This book describes the basic elements in the theory of animal
breeding and inheritance of quantitative economic traits and the
way in which this technology can be implemented in selective
breeding programs for aquaculture species. The role and the
implementation of molecular genetics in modern selective breeding
programs is also addressed. The booka (TM)s main objective is to
stimulate development of efficient selective breeding programs in
aquaculture, the worlda (TM)s fastest growing industry for animal
protein production.
Considerable genetic gain from selection has been demonstrated
for several aquatic species in traits like growth rate and
survival. AKVAFORSK and allied institutions have demonstrated the
value of selection in Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, Nile tilapia,
rohu carp and the shrimp Penaeus vannamei. Presently, however, less
than 10 % of total world aquaculture production is based on
genetically improved animals. The urgent challenge to the industry
is to implement and start selective breeding programs in order to
make the aquaculture industry more competitive and sustainable,
through improving the utilization of feed, land and water
resources.
The text has been written by scientists at AKVAFORSK, Akvaforsk
Genetics Center and co-workers in order to summarise present
knowledge in the field, and to encourage implementation of
selective breeding programs for economically important fish and
shellfish species around the world.
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