Modern aquaculture is faced with a number of challenges, including public concern about environmental impacts and the welfare of farmed fish. A fundamental understanding of fish biology is central to finding ways to meet these challenges and is also essential for maintaining the industry's sustainability.
Aquaculture and Behavior provides such fundamental understanding with reference to behavioral biology, describing how to avoid problems caused by the natural behavior of farmed fish and providing information that, when properly applied, results in significant benefits for both the fish and the farmer.
Written and edited by an authoritative team, Aquaculture and Behavior provides a clear and concise account of aspects of fish biology that are central to aquaculture, gives expert guidance on the behavioral biology of farmed fish and explains how this can be, and is, applied to improve aquaculture practice. Special consideration is given to the role of behavior, why biologists are interested in behavior, and how they study and explain it. The authors focus on the techniques that have been developed for investigating the behavior offish on farms and the behavior that we require of fish that are cultured for food, for science, for the ornamental trade, and for release. The book also discusses and explores the issue of fish welfare and how it can be defined, identified and measured, and features strategies for improving the welfare of farmed fish.
Informative and engaging, Aquaculture and Behavior brings the reader up-to-date with major issues pertaining to aquaculture. Everyone from fish farmers to upper level students will find this book a valuable and practical resource. Libraries in universities and research establishments where animal behavior, aquaculture, veterinary, and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this work on their shelves.
Felicity Huntingford is Professor of Functional Ecology in the Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology the University of Glasgow, UK. Malcolm Jobling is Professor of Aquaculture at BFE, University of Troms°, Norway. Sunil Kadri is Director of OptoSwim Technologies, Europharma Scotland & AQ1 Systems, and an Honorary Research Fellow University of Glasgow, UK.
Modern aquaculture is faced with a number of challenges, including public concern about environmental impacts and the welfare of farmed fish. A fundamental understanding of fish biology is central to finding ways to meet these challenges and is also essential for maintaining the industry's sustainability.
Aquaculture and Behavior provides such fundamental understanding with reference to behavioral biology, describing how to avoid problems caused by the natural behavior of farmed fish and providing information that, when properly applied, results in significant benefits for both the fish and the farmer.
Written and edited by an authoritative team, Aquaculture and Behavior provides a clear and concise account of aspects of fish biology that are central to aquaculture, gives expert guidance on the behavioral biology of farmed fish and explains how this can be, and is, applied to improve aquaculture practice. Special consideration is given to the role of behavior, why biologists are interested in behavior, and how they study and explain it. The authors focus on the techniques that have been developed for investigating the behavior of fish on farms and the behavior that we require of fish that are cultured for food, for science, for the ornamental trade, and for release. The book also discusses and explores the issue of fish welfare and how it can be defined, identified and measured, and features strategies for improving the welfare of farmed fish.
Informative and engaging, Aquaculture and Behavior brings the reader up-to-date with major issues pertaining to aquaculture. Everyone from fish farmers to upper level students will find this book a valuable and practical resource. Libraries in universities and research establishments where animal behavior, aquaculture, veterinary, and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this work on their shelves.
This resource for fish farmers, researchers, and students in fish biology, animal behavior, and aquaculture offers an overview of the behavioral biology of fish and its implications for more sustainable aquaculture. An introductory chapter reviews the different types of fish farmed for various purposes and describes the effects of common fish farming practices on fish behavior. Another early chapter describes the tools used for studying the behavior of farmed fish. The bulk of the book presents chapters on farmed fish movement and orientation, feeding biology and foraging, nutrition and diet choice, appetite and feed intake, avoiding predators, fighting and aggression, and reproductive behavior. Each of these chapters starts with an account of the fish's behavior in natural environments, then offers sections on mechanisms, development, functions, and implications for aquaculture. Huntingford is affiliated with the University of Glasgow, UK. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Modern aquaculture is faced with a number of challenges, including public concern about environmental impacts and the welfare of farmed fish. A fundamental understanding of fish biology is central to finding ways to meet these challenges and is also essential for maintaining the industry's sustainability.
Furthermore, the behaviour of fish under culture situations has long been ignored despite heavy commercial losses that can result from fish stressed and hence disease-prone, due to bad husbandry techniques.
This important book summarises the current understanding of the behavioural biology of farmed species and illustrates how this can be applied to improve aquaculture practice.
Informative and engaging, Aquaculture & Behavior brings the reader up-to-date with major issues pertaining to aquaculture. Everyone from fish farmers to upper level students will find this book a valuable and practical resource. Libraries in universities and research establishments where animal behavior, aquaculture, veterinary and biological sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this work on their shelves.
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