Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement

Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a key reference on culture methods, offering both practical applications and essential biological information. Throughout the text, the culture and stock enhancement issues are treated simultaneously, integrating these two perspectives. By looking to the outcomes of hatchery culture methods, including the economics and fish behavior, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a valuable tool in making management decisions. With chapters on disease diagnosis and treatment, culture methods for a number of specific species, and the use of flatfish as model organisms in laboratory settings, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement comprehensively covers the subject of culture and stock enhancement. The book is especially useful for aquaculture professionals, industry personnel, researchers, biologists, and aquaculture and fisheries management students.

Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a keyreference on culture methods, offering both practical applicationsand essential biological information. Throughout the text, theculture and stock enhancement issues are treated simultaneouslyintegrating these two perspectives. By looking to the outcomes ofhatchery culture methods, including the economics and fishbehavior, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancementis a valuable tool in making management decisions.With chapters on disease diagnosis and treatment, culture methodsfor a number of specific species, and the use of flatfish as modelorganisms in laboratory settings, Practical Flatfish Culture andStock Enhancement comprehensively covers the subject of cultureand stock enhancement. The book is especially useful foraquaculture professionals, industry personnel, researchersbiologists, and aquaculture and fisheries management students.

Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock EnhancementH.V. Daniels and W.O. Watanabe, EditorsTable of ContentsForwardHarry Daniels, Wade Watanabe, and Douglas ConklinCulture: North and South America1. Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)Chapter authors: Nick Brown2. Chilean flounder (Paralichthys adspersus)Chapter authors: Alfonso Silva.3. California halibut (Paralichthys californicuus)Chapter authors: Douglas Conklin and Raul Piedrahita4. Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)Chapter authors: David Bengtson and George Nardi5. Southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma)Chapter authors: Harry Daniels, Wade Watanabe, Thomas LosordoRyan Murashige, and Chris Dumas6. Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)Chapter authors: Elizabeth FairchildCulture: Europe7. Turbot culture (Scopthalmus maximus)Chapter authors: Jeannine Person-Le RuyetCulture: Asia and Australia8. Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) (Japaneseperspective)Chapter authors: Tadahisa Seikai, Kotaro Kikuchi, YuichiroFujinami9. Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) (Koreanperspective)Chapter authors: Sungchul Bai and Seunghyung Lee10. Greenback flounder (Rhombosolea tapirina)Chapter authors: Piers R. Hart11. Turbot culture (Scopthalmus maximus)Chapter authors: Ji-Lin Lei and Xin-Fu LiuStock Enhancement: North and South America12. Southern flounder and summer flounderChapter authors: John Miller, Robert Vega, and Yoh YamashitaStock Enhancement: Europe13. TurbotChapter authors: Jossiane S. Stottrup and C.R. SparrevohnStock Enhancement: Asia and Australia14. Japanese flounderChapter authors: Yoh Yamashita and Masato AritakiFlatfish Worldwide15. Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentChapter authors: Edward J. Noga, Stephen Smith and Oddvar H.Ottesen16. Flatfish as Research AnimalsRussell Borski, John Godwin, and John Luckenbach17. Behavioral conditioning of flatfish for stockenhancementChapter authors: John S. Burke and Reji Masuda18. Summary and ConclusionsChapter authors: Wade O. Watanabe and Harry V. Daniels