Domesticating Aquatic Animals and Plants for Aquaculture

Domesticating Aquatic Animals and Plants for Aquaculture is a unique resource to help researchers and students better understand domestication and the potential impacts at a regional and global scale. Wild caught fisheries was the dominant mode of production until the late 1970s when aquaculture began to be a potential solution to the global food supply. Since then aquaculture has become the dominant mode of seafood production and as such, we can now start to understand not only the trends and effects of domestication, advantages and advantages. This is a reference which analyzes current data to assess domestication by a comparison study. This is the first book to analyse domestication of all species for the purpose to understand general patterns and trends for better decision making for the future.