The proceedings includes 82 papers divided into nine categories: Genetics, Reproduction and Sex Control, Health Management and Diseas, Nutrition, Brackishwater Culture Systems, Pond Management and Production Systems, Economics, Marketing and Processing, and Regional Reviews.
Tilapia are now the second most important farmed fishes in the world. They are the most widely grown of any farmed fish and are adaptable to a wide variety of water conditions. ISTA VI is the sixth in the series of meetings that have brought together scientists, farmers, and seafood buyers from around the world to provide the most complete and up-to-date information available regarding tilapia in aquaculture.
Tilapia have rapidly become one of the most popular seafood items in developed countries. In developing countries, tilapia have long been recognized as an "aquatic chicken" that can be grown at many degrees of sophistication and prepared in a myriad of recipes.
Edited by Remdios Bolivar, Graham Mair and Kevin Fitzsimmons; Central Luzon State University, Philippines, Flinders University, Australia and University of Arizona, USA, respectively. Sponsors of the symposium were the American Tilapia Association and the Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Publication of the proceedings was partially underwritten by grants from the Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program and Schering-Plough Animal Health.
Softcover, 1997; 808 pages
