Waters 543Jihong Zhang, Changzi Ge, Jianguang Fang, and Qisheng Tang
7.2 Ecological Engineering Technologies for Optimizing Freshwater Pond Aquaculture 555Xing-guo Liu, Hao Xu, and Chong Liu
7.3 Disease Prevention and Control 577Lang Gui and Qi-Ya Zhang
7.4 Development of Lake and Reservoir Aquaculture Related Practices in China 599Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, Tanglin Zhang, Shaowen Ye, Wei Li, Jing Yuan, and Zhongjie Li
7.5 In Situ Conservation of Aquatic Genetic Resources and Associated Reserves 611Wenbo Yang, Kun Cao, Fang Ding, Yingren Li, and Jilong Li
Section 8 Development Strategies and Prospects 629
8.1 Development Strategies and Prospects – Driving Forces and Sustainable Development of Chinese Aquaculture 631Qisheng Tang and Hui Liu
Index 647