Tilapia in Intensive Co-culture (World Aquaculture Society Book series)

Intensive tilapia co-culture is the commercial production of various species of tilapia in conjunction with one or more other marketable species. Tilapia are attractive as a co-cultured fish because of their potential to improve water quality, especially in penaeid shrimp ponds, by consuming plankton and detritus and by altering pathogenic bacterial populations while increasing marketable production. Following introductory chapters covering ecological aspects of co-culture, tilapia feeding habits, historical use, and new models, __Tilapia in Intensive Co-Culture__ is divided into co-culture in freshwater and marine environments. Co-culture core information is presented on Vibrio control, high-rate aquaculture processes, aquaponics, tilapia nutrient profile, and tilapia niche economics and marketing in the U.S, and with carp, catfish, freshwater and marine shrimp in the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. __Tilapia in Intensive Co-Culture__ is the latest book in the prestigious World Aquaculture Society (WAS) Series, published for WAS by Wiley Blackwell. It will be of great use and interest to researchers, producers, investors and policy makers considering tilapia co-culture in terms of environmental and economic sustainability. Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Efficiency in Aquaculture -- References -- Preface -- References -- Chapter 1: Ecological Basis of Tilapia Co-culture Systems -- Introduction -- Aquaculture Production: Ecology in Tilapia Co-culture Systems -- Environmental Control: Tilapia Co-culture as a Management Tool -- Tilapia Recruitment Control: Tilapia Co-culture with a Predator1 -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 2: Tilapia Feeding Habits and Environmental Tolerances -- Introduction -- Feeding Habits -- Environmental Tolerances -- References -- Chapter 3: Historical Use of Tilapia in Intensive Co-culture -- Introduction -- Tilapia Culture Failures -- Tilapia Culture Successes -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: New Models and Rationales -- Old Co-culture Models -- Co-culture of Tilapia in the United States Using Geothermal Water -- New Co-culture Models -- Rationales for Co-culture -- Limitations -- References -- Chapter 5: Sustainability Needs and Challenges: Marine Systems -- Introduction -- Constraints to Open Ocean Aquaculture -- Tilapia Co-culture Potential in the Open Ocean -- Tilapia Co-culture in Coastal Areas -- Issues Regarding Genetically Modified Tilapia -- Reduction of Fishmeal and Fish Oil in Prepared Feeds -- References -- Chapter 6: Luminous Vibrio and the Greenwater Culture of the Tiger Shrimp Penaeus monodon with Tilapia -- Introduction -- Luminous Vibriosis -- Greenwater Culture -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7: Tilapia-Shrimp Polyculture -- Introduction -- Replicated Field Studies -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Sustainability Needs and Challenges: Freshwater Systems -- Introduction -- Needs -- Challenges -- References -- Chapter 9: Pond Co-culture with Catfish Research in the Americas, with Emphasis on Cage-Confined Tilapia Introduction -- Co-culture Research with South American Catfish -- References -- Chapter 10: Tilapia Co-culture in Cages and In-pond Raceways -- Introduction -- Cages -- In-pond Raceways -- References -- Chapter 11: Tilapia-Macrobrachium Polyculture -- Introduction -- Prawn-Tilapia Interactions -- Four Decades of Tilapia-Macrobrachium Research -- Commercial Prawn-Tilapia Polyculture -- Summary and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12: Tilapia in High-Rate Aquaculture Processes -- Expanding Role of Aquaculture -- The Partitioned Aquaculture System: Green-Water for Catfish Production -- The Controlled Eutrophication Process: Green-Water for Environmental Remediation -- Zero-Discharge Seafood Production: Green- and Brown-Water Shrimp Production -- Tilapia-Stabilized Microalgal Culture for Live Food Production -- Summary -- Future Research -- References -- Chapter 13: Tilapia Co-culture in Egypt -- Introduction -- Tilapia Culture in Egypt -- Semi-Intensive Culture of Tilapia in Earthen Ponds -- Environmental Impacts of Tilapia Culture -- Tilapia Feed and Feeding -- Tilapia Stress and Disease -- References -- Chapter 14: Tilapia Co-culture in Israeli Fishponds and Reservoirs -- Introduction -- Growout Ponds and Reservoirs -- Tilapia Co-cultures for Production Purposes -- Tilapia Co-culture with Predators to Control Tilapia Recruitment -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 15: Aquaponics -- Introduction -- Aquaponics Designs -- Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) -- Fish and Plant Crop Choices -- Co-Culture of Aquatic Species -- Future Applications -- References -- Chapter 16: Nutrient Profiles of Tilapia -- Fish as a Source of Nutrients in the Human Diet -- Tilapia Consumption -- Nutrient Composition of Tilapia and Influential Factors -- Conclusion -- References Chapter 17: The Economics of Small-Scale Tilapia Aquaculture in the United States -- Introduction -- Economics of Small-Scale Cage Culture of Tilapia -- Economics of Small-Scale Open Pond Culture of Tilapia -- Economics of Small-Scale Tank and Aquaponics Culture of Tilapia -- Small-Scale Marketing of Tilapia -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1: Field Key to the Commonly Cultured Tilapias, with Species Synopses -- Field Key to the Commonly Cultured Tilapias* -- Species Synopses -- Appendix 2: World Hybrid Tilapia Literature 1980-2014* -- Introduction -- References -- Tilapia Bibliography -- Scientific Names Index* -- Topical Index -- End User License Agreement Following introductory chapters covering ecological aspects of co-culture, tilapia feeding habits, historical use, and new models, Tilapia in Intensive Co-culture is then divided into co-culture in freshwater and marine environments. Co-culture core information is presented on Vibrio control, high-rate aquaculture processes, aquaponics, tilapia nutrient profile, and tilapia niche economics and marketing in the United States, and with carp, catfish, freshwater and marine shrimp in the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia Robert R. Stickney is Professor Emeritus Oceanography and former Sea Grant Director at Texas A & M University in College Station, USA. --Book Jacket Peter W. Perschbacher is retired Associate Professor of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, USA