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. 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.
ISTA VII is the seventh 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.
The proceedings includes 38 papers and 31 abstracts. The keynote paper discusses the global outlook for Tilapia culture emphasizing Latin America. It provides a summary available for this fast growing culture species. Streptococci and other pathologies are having major impacts on Tilapia culture today and this proceedings contains six papers discussing the latest research in the field. The section on nutrition and feeds contains nine papers ranging in topic areas from compensatory growth to probiotic bacteria to dietary formulations and ingredients. A total of nine complete country reports from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East provide background on regional efforts. The section on economics, marketing and trade includes recent information on both small-scale aquaculture development opportunities and global supplies and markets. The book provides the latest contributions in this important series and would be useful to students, academics, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and growers interested in the most recent reviews and scientific communications in the field.
Edited by Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sanchez and Kevin Fitzsimmons; Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Mexico and University of Arizona, USA, respectively. Sponsors of the symposium and Proceedings were the American Tilapia Association, Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program, USAID, The World Aquaculture Society, and the State Government of VeraCruz.
Softcover, 2006; 387 pages
