This book contains 27 chapters on finfish aquaculture. The chapters were designated into four main topics: I. Aquaculture diversification an introduction (contains the first seven chapters namely: fish culture: achievements and challenges, fish culture: the rearing environment, fish culture: feeds and feeding, farmed species and their characteristics, considerations for the selection and commercialization of new or alternate species, a systematic market approach to species diversification: a French case, and the agribusiness approach), II. Finfish species description and biotechnical analysis (contains chapters 8 to 21 namely: quantitative approaches for identifying finfish species suited for sustainable and productive aquaculture, the sturgeons (Family: Acipenseridae), milkfish (Family: Chanidae), the catfish (Family: Ictaluridae), the salmonids (Family: Salmonidae), the codfishes (Family: Gadidae), the snooks (Family: Centropomidae), the temperate basses (Family: Moronidae), seabreams and porgies (Family: Sparidae), tilapia (Family: Cichlidae), drum-fish or croakers (Family: Sciaenidae), the wolffishes (Family: Anarhichadidae), the tunas (Family: Scombridae), the flatfishes (Order: Pleuronectiformes), respectively), III. Market and Economic Analysis (contains chapter 22 (marketing new species) and 23 (diversification pays: economic perspective on investments in diversified aquaculture)), and IV. Future perspectives (contains chapter 24 to 27 namely: offshore and recirculation technologies, valorization of aquaculture by-products, organic and ecolabelling, and the future of aquaculture: insights from economic theory). This book also contains an appendix and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fish culture : achievements and challenges / Malcolm Jobling -- Fish culture : the rearing environment / Malcolm Jobling -- Fish culture : Feeds and feeding / Malcolm Jobling -- Farmed species and their characteristics / Malcolm Jobling -- Considerations for the selection and commercialization of new or alternate species / Nathalie R. Le François, David Otton and Guillaume Werstink -- A systematic market approach to species diversification : a French case study / Marc Suquet -- The agribusiness approach / David Otton and Lawrence Dooley -- Quantitative approaches for identifying finfish species suited for sustainable and productive aquaculture / Nathalie R. Le François, Arianne Savoie and Pierre U. Blier -- The sturgeons (family : acipenseridae) / Matthew Litvak -- Milkfish (family : chanidae) / Cheng-Sheng Lee and Chin-fa Liu -- The catfish (family : ictaluridae) / Jeffrey Silverstein, Terrill Hanson and Brian Bosworth -- The salmonids (family : salmonidae) / Malcolm Jobling, Arne-Mikal Arnesen, Tillman Benfey, Chris Carter, Ronald Hardy, Nathalie R. Le Franȯis, Robyn O'Keefe, Juha Koskela and Simon G. Lamarre -- The codfishes (family : gadidae) Björn Björnsson, Matthew Litvak, Edward A. Trippel and Marc Suquet -- The snooks (family : centropomidae) / Chris Carter, Brett Glencross, Robin S. Katersky and Michel Bermudes -- The temperate basses (family : moronidae) / Malcolm Jobling, Stefano Peruzzi and Curry Woods -- Seabreams and porgies (family : sparidae) / Malcolm Jobling and Stefano Peruzzi -- Tilapia (family : cichlidae) / Kevin Fitzsimmons and Wade O. Watanabe -- Drum-fish or croakers (family : sciaenidae) / Juan P. Lazo, Joan G. Holt, Christian Fauvel, Marc Suquet and Loic Quéméner -- The wolffishes (family : anarhichadidae) / Nathalie R. Le François, Helge Tveiten, Laura C. Halfyard and Atle Foss -- The tunas (family : scombridae) / Chris Carter, Barbara Nowak and Steven Clarke -- The flatfishes (order : pleuronectiformes) / Albert K. Imsland -- Marketing new species / James A. Young -- Diversification pays : economic perspectives on investment in diversified aquaculture / James R. Wilson and Bruno Archer -- Offshore and recirculation technologies / Richard Langan and Michel Couturier -- Valorization of aquaculture by-products / Pierre U. Blier and Nathalie R. Le François -- Organic and ecolabelling / James A. Young -- The future of aquaculture : insights from economic theory / Gunnar Knapp.

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