Aquaculture : management, challenges, and developments / editor, Joanne G. Buchanan.

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AQUACULTURE: MANAGEMENT, CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS; AQUACULTURE: MANAGEMENT, CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MANAGEMENT, CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF AQUACULTURE IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BRIEF HISTORY OF AQUACULTURE IN GHANA; CURRENT STATE OF GHANA'S AQUACULTURE; SYSTEMS OF CULTURE; MAIN CULTURE SPECIES IN GHANA; Objective of the Chapter; Content of the Chapter; MATERIALS AND METHODS; Data Collection: Interviews; Data Collection: Document Analysis.

Data Collection: Key Informants and ExpertsANALYSIS OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS; Management Systems; Challenges; High cost of good-quality feed; Lack of Access to Funds; Poor Market of Farmed Fish Products; Opportunities; Political Stability and Favourable Geography; Skills and Capacity Building; Strong Governmental Support and Conducive Policies for Investors; Rapidly Growing Demand for Quality Fish; Rapidly Growing Excess Demand for Quality but Affordable Feed; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDICES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 2: PHAGE THERAPY OF VIBRIO HARVEYI: A CONCEPT OF PROTECTION BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION IN AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; INFECTION PATHWAY OF BACTERIOPHAGE; PHAGE TREATMENT OF VIBRIO HARVEYI WITH TEMPRATE PHAGE; STRATEGIES OF PHAGE THERAPY; PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP PHAGE TREATMENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: MODELLING OF TASTE-TAINT IN FISH FARMED IN RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS (RAS); ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; AN OVERVIEW OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR CHEMICAL CONGENERS IN FISH-FLESH; MODELS FOR PREDICTING GSM AND MIB IN FISH-FLESH.

INADEQUACIES OF EXISTING MODELSFACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN DEVELOPING AN ADEQUATE MODEL FOR RAS FISH; BENEFITS OF THE MODEL TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN; A CRITICAL REVIEW OF AN EXTENSIVE RECENT EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF ONE PREDICTIVE MODEL; RISK ANALYSES OF PREDICTIVE MODELS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: EFFECTS OF PROTEIN, LIPID, FEEDING LEVELS AND THEIR INTERACTION ON GROWTH, BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND HAEMATOLOGY OF MONOSEX NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS L.); ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSIONS; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.

Chapter 5: MAPPING THE VALUE CHAIN FOR FARMED FISH AND GENDER ANALYSIS ALONG THE AQUACULTURE VALUE CHAIN IN KENYAABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS; 3. RESULTS; Aquaculture Value Chain; Stakeholder Characteristic by Gender; Gender Roles in Aquaculture; Management/Ownership of Resources; Access to Credit; Technology/Training; Fish Species Cultured/Traded; Involvement of Women in Research; The Main Problems Experienced in Aquaculture by Gender; 4. DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS; CONFLICT OF INTERESTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.

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